Dale Samms
actor • voice artist • writer
It’s peculiar how easily the word “talent” is tossed around. For the longest time, it seemed it was a label reserved for athletes, musicians & other artists. In recent years, it’s been regularly attributed to every profession & duty imaginable. Politicians, executives, animal trainers, surgeons, caregivers… if you can name […]
It’s all art. Movies, plays, video games, dance, paintings, poetry, etc. It’s purpose is to express with intent. To move. Affect. To create change. Usually, the desired reflection is sought for each observer. But sometimes, art can change whole cultures. Art without intent can entertain. It can also reinforce stereotypes […]
Ever have an argument about something that was an obvious reality to you but completely wrong in the eyes of the other party? Your opposing debater refuses to recognize your perspective for no valid reason at all? Almost as if they chose to be intentionally difficult or perhaps even had […]
Chuck Lorre is one of the greatest creator-writers in American television history. His rise to the top over the past 30-plus years has come by way of hit after hit, each moving with the times, yet staying the same at their cores. In lieu of the end of one era […]
I was a wrestler in high school. Not the WWE kind, the greco-roman variety. & I was terrible at it. My best friend coaxed me into it in our freshman year by appealing to my competitive nature –we had a long history of friendly rivalry. The first weeks of practice […]
As the saying goes, ‘change is the only constant’. Though our world’s always in flux, change has never happened so rapidly for humanity than as since the dawn of the industrial revolution. The emergence of ever-evolving technologies that have come rapidly since have pushed our existence & experiences like never […]
Total direction changes are a risky storytelling device. Any writer who does this is basically asking the reader/audience to give up everything they have learned & experienced about the world of the characters they’ve followed to this point and accept that we are now going in a completely different direction. […]
Full disclosure: I love Cuba. The people, the culture, the lifestyle, the scenery &, of course, the arts. I’ve been fortunate enough to have set foot on the island nation twice now. Never fails to dazzle. Despite the hardships endured by many of those who call Cuba home, it is […]