Dale Samms
actor • voice artist • writer
“Power dynamics, patterns of mutual influence, define the ongoing interactions between fetus & mother, infant & parent, between romantic partners, childhood friends, teens, people at work, & groups in conflict. Power is the medium through which we relate to one another. Power is about making a difference in the world […]
I didn’t understand why so many took the position that Sean Connery was the one true James Bond. My astigmatism to that perspective speaks to the importance of exposure: simply put, he was before my time. His successor, the late Roger Moore, is who I came to know first as […]
Horror just wasn’t my thing. I’m from the era that spawned Jason Voorhees, Freddie Kreuger & Leatherface. Before it descended into excessive gore & borderline ridiculousness in franchises like Scream, Saw & Child’s Play (how the hell did that even become a thing?), horror films were… scary! That said, to […]
Help me! It’s too much!! More than I can handle at one time!!! For the first time ever, we had all four pro sports leagues in North America operating at the same time. Three of them in their playoffs in a two week span. Sensory overload after months of deprivation. […]
Wesley Morris, a critic for the New York Times wrote: “In playing dignity, Chadwick Boseman often seemed tasked to perform its burden. But there was always more to him in these parts than heft.” In sorting through my memories of Mr. Boseman’s performances, interviews, his commencement speech & what others […]
So where do we go now? An industry with a history of complacent, outdated and socially non-compliant behavior is the same industry that’s evolved in how it does business more aggressively than any other. Hollywood’s survived and thrived through technological leaps, shifting public opinions, economic downturns, revised distribution models and […]
Our world has always been a turbulent place for people who aren’t in a position of “power”. Power, of course, is a construct. But the perception associated with it is what results in true authority. Influence. Dominance. Control. The voice that matters. Those who are not the ilk of or […]
The toughest thing about creating a compelling character is making them believable. Three-dimensional. Even conflicting in their behaviors. To achieve this, you have to be careful with absolutes. To be human is to be inconsistent. What we believed at age 10 is different than what we believe at 20, & […]