"Earlier you mentioned you didnt think there was a moment to consider your thoughts when typing(im paraphrasing.) But i ask you. When you are typing your statuses... or posts on here, do you not take a moment to reread, spell check, or just check to make sure they make sense? I for one do... over and over." Yes, but when I've issued a status from my phone, I've frequently sent typos before I realized it. And on many phones, you cannot quickly delete a status. And once someone captures it, it's there forever. I have certainly written posts I regretted. Thankfully, I'm a behind the scenes guy in my career, at least to the public, so no one really cares about my facebook statuses.
For all we know, Alice felt horrified within 2 milliseconds of what she'd written. I would expect she did, frankly. But, I would also imagine many friends might have said, "If you say anything else about it, it will just draw attention to it. Just ignore it..."
I am not one of her advisors. That would NOT have been my advice. In fact, if there had been a protest last night, I would have advised her to join it and thank everyone who showed up and for her to use it as an opportunity to get some media attention for how we gay people are so viciously discriminated against. But, I'm not in her inner circle, so, she didn't get my advice.
"If a person doesnt filter, then maybe its not a good idea to make these posts, or be in the public eye, or talk to people who don't "know" them. Its a recipe for disaster... this thread is proof. The ability to filter is what keeps us civil. " Aboslutely, absolutely. Filtering and self-control is a hallmark of consciousness and, in fact, of being a master performer...I don't separate either in my work with performers. It's one reason why I think separating "acting" from "reality" is a bad idea in training (and you must also NOT EVER be "taken over" by any energies you access when playing extreme characters).
In my work, I humbly work to teach performers consciousness, on-stage and off. There is no separation. The separation teaching can cause someone to be brilliantly conscious ON-stage and a wreck off-stage. If we unite the teaching and make it about overall consciousness, we have much, much less of that -- much happier, healthier performers.
I like working with happy performers, who are as conscious in their private lives as they are on-stage.
"Not a "witch hunt, or bashing, or mean". Get real..." - Those are not all my words, and certainly not in any context I wrote. But, I stand by the observation that vicious attacks are all throughout this discussion, and on other web sites, as well.
It just may be the case my threshold for cruelty is far lower than some posters. In fact, that is utterly certain. It's clear some posters can't even understand any kind of sophisticated discussion.
THANKS FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL, RESPECTFUL, COOL NOTE! Hope you have a great day. And I hope the venom-spewers find a way to feel better... 
Chillin' and teachin' acting and voice to muh Bway/Film peeps...
(Betty Buckley is teaching a workshop for me at my school, check it out.)
Updated On: 6/10/10 at 02:50 PM
