basics...
Another documentary in the True Stories strand, this one looks at the experiences of child actors who come to a specific apartment complex every year for pilot season, in the hope of landing a TV series and having their celebrity dreams come true.
brilliant...
Rather than being like some sort of freaky mini-pops style clown show, Babes' tales are full of unintentional laughs, delusional young actors and parents, and a real dollop of reality and emotional heartache. The families who inhabit the apartments include Megan and her mom, who came several years ago and never left, but the precocious young wannabe fails to secure any auditions, never mind callbacks. Her story is the sad heart of the documentary - they rarely see her father, back home in his state making money to keep funding the acting classes, photographers, and myriad other leeches, and her mother regularly breaks down and wonders how she carries on. There's also Shanna, who has come along with her mom to pilot season for the very first time, and they both have their eyes open to how difficult it really is to make it in Hollywood, and how much luck is involved. They end up leaving at the end of pilot season seemingly satisfied to carry on with their lives, but many of the kids and adults are not so clear headed. It doesn't help that the 'motivational' speakers fill everyone's heads with impossible dreams.
briefly...
An eye-opening peek into how Hollywood makes its money, and how difficult it is for anyone, whether child or not, to get a big break.
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