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A f t e r w h a t s e e m e d a l e n g t h y a n d o f te n
f r u s t r a t i n g v i s i t , th e to w n o f C a n n o n
B e a c h c a n n o w r e f l e c t u p o n H o lly w o o d
a t its d o o r s te p . T he v i s i t o r s m a n if e s te d
s o v e r y m u c h m o r e t h a n th e u s u s a l
t o u r i s t s . W e w e r e a b l e to s e e b o o s t e d
e g o s s h a t t e r e d e g o s , d is illu s io n m e n t,
s h o rt t e m p e r s , p o w er g a m e s , w a rm
a n d f r ie n d ly m o v ie s t a r s , in s e c u r e a n d
in -n e e d - of - s p e c ia l tr e a tm e n t- m o v ie
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F o r a w e e k d o w n to w n w a s m a d e d r a b
a n d r o t t i n g a w a y . T h e m o v ie w a s to b e
a s p o o f o f h o r r o r f i l m s ; a n d lo w h u m o r
m u s t h a v e b e e n th e i n t e n t . L o c a l c i t i z e n s
w e re h ire d a s e x tr a s fo r th irty d o lla rs
a d a y a n d a m e a l . W e w h o w e r e a m o n g th e
c h o s e n — c h o s e n I ’m s u r e b e c a u s e w e
a p p e a r e d m o r e s l o v e n l y t h a n th e u n c h o s -
e n — w e r e m a d e i n to c h a r i a c t u r e s o f o u r ­
s e l v e s a s h i c k s in th e h u s t i n g s , w h ic h w a s
r e f l e c t e d in o u r lo w p a y s c a l e ( e x t r a s r e ­
c e i v e f if ty d o l l a r s a d a y in m o r e s o p h ­
i s t i c a t e d l o c a l e s , p e r h a p s a r e a s o n th e
O re g o n c o a s t w as c h o se n ).
W e c h a n g e d in to w h a t H o lly w o o d p e o ­
p le m u s t a l w a y s go t h r o u g h o n l o c a t i o n .
O n th e s e t t h e y f l a t t e r e d u s e n d l e s s l y ,
h e l d t h e i r t e m p e r s ( m o s t o f th e t i m e )
w h e n w e b le w a s c e n e : — A n d c a r e f u l l y
i g n o r e d th e c i r c u s t h a t g a t h e r e d f r o m
m i l e s a r o u n d . M o s t o f th e f o lk s s i m p l y
l i n e d th e s t r e e t s e a c h d a y of f il m i n g ,
b u t a f e w t r i e d to b e " s e e n " a n d m a d e
f a m o u s w ith w h a te v e r h o m e g r o w n t a l e n t
t h e w o r l d h a d b e e n w a i ti n g f o r .
T h e m o v ie f o lk s a r e g o n e . So is th e
c i r c u s , w h ic h a l s o i n c l u d e s th e g i a n t
f e r r i s w h e e l t h a t w a s s e t a m o n g th e
t r e e s . C a n n o n B e a c h h a s q u ie te d — so
e n d s o u r r o l e s a s h o s t s to a f o r e i g n
g ro u p th a t n e v e r q u ite u n d e rs to o d how
w o n d e rfu l th ir ty d o lla r s a day can be.
W e a r e l e f t w ith a p e r s o n a l g a in b e ­
y o n d th e l i t t l e e x t r a to c o v e r n e x t m o n ­
t h 's r e n t , e v e n b e y o n d th e m o m e n t a r y
f a n t a s i e s o f b e in g " d i s c o v e r e d " f r o m
a f e w s e c o n d s o f m u g g in g a t c a m e r a s .
W e w e r e g i v e n th e o p p o r t u n i t y to s e e
p e o p le p r a c t i c i n g a c r a f t . A s w a s o f te n
p o i n te d o u t, t h a t c r a f t i s c a l l e d " s h o w
b u s in e s s ," n o t sh o w a r t i s t r y . C o m p li­
c a te d a n d d e ta ile d a s it w a s — and a
g r e a t a m o u n t of w o rk an d d e ta il m u st
g o in to c r e a t i n g f a n t a s y — t h e s e p e o p le
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b u t a lo t of m o n e y , m o s t of th e m s a id
w hen a sk e d .
N o w t h a t t h e y a r e g o n e , I w o n d e r if
t h e H o lly w o o d p e o p le s a w t h e g r e a t
a r r a y o f a r t i s t i c ta le n t th a t p o p u la te s
C a n n o n B e a c h . I th in k n o t. B u t in t h e i r
d e fe n se , o u r v is ito rs w e re b u sy c lim b ­
in g a n e n d l e s s l a d d e r , w h i c h , o n e s o o n
l e a r n s , h a s no p e r m a n e n t to p . C a n n o n
B e a c h , o n th e o t h e r h a n d , r e p r e s e n t s a
h e i g h t f o r th e a r t i s t s . T h e i r g a i n s a r e
m o d e s t — c e r ta in ly n o n e h a v e a s ix
m i l l i o n d o l l a r b u d g e t w h ic h f o r m o v i e
p e o p le i s p r e t t y c h e a p — a n d t h e i r t a l e n t s
o f te n g o u n a p p r e c i a t e d . Y e t f o r a w o n d e r ­
f u l m o m e n t t h e a r t i s t r y w i t h i n th e l o c a l s
a n d th e h i g h - s a l a r i e d , h i g h - p r e s s u r e d
v i s i t o r s c o m b i n e d , a n d th o u g h t h e e n d
p r o d u c t m i g h t n o t b e q u i t e w h a t w e w o u ld
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I le a r n e d s o m e th in g e ls e fro m th a t e x ­
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L in d i R e id i s a C a n n o n B e a c h w r i t e r
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