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Rob Long explores the fear of being dull in both personal and professional life, illustrated through a Hollywood anecdote involving Humphrey Bogart.
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- The article is titled "Are You Boring?" and is written by Rob Long for The Ankler.
- The author explores the fear of being boring in life and show business.
- The article mentions an anecdote about Humphrey Bogart and his concerns about delivering dialogue-heavy exposition scenes.
- The post is part of the Martini Shot series for The Ankler.
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Author Rob Long discusses the fear of being boring in life and show business, using a Hollywood story about Humphrey Bogart as an example.
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In this article titled "Are You Boring?" by Rob Long, the author explores the fear of being boring in both life and show business. Long begins by mentioning a Hollywood story about Humphrey Bogart and how he was concerned about filming a dialogue
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Rob Long explores one of the great fears of life and show business alike
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Aug 9, 2023
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This is Rob Long with Martini Shot for The Ankler.
There's an old Hollywood story, which may or may not be true, about Humphrey Bogart. He was about to film an "explainer" scene one of those dialogue-heavy set-pieces, where one character drones on for a page or two of crucial, but eye-glazing, exposition.
But Bogart, like most actors, worried about bor
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