This month I saw two films that totally rocked my world. The first was Milk, starring a remarkable Sean Penn. This movie really opened my eyes to what the gay community in America went through and are still going through in getting and maintaining their civil rights. From the opening montage of actual police footage of gay men being herded into the backs of cruisers to the recreation of some of Harvey Milk's most famous speeches, there was rarely a moment that I wasn't either outraged, encouraged or almost brought to tears. It is really depressing to think that even after 30 years, the gay population is still fighting for civil rights (Prop 8 anyone?). I feel extra luck to be living in a country that treats everyone (or at least mostly everyone) as equals. I know that Canada still has a ways to go and is not at all the perfect country but it is a damn good one and I am proud to be Canadian (we just need to work on our arts and media....it's a little sad).
Last night I saw Doubt with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The performances from Streep, Hoffman and Amy Adams were incredible and I highly recommend anyone (especially actors) to go see this movie. It's based on a play, so there are a lot of long scenes of dialogue, but they're executed so well that I didn't mind.
Yesterday morning I had an audition for a TV show for the Family/Disney channel. It is basically "Charles in Charge" only called something different. I read for "Blake" a rebellious teen who moves into a woman's home to take care of her kids. I don't think it went well, but the little kid I read with was amazing. I wish I was as good and funny and smart as him when I was six! I can't wait to see what he does!
Tomorrow I'm back to school after a month's break. I am not ready to go back and don't want to start being not-lazy. We'll see what happens.
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