Hollywood is Dead

By Tina Papados

Hollywood is Dead is a collection of monologues which explore the life of a young actress, who discuses the psychological and thrilling impact of transforming into her film character, Amorette.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Feb 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781910714768

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HOLLYWOOD

is dead

Copyright © Tina Papados 2016

Published in England by AKAKIA Publications, 2016

Tina Papados

HOLLYWOOD IS DEAD

ISBN: 978-1-910714-76-8

Copyright © Tina Papados 2016

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2016, London, UK

To reveal Art and

conceal the Artist

is art’s aim.

(Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890)

Contents

• [I AM] The Alpha

• [A] Fallen Angel

• Cash Can Kill

• The Delta [δ]

• Em[B]olden the [D]irector in [S]ignificant [M]otion

• Lenses and Lies

• I AM[orette]

• Let [A]rt Reveal The [A]rtist

• HIStory For Tomorrow

• Silent Letters

• Violent Drug

• TRANS[form] Us

• Hollywood Is Dead

I AM] The Alpha

[I wander to seek a Director, perhaps]

I’m not going to lie and say that Hollywood is a safe place.

It’s not easy reaching an Eiffel¹ state of mind and succeeding in this business without family or PR connections.

Some say you have to actress-ify² yourself up to the top through sexual permissiveness and prostitution.

I suppose that’s how Marilyn Monroe³ and Lucille Ball⁴ got started.

This sets a dim-lit stage for a performer,

allowing them to take part in such a dark, mistrusted society.

That’s why everybody quits this industry.

Artists who resist in taking part have failed and they just go on to form their own families.

I sometimes wonder which chosen road makes us weaker.

But what if the road to Hollywood is the common road

not taken?

Resisting this dark shaded society would weaken an artist by turning them into an individual

--wouldn’t it?

They are weak to the point where they deny their own Art. They deny the truth, because Art, is truth.

The road to Film, the road to

Reviews for Hollywood is Dead

[NIGEL · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This scintillating new author is the unbridled possessor of an enormous power - the ability to create and arouse passion. This incarnation of a new energy is something the world needs so desperately in a world in which the hope embodied in the feminine spirit is awakening after a long suppression by the patriarchy. Tina's wisdom is a beacon light that is shedding a mantle of darkness with the illumination of profound insight.