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From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Actors acting as actors
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 20:42:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 27 20:42:44 1985
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Last week's episode of Hill Street Blues featured a vignette where La Rue
was paying several grand for in order to act in a Home Security video.
Sort of like the "Don't Leave Home Without It" spots - housewife locks up,
criminal breaks in, action freezes as Security Man walks on to tell you how
to aviod this situation.  It turns out that this is a set up to get La Rue
into a porno flick, but what impressed me was the ability of the actor
to convincingly  portray someone who couldn't act.

I know bad acting from the inside - I got to see my high school performance
on videotape - and the actor did a terrific job.

Another vaguely related portrayal was in "All of Me,"  which featured a 
wonderful scene where Steve Martin played Lily Tomlin imitating Steve Martin,
if you can follow that.  A third would be the play within a play in 
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream."

	Carl Hommel
Wife:  Why do you watch that show?  It's sooo depressing!
Husband:  Artistic Verisimilitude?