March 12, 2007
ONE MAN'S BREAKOUT IS ANOTHER MAN'S OUTBREAK
When an actor or actress plays a character in a movie that propels him or her from obscurity to widespread fame, it's generally referred to as a breakout performance (think Jim Carrey in The Mask or Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic.) A breakout performance is what I thought NYC rats experienced in local news broadcasts a few weeks ago, when they were captured performing the rodent equivalent of a Busby Berkeley number for the cameras stationed outside a West Village Taco Bell. As many actors will sadly attest, however, until you're famous in showbusiness, it's like you may as well not even exist.
Posted by Lexiphane at March 12, 2007 3:12 PM
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