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Parts and Labor: March 2012
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Monday, March 26, 2012. The Urge to Merge. For several months now, I've been getting emails asking if I was ever going to restart "Parts and Labor." Truthfully, I never really meant to stop writing it. I simply got incredibly busy and fell out of the habit. Volumes have been written lately about the proposed merger. It has a long history and has failed once before, but that was before the disasterous SAG “Non-Strike” of 2008 that resulted i...In an effort ...
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Parts and Labor: The Urge to Merge
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Monday, March 26, 2012. The Urge to Merge. For several months now, I've been getting emails asking if I was ever going to restart "Parts and Labor." Truthfully, I never really meant to stop writing it. I simply got incredibly busy and fell out of the habit. Volumes have been written lately about the proposed merger. It has a long history and has failed once before, but that was before the disasterous SAG “Non-Strike” of 2008 that resulted i...In an effort ...
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part One)
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, April 27, 2008. The History of Drama (Part One). Some time ago, I was at a Hollywood dinner party when our hostess abruptly steered the conversation toward what was clearly one of her favorite subjects: fate. Zeroing in on me, she asked “Didn’t you always sense it was inevitable you would become a writer? Was I, in fact, born to it? Http:/ www.daviddeanbottrell.com/. Http:/ www.partsandlabor.tv/. April 27, 2008 at 12:03 PM. April 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM.
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part Six): A Member of the Club
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Monday, February 16, 2009. The History of Drama (Part Six): A Member of the Club. I left the theater a changed boy. My life now had a purpose: to find out all I could about Valryn Warren. Soon I learned that she smoked, drank, read paperback books, used bad language and was frequently seen in detention. I was in love. David S. said. As one of the "gayest and geekiest", I can vouch for the accuracy of this blog! February 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM. Lisa (sanders) ...
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part Five): The Artist in the Family
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, November 9, 2008. The History of Drama (Part Five): The Artist in the Family. Once when I was about seven years-old, I remember some strange doctor trying to make friendly chitchat with me as he looked into my seriously plugged-up ears. At the time, I couldn’t understand why he kept asking me all these dumb questions like “Did I like baseball? 8221; “No,” I said. Did I like football or basketball? 8220;No.” Was I in the scouts? David S. said. Mrs T...
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part 8): Crash Landing
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, May 17, 2009. The History of Drama (Part 8): Crash Landing. With my 21st birthday only a few months away, I felt panicked. If I was ever going to get out of Austin and become a professional actor, it was now or never. Finally, I made the decision – I was moving to New York! There was only one problem. I was scared shitless. By the time our departure date rolled around, Jenny had somehow managed to meet and have a wild, weekend-long, sexual fling wi...
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part IV): Space World
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, August 3, 2008. The History of Drama (Part IV): Space World. Soon, I was peddling toward the market for Milk of Magnesia and a carton of Camels. The heroes of Space World were all knock-offs of Marvel and D.C. characters and the covers had a lot of words like “ZZZZzzap! 8221; and “THUD! 8221; How fitting and ironic that the last sounds I would probably hear would be “ZZZzzzap! Http:/ www.daviddeanbottrell.com/. Http:/ www.partsandlabor.tv/. So much...
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Parts and Labor: Star Baby!
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, October 31, 2010. I was anxiously looking over my bills when the phone rang. Someone was calling me via their cell phone and it was a very bad connection. “David, it’s Ogger,” a friendly, but very scratchy voice said. “Hi! 8221; I replied, not knowing who I was talking to. “Gotta a client who needs some coaching. She’s right here. Part of a competition. Have her call you? Taking her clothes off, but instead performing behind large feathered fans, e...
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Parts and Labor: Don’t Clap For Me, Argentina!
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Don’t Clap For Me, Argentina! And they were looking back at us and clapping. I suddenly felt flushed with embarrassment. I didn't think I'd been terribly good in the play and felt I had no right to be accepting this applause. Lest you get the wrong idea, I’m not actually opposed to praise. I like it. Frankly, I need it. Being a creative artist requires guts and often the only reason I can stick my neck out. Follow me on TWITTER.
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Parts and Labor: The History of Drama (Part Seven): School Daze
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Making a Living. Making a Life in Hollywood, CA. Sunday, April 12, 2009. The History of Drama (Part Seven): School Daze. At the time, my family was living in a factory town whose motto should have been “Abandon All Hope.” With my eighteenth birthday just a few months away, I could almost taste my approaching freedom. Since I didn. 8217;t have much money for application fees, I decided to narrow down my choices to the three schools that would catapult me as far away from this shithole. 8217;t get up. ...
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