Hollywood Poetry 2001-2013

By Terry McCarty

The poems in HOLLYWOOD POETRY 2001-2013 are either based on or inspired by Terry McCartys experiences in the film industry. They are filled with wry humor, 20/20 hindsight and vivid detail-- offering the reader a worms-eye view of late-20th century Hollywood and some of its inhabitants.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781479793839

Terry McCarty

Terry McCarty was born in Electra, Texas. He moved to Southern California in 1988. From 1988 to 1997, he worked as a background actor (extra) and occasional stand-in for actors including Joe Pesci (THE PUBLIC EYE, LETHAL WEAPON 3, and JIMMY HOLLYWOOD) and Wallace Shawn (HOUSE ARREST).

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Copyright © 2013 by Terry McCarty.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2013902592

ISBN:        Softcover        978-1-4797-9382-2

                  Ebook              978-1-4797-9383-9

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

These poems (some of them in different versions) have previously appeared in chapbooks and e-books of mine (primarily 2001’s HOLLYWOOD POETRY and 2004’s HOLLYWOOD POETRY UNLOADED).

Rev. date: 04/28/2015

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CONTENTS

Clint Eastwood In Italy

The Big Orange

Aspiring Actor, Spring 1988

Visiting Day

How I Made A Set Costumer Happy

Dead Extra

Extras On The Beach

Scorched Earth

Botox Haiku

Trajectory Of An Actor

Poem For Dw

The Randy Culhane Story

Hollywood Party

Icarus’ Itinerary 2004 Version

Another Screenwriter’s Lament

Hush Money

The Ghost of Jimmy Hollywood

The Pickup

Agnes Moorehead is God

Collector’s Show

The Sixteenth Minute

For Valarie

CLINT EASTWOOD

IN ITALY

I’m a stranger in town.

I wake up every morning

knowing I’m one day closer

to my ultimate goal—stardom.

Some days, you’ll see me

hanging around the lobby

of the Screen Actors Guild.

I’m the one staring at the bulletin board.

I absorb useful information about auditions,

cold reading classes, roommates wanted,

headshot plus computer-imaging specialists

and film production schedules.

On nights when I don’t have to

go to work the next day,

I climb the rungs of the party ladder.

I’ve progressed from C list parties

in East Hollywood to B-list parties

in Hollywood clubs to B list parties

on Beachwood Drive to B+ list parties

in restaurants along