Dolphin Talent’s Acting + Industry Guide

Every character in every movie ever made must be secretly loaded, even that little kid in Slumdog Millionaire, when he was mostly just ‘slumdog’ and not as much ‘millionaire’. How do I know this? Movie characters never stop to collect their change in convenience stores or any stores for that matter. Nor do they wait in lines at those stores. They just bring their items swiftly to the front of the store, hand over some money, and depart. And don’t even get me started on the availability of taxis in movies that take place in New York. Or the lack of traffic! Of course, movie-goers are necessarily well-versed in the art of suspending disbelief for the sake of enjoying a movie – how else could we watch a fleet of giant robots emerge exclusively from General Motors vehicles and battle to the death, or museum exhibits come to life – twice? Personally, it used to be that I would sort every movie into one of two categories: either it could conceivably happen in our world, or it couldn’t. But really, they all fit the latter description. Here’s how you know: Could Jennifer Aniston’s character from He’s Just Not That into You walk into a Blockbuster? Probably. Could she rent Marley and Me? Ahhhh! Clearly, I need to think up some new categories. Just something to think about as you enjoy all those blockbuster hits this summer.