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johnslat · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

Would this be the quote:

"'That was getting really nerve-wracking because no one could find Harry Potter anywhere!' says Rowling. 'They had cast Ron and Hermione, and I was getting more nervous because I thought if they don't find an English Harry, what are they gonna do? They've got to find a Harry somewhere, and maybe they'll go to American. They never did see an American actor, but I was nervous. Because my characters are British, I didn't want the Dick Van Dyke situation. You see Mary Poppins, and Dick Van Dyke Is playing the world's only Australian Cockney. I was dreading that would happen.'"

http://www.mania.com/harry-potter-sorcerers-stone-film-preview_article_26089.html

It kind of sounds as though she didn't have much, if any, control over casting.

Regards,
John

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject:

No, it was a bit more blunt than that, but I see both your and her point, which is well-reasoned to anybody who's endured the torture that Dick van Dyke put us all through.

I doubt that they had valuable accent/dialogue coaches back then. It is said that Polish people of German descent couldn't distinguish Meryl Streep's accent from a native in "Sophie's Choice".

Even the quote that you have found, John, does not meet with the reality of the day.

And, I doubt, VERY seriously, considering the success of the books that she'd already written that she had little to so with the production of the movies.

NCTBA

ESL Hobo · Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 262

Option 1
THE WORLD OF SUSIE WONG with William Holden and Nancy Kwan
Has been a classic favorite of mine. I wouldn't mind having a go at the lifestyle William Holden portrayed.

Option 2
Play guitar with a singing dog dressed in a clown outfit on La Ramblas in Barcelona, sipping Cava, eating Tappas, and living in a "pension" in the gothic quarter.

Option 3
Find a south pacific island where I can live in a shack and afford to live on teaching a few private classes until the day I keel over.

Come to think of it, I may do all three options in that order Laughing

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Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:38 am Post subject:

thinktank · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 5

Hope fully have enough to retire somewhere warm, i think most people from the nort would give a kidney for that.

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Someplace that has an obvious change of seasons. Freezing cold and very hot.

Deicide · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject:

I just want a real job...sigh.

johnslat · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject:

Dear Deicide,

"I just want a real job , , , sigh."

I wonder if you'd mind giving us your parameters for "a real job?"

I have heard others say the same, and in those cases, "a real job" was always defined by how much salary one made.

So, if one could take home, say, $100,000 a years stuffing sausages, then those unhappy teachers (who almost always felt "trapped" in the profession) would definitely regard sausage stuffing - as opposed to teaching - to be a "real job."

Regards,
John

Deicide · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject:

johnslat · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

Dear Deicide,

"Hmm...it's partly the money but partly the knowledge that EFL is just so much bollocks and bullshit that doing it not only gets on my *beep* but just makes me think how much I would prefer to do something else with the near nonexistent skills I have."

I know it may be difficult to credit, but at least some of us think that TEFL is worthwhile, satisfying, and even fulfilling employment. But, as I mentioned, if someone doesn't enjoy a job at all, then it's definitely time for a change.

"3. For �100,000 a year I would stuff sausages for a living. You have an offer to make?"

Unfortunately no -and what's worse, I'd rather make 50, 40, or even 30 thousand a year teaching than 100,000 a year stuffing sausages.

Regards,
John

Global Hobo · Joined: 27 Sep 2009 Posts: 32

johnslat · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

Dear Global Hobo,

". . . it all depends on where you're prepared to stuff them."

And, of course, what you're prepared to stuff them with.

One could, I suppose, metaphorically compare teachers to "sausage stuffers," but then, of course, one would have to regard one's students as "sausages."

Regards,
John