[NEohioPAL] acting workshops?

[rtiques1 at aol.com]

I understand where you are coming from and I should have had my posting more clear with what I was trying to say.  Personally, I dont think childrens workshops should be charging in the hundreds unless they have some sort of casting director or someone with some noteable credits. again, this is my opinion.  I am not at all saying that the teacher has to be someone with many credits, but if they are going to charge children or anyone a high price, they should have something.  I wasnt going to post at all, but since I posted I have received many emails of people thanking me for posting, I didnt want to cause any problems on the list but just thought people should watch out and check out what these workshops have to offer before spending hundreds.


-----Original Message-----
From: Anastasjoy at aol.com
To: Rtiques1 at aol.com; neohiopal at listserve.com
Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 6:37 pm
Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] acting workshops?



In a message dated 6/1/09 4:12:27 PM, rtiques1 at aol.com writes:



I wasnt going to post, then decided I should.  I dont understand why people are charging people for acting workshops with acting coaches that havent really done any acting.  You could goto NYC and be taught by people currently on TV and doing major films for cheaper than what some of these people are charging for these workshops.  I think it is great to want to teach, but honestly, why should people pay rediculous amounts of money for these classes when The coaches themselves have no credi
ts.   Also, there are several schools that offer free courses over the summer,  I dont think it is right at all to charge unless you can promise people they are getting what they pay for.  Not saying that is the case, but if you check the names of people doing the classes,  most of the time, they havent done much of any acting themselves??  I am all for people taking workshops, but not fo r people using the workshops to make a buck. 

I wasnt going to post, then decided I should.  I dont understand why people are charging people for acting workshops with acting coaches that havent really done any acting.  You could goto NYC and be taught by people currently on TV and doing major films for cheaper than what some of these people are charging for these workshops.  I think it is great to want to teach, but honestly, why should people pay rediculous amounts of money for these classes when The coaches themselves have no credits.   Also, there are several schools that offer free courses over the summer,  I dont think it is right at all to charge unless you can promise people they are getting what they pay for.  Not saying that is the case, but if you check the names of people doing the classes,  most of the time, they havent done much of any acting themselves??  I am all for people taking workshops, but not fo r people using the workshops to make a buck. 

Well, you ought to evaluate workshops and talk to people wh
o have taken them. But keep in mind that just because someone has "on TV" doesn't necessarily make that person a better teacher or coach (or even actor) that someone who "hasn't really done any acting," whatever that may mean. Someone may be a highly effective teacher without having a long list of flashy credit — see what their students have accomplished or what their students feel they've gotten from the classes/coaching. Yes, there are free classes, but sometimes you get what you pay for. I don't undertsand why anyone would resent a talented teacher charging for their services — and each student alone is the judge of whether it is worth it to them. I don't think it's fair to sit in judgement on whether it's "right" for someone to charge or whether anyone, other than yourself is "getting what they paid for."




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