Re discipline: There is little, in any field, I find. I was saying exactly what Pogue said - when I went to LACC I would have been thrown out of the show and possibly the department if I behaved like some of these folks are (just two or three - two of whom are alums). In those days, they would not put up with it. Now, they're more lenient because they size of the class has dwindled down so much they can't afford to lose students. Kids have jobs (there was no way we could have a job in the old days - the job was the department, and you lived and ate however you lived and ate - LACC didn't have tuition, so as long as you could pay your rent and eat, that was that), and they regularly use that to get out of rehearsals. I've been rather strong about it, and I think they sense that because I'm not a teacher, that I will brook no unprofessional behavior - some kid said to me last night, "Well, you know, I have to arrange my work schedule - got to pay bills, you know" and I said, "Great - just show up at my rehearsals or, if work is what you have to do, go to work, but you won't be in this show. Your decision completely." I believe he'll be showing up at rehearsals. But it was the attitude, which was like here's what I'm doing deal with it. Not on your tintype, baby. YOU deal with it.
