No Violence. No Vulgarity. But How About Using TALENT?! - Herbie J Pilato

I want so much to love contemporary American television and films as much as a I love classic American television and film But the state of the product out there is just patheticAnd it39s not even a conscious thingThe powers that be and the consumers are desensitized to the junk that is being placed quotout therequot and in the theatresUnfortunately all that matters is the almighty dollarAnd look I love money tooit makes the world go 39round and I support any and all who seek to make it and spend itBut at what priceLet me explain it this wayI used to teach acting I was a very tough teacher and I had certain rules for my students the number one of which was quotNo scenes with vulgarity and violencequotFor example I asked them to prove their talent beyond taking the easy way out of using profanity or violent behavior to show angerI used to tell them quotImpress me with your TALENTquotAnd that39s all I39m asking for in today39s TV and films and popcultureTo all the writers producers directors and actors who make TV shows movies appear on stage musicmakers etcImpress me with your TALENTand not by taking the easy ways out of speaking vulgar words showcasing quotmanicquot camera angles and bloodsoaked violent imagesImpress me with your TALENTHerbie J Pilato is an actorwriterproducerexecutive who has worked for Syfy AampampE TLC Bravo The Discovery Channel Universal Warner Bros and Sony The author of a number of acclaimed classic TV tiein books The Bionic Book Life Story The Book of Life Goes On The Bewitched Book Bewitched Forever The Kung Fu Book of CaineThe Kung Fu Book of Wisdom and NBC ampamp ME My Life As A Page In A Book Herbie J is also the Founder and Executive Director for The Classic TV Preservation Society a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gap between positive TV shows and education wwwClassicTVPSblogspotcom the Creative Director for Erie Street Entertainment a TV production company that is geared toward scififantasy and familyoriented material wwwErieStreetEntertainmentblogspotcom and the President of PopCulture Consultants an entertainment consulting firm wwwPopCultureConsultantsblogspotcom He appears frequently on TV in shows like the TV Guide Channel39s new series 100 Moments That Changed TV and Entertainment Tonight He has performed on daytime soaps like General Hospital and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as classic TV shows like The Golden Girls and Highway to Heaven Herbie Jamp8217s new book TWITCH UPON A STAR THE BEWITCHED LIFE AND CAREER OF ELIZABETEH MONTGOMERY will be published in November by Taylor Trade Publishing To preorder the book click on this link httpsrowmancomISBN9781589797499 andor for more information please email hjpilatoyahoocomRead all Herbie J39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Herbie J39s Classic TV CornerCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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