Actors

I still get a huge amount of mail and queries about actors and television shows, people asking which actors should play characters I’ve written or what I think of a DC or Marvel show or whatever.

Guys, it’s fine, I don’t mind, but I also will not be any help at all. I avoid celebrity culture to a ridiculous degree. I only know a celebrity if I have seen people talk about them on social media and even then, it’s not likely that I will remember them at all.  I don’t read entertainment news, I don’t know these people. When I see a People magazine or anything like that, I rarely know who the people on the cover are (mega movie stars, I know some of those. TV people, almost none). 

I have not followed any Marvel or DC shows in years. My cable box died and I forgot to have it replaced, so I haven’t had regular broadcast television for a year or more. I DO watch movies and a couple series on Netflix and Hulu or Amazon Prime, but I don’t pay much attention to the actors’ names. 

I say this not to sound snooty, it has NOTHING to do with actors being ‘beneath me’ or television being a bad medium, it’s just that I don’t have much interest in it, and it’s just gotten less as time as gone on. I don’t know why. I sometimes hear that a show is great, and I put it on my list, but then I never seem to get around to watching it. I just spend a lot of time in front of a screen, and would prefer to read, be outside, or play a game over watching most tv.

I think tv is producing some of the best stories around. I think actors are pretty terrific people, often. It’s me, not them. 

I only say this because I get so MUCH email asking these questions and I feel weird just responding saying “I have no idea who that is” or “I don’t know who should be Black Canary” or “I have never seen that show” over and over again all day.

SO feel free to ask, but I will likely disappoint you (regretfully) with my astounding lack of knowledge every time.

I just had a thought…when I had a salon, we kept all the entertainment magazines in the waiting area and I had to keep a little bit abreast of this stuff. I wonder if I just hit my limit on it and now that I don’t have to, I don’t keep up.

Huh. Could be a factor. But basically, I just am mostly ignorant of these topics and will likely be no help regarding them. Just letting you know in advance, okay?