the type-casted

na.

angry because the role that led them

to the top,

is the only one that anyone remembers,

the actor/actresses trudges through

the rest of their career

as if this was their proverbial

“cross to bear”---

but how many actors/actresses

are every really known to begin with?

how many do we consumers of

popular culture,

recognize, the minute the curtain opens,

the theme song ends on our favorite show,

or the credits are over & the film begins?

for that matter,

how many artists, writers, painters,

dancers, comedians, etc.

are ever really widely distributed at

all?

how many of those who struggle,

ever get to quit their 9-5 or 7-7

in order to pursue what they love

full-time?

for the rest of us who will spend a

lifetime working on our art,

doing the time &

never get to leave the pleasures of

minimum wage, please

mr. & ms.

type-casted,

stop bitching about the fact

that once you played a character or

a role

which will go down in our cultural

history,

as something that touched us all, or

amazed us in such a way,

that we will always associate your

face with it---

you are lucky to have ever

gotten such a chance.