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this post is on the supposed exploitation of "little people". there's all this talk about how "little people" like Verne Troyer [mini-me] are continuing to be exploited by the cinematic industry; how little actors are forced to take humiliating substandard roles in film; and how "computers [and] production wizardry has allowed many" of them to be replaced by "average-size" actors [whatever that means]. there's even a word for it: dwarfsploitation" [yeah]. ok, it's not exploitation of it's done willingly. Troyer was the just the one who happened to get the part. there were probably quite a number of little people chomping at the bit to land a role like mini-me, so don't stand in line at the auditions and then complain that you're being exploited. and as far as taking humiliating roles in film, what do you think most roles in film are? they're humiliating. it's all about trying to get better roles for yourself based on your own merit. we've all seen clips of today's cinematic stars when they were first starting out. they sucked, the movies were horrible, the roles were "substandard" [in schwarznegger's early flick, "hercules in new york", they dubbed over his voice because his accent was so thick nobody could understand him. now, that's humiliating]. so don't whine and complain that you're being exploited every time you don't get the role you think you deserve. you don't deserve shit. nobody owes you anything. this is america. it may be turning socialist, but we're not there yet. Matt @ 1:35 PM