Acting Summer Camp

There are many different kinds of teen summer camps, but most kids just go to one of the basic ones. When I was a kid, I used to love all sorts of outdoor activities. At my teen summer camp, we would go rafting, hiking, sailing, and camping. It was a pretty basic outdoor camp, but I loved it. I had the time of my life there.

When my kid asked to go to acting summer camp however, I was a bit surprised. I did not realize that there were summer acting camps out there. I knew that he was into acting classes and I supported it, but I felt like he should do something more physical during the summer. Acting summer camp seemed like such an indoor, sedentary kind of thing. Nonetheless, he was pretty desperate to get in, so I relented. I figured that teen acting camp wood help to keep him out of trouble.

The place he wanted to get into was actually a pretty serious performing arts summer camp. I was pretty impressed when he got in. It was no mean feat. Although there are acting summer camps for pretty entry-level kids, this one was for seriously talented people. The very fact that he got in was an endorsement of his skill.

At that acting summer camp – as at most camps – they discouraged parents from coming early to see their kids. He was gone for four weeks, but I only got to meet up with him during the very last days. We got to see them perform the play they had been working on all month, and let me tell you it was spectacular. They had written, directed, and acted in it themselves. It had been an elaborate performance between the kids. Although some kids had played a bigger part in it than others, it seemed like everyone was represented.

My child was one of the most important performers in the acting summer camp production. He was not the lead in it, but he was one of the principal players in the play. He was actually playing the villain, and he was great at it. I have never found kids so creepy as I found my kid as he plotted and schemed about how to be the undoing of the protagonist. He had a great song too. I had given him singing lessons a few times, but I never knew quite how well he could sing. I think he probably improve his singing skills a little bit at the acting summer camp, but he must party have had it going in there. It was a pleasure to see my child do so well at something. It definitely was an experience that neither he nor I will soon forget.

A Night Of Anthony Hopkins Movies

When most people think of Anthony Hopkins movies, the first thing they remember is The Silence of the Lambs. I don’t know if this was the first Anthony Hopkins movie that I ever saw, but it certainly was one of my favorites. Who can forget the sinister Dr. Hannibal Lecter, psychopath, genius, lover of culture, and oddly appealing villain? Although this movie didn’t launch Anthony Hopkins movie career – he already had had successes as William Bligh in The Bounty, and Othello in a movie adaptation of the Shakespeare play of the same name – It really did catapult him to mainstream stardom. There are  few people who have been so terrifying as he was in that role, and few movies that have had so much crossover appeal. Fans of both classic horror and modern slasher pictures appreciated the combination of suspense and gore that that film had to offer. And, of course, as a thriller there was nothing like it.

When we had an Anthony Hopkins movie night, we definitely emphasized his more frightening film’s. My favorite of all the Anthony Hopkins movies – Titus – was the first film we watched. If you have never seen this one, you have to make it a priority. It is the most grotesque and appalling of all Shakespearian plays, done in a seamless adaptation for the silver screen. It has all manner of torture and barbarism, as well as Hopkins in his by now familiar role as a cannibal. Best of all, the art direction is gorgeous. The movie is a little bit overwhelming in its grotesqueness and brutality, but it more than makes up for that with its beauty.

Of course, there are many other Anthony Hopkins movies to watch. He was excellent in The Bounty – he is always excellent when he is doing high drama. There is something so appealing about him in the character of the fanatically controlling captain Bligh who drove his crew to rebellion. He always is at his best when he is playing fairly pathological characters. He can combine culture, intelligence, and menace with such a flawless faculty that it leaves you breathless. The strange thing is, the crazier he gets, the easier he is to relate to. It is as if he is able to reveal the madness that lies just below the surface of civilization. To me, that is the true thrill of Anthony Hopkins movies. He can be simultaneously so crazy and so plausible.

Actors Biography

For most ordinary people, a biography would not be nearly as interesting as the day to day activities of their lives. They may have fun going to the movies, playing amateur baseball with friends, taking that yearly summer vacation, or whatever, but it does not necessarily make for interesting reading. An actors biography, however, is a different kind of thing altogether. Actors biographies – even those of minor or moderately successful actors – make for a fascinating read.

Of course, one of the most interesting things about reading an actors bio is finding out all about all of the other actors he or she worked with. Anyone who has ever played six degrees of Kevin Bacon knows that practically anyone and everyone in Hollywood is connected to everyone else. Understanding the nuances of these connections and the relationships behind them is an interesting reward for anyone who has ever studied the biographies of actors. Sometimes you find out that someone totally unexpected was instrumental in the career of a favorite actor. Other times, you can discover that actors famous for playing off of each other actually could barely be in the same room together without fighting.

Although reading all of the Hollywood gossip in an actors biography is a lot of fun, for me the very best part is to see the extent of the opulence that surrounded an actor in his elite world. Most actors are fairly free with their money, and it can be fascinating to daydream about the things that money buys. Private jets to fly to private islands, mansions up in the Hollywood hills, extravagant parties beyond anything that most of us ever get the chance to attend – you name it and it is there in the actors biography.

And of course, who can forget about the scandals that plague Hollywood decade after decade, year after year. All of us know about some of the recent scandals plaguing Brittney Spears, Tom Cruise, and other strange and crazy actors, but most of us forget about all of the scandals of yesteryear. Blacklists, murder mysteries, drug addictions and overdoses, sensational breakups of fairytale romances – it is all there if you go out and look for it. And many of these actors biographies are written by competent or even talented writers. All in all, it makes for some good reading – particularly during the long and idle hours of summer that so many of us are looking forward to.