No, I appreciate the long wind! And that's a really interesting story about that Native American practice--it sounds like a good way to create a "safe" environment for criticism where everyone knows the rules.
ITA about this culture of "dreams" especially in the US. There was a really interesting interview with Justin Theroux in "Wrapped in Plastic" where he was talking about Mulholland Drive and saying that he made the distinction by saying there were "dreams" and there were "fantasies." A dream, for instance, was when a kid who was the best ball player in his community went to try out for the major leagues because hey, why not? It's a dream, but it's attached to reality.
LA, he felt, catered to *fantasies.* So there were all these people like the character Naomi Watts plays in MD saying that they won a jitterbug contest and that "led to acting. Well, wanting to act." Because so many people just want to be a celebrity and have no interest in acting as a skill or anything--he said it's like if he showed up in Florida and said, "Hi, I'm here. Now I'm an astronaut." So there's the disconnect between reality and fantasy that's bound to lead to disappointment at best. There's nothing wrong with a little realism, really.
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ITA about this culture of "dreams" especially in the US. There was a really interesting interview with Justin Theroux in "Wrapped in Plastic" where he was talking about Mulholland Drive and saying that he made the distinction by saying there were "dreams" and there were "fantasies." A dream, for instance, was when a kid who was the best ball player in his community went to try out for the major leagues because hey, why not? It's a dream, but it's attached to reality.
LA, he felt, catered to *fantasies.* So there were all these people like the character Naomi Watts plays in MD saying that they won a jitterbug contest and that "led to acting. Well, wanting to act." Because so many people just want to be a celebrity and have no interest in acting as a skill or anything--he said it's like if he showed up in Florida and said, "Hi, I'm here. Now I'm an astronaut." So there's the disconnect between reality and fantasy that's bound to lead to disappointment at best. There's nothing wrong with a little realism, really.