rant · moment 5 of 9
Long Island Logic: Do People Understand How Movies Are Made?
from Pick Your Meat · #83
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5 minTim recounts his friend Joe in Atlanta not understanding TV production, then expands into a long riff about whether Long Islanders grasp how movies are made, whether they think actors like The Rock or Sopranos cast members are actually tough guys, and wonders about a hypothetical openly gay tough-guy actor breaking that illusion.
- 11:20Tim's friend Joe, living outside Atlanta, texts him an hour before his set asking him to come to dinner, not grasping that he's been doing dress rehearsal and sound check since 3 p.m. for a two-show taping.
- 12:13When Tim mentions he has to go into makeup for Netflix, his friend asks if he's wearing makeup, bewildered by the concept.
- 12:31Tim wonders what Long Island people think movies actually are—whether they understand movies are written, or if they assume actors just improvise being cool.
- 13:14Tim imagines asking someone from Long Island to explain how movies are made and expects wildly inaccurate reasoning.
- 13:31Nobody on Long Island understands basic filmmaking concepts like scene blocking or that actors might work with coaches to prepare roles.
- 13:57People thought The Sopranos was real and believed the actors were actually mob guys, not understanding the difference between performance and reality.
- 14:20Tim wants a legitimately tough guy to come out and explain how he does the things Tony Soprano does on screen, expecting it would blow Long Island minds.
- 15:27Tim brings up a Navy SEAL guy from SEAL team six who breaks conventions, then clarifies this is the Chris Kyle American Sniper guy.
- 15:46Tim describes the guy as an actor who's never actually seen combat, noting he had some controversy over a tweet criticizing Trump's military parade.
- 15:59The SEAL team guy tweeted that America doesn't do weak parades like dictators do, sparking backlash online.