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Biscuits_N_Gravey t1_iy4fp1k wrote

Ive heard this explained that there isn’t quite the same “theater kid” stigma over there compared to the US so more young ppl get into dramatic arts in the UK and Australia. So we have a ton of would be great actors who never gave it a shot bc they didn’t want to look uncool or get called a loser or queer by the high school bullies

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Beta_Ray_Trill OP t1_iy57qb5 wrote

Shit that’s bleak… why are we like this? Lol

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Biscuits_N_Gravey t1_iy59q1e wrote

No idea but it’s really odd. Our culture worships and celebrates celebrity and movies but we look at the youth in theater almost like there’s something wrong with them.

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Beta_Ray_Trill OP t1_iy5twoh wrote

American culture has no idea what it’s doing a lot of the time and it sucks that people, especially kids, have to deal with the repercussions when they’re just trying to do things that make them happy.

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