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Post subject: How would you prepare for this role?
 Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 04:00 AM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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How would you prepare for this role if presented to you?
You are to play the role of a high pressure salesman who is told to memorize a script and follow it without deviation. The script has subscripts to conteract any objections that the would be vict.... ere... buyer would have. You have to maintain a complete professional image at all times with no deviations what so ever. Sort of robotic almost.
When you are not working, you are the complete opposite.... sloppy dresser, slang language, spontaneous.
Of course, if the role were offered to a woman, the description would be the same.
OK, you closet actors out there in cyber land, time to get out of grandma's attic and let your imaginations out for some fun time. |
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Let's do it as a memorial to Joyce Mason
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Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 07:32 PM
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Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 10:48 AM
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I'm a telemarketer?
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Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 02:20 PM
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I'm sorry, Sue Marie, but I didn't even like doing fundraisers at school when I was a kid. I wouldn't even sell cookie dough for the band with a trip to Orlando as incentive. I couldn't sell water to a desert dweller. My mom didn't like all the fundraising stuff even though it was for more educational tools for the school. She said her kids were there for an education and not to be taught to be door-to-door salesmen. Of course, if everyone had this opinion then the materials would never be bought for that education, but my mom thought the schools wouldn't go under if we didn't sell anything.  |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 03:59 PM
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Have you ever called an 800 number to order something from an infomercial? When you call, you get treated to all the extra goodies that you can add to your order. You start out calling for a 10.00 item and end up with a bill of 50 to 100, plus, you are encouraged to try magazines and shopping clubs.
Now comes a deal where people call in to enter a sweepstakes and get an opportunity to join a savings club. (sort of like an online Sam's club).
That's ok though. I turned the role down. One of the requirements was that we give our first and last name to the callers calling in. (Are they NUTS!) To quote Judge Judy, "Do I have 'stupid' written on my forehead?"
I actually process calls for a shipping company. I am not selling them anything, just arranging for pick ups and deliveries. When I am not doing that, I process calls for several other companies, including a pizza company. Just think. The next time you call to order a pizza, you may get me. |
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Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 10:15 PM
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The role of a high-pressure salesman would be a good one for The Tanner! The Tanner wouldn't be like the Willie Loman character in Death of a Salesman, but more like a home invader.
I imagine The Tanner selling tickets to the policeman's ball. He'd wear a superhero's cape and charge through the door as soon as it opened! Barking away, running all over the house, knocking over expensive lamps and vases, spilling drinks left on the kitchen table, he'd leave the home by crashing through a window. On to the next house!
In the end, he'd compare to Willie Loman because he wouldn't be able to sell any tickets. The tickets would be kept in a pocket of the cape. |
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C'mon, The Tanner, check his I.D.
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Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 03:24 AM
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| Johnny_Turbo wrote: | Barking away, running all over the house, knocking over expensive lamps and vases, spilling drinks left on the kitchen table, he'd leave the home by crashing through a window. On to the next house!
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Do we detect a trace of personal experience here? Maybe a touch of deja vu? (GRIN!)
It does sound like you're describing a scene from a personal experience!
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