that life just isn't the movies is it? but what I noticed when flicking through the channels and stumbling across Britain's Got Talent is that for some people it is so close. They live their whole life in some kind of monotonous routine, never really standing out, wandering 'what if?' and just managing to get by. But for those three minutes or so when they are up on that stage they are living the dream, to use that old cliche, and getting as close to those characters we see in films, where all the attention is focused on them. And.....if they win, if they reach that finishing post, then it is the climax - the pivotal moment we see characters reach in their lives on the big screen.
For those contestants on reality shows, like Britain's Got Talent, their life plays out like some kind of stage play - a character that most of us can relate to, coming from a humble background, working hard, doing their best - only to hit the big time, in a very public forum, more public than previous generations. Never before have we had such a number of shows where talented people, some more talented than others to be fair, have to perform to get a 'yes' or 'no.' To stand in front of a panel of judges to be told how great you are, or how insane or rubbish you are if a dancing Darth Vader is anything to go by, is sensational - I don't usually watch reality television, but I find myself staring like some crazed fan at how the narrative plays out. Because that is essentially what shows like Britain's Got Talent are - a film, a documentary perhaps, with a multi-stranded narrative where the audience go through a voyage of discovery with each character (or contestant).
But what about those people who don't have that fifteen minutes of fame? What is the equivalent? The moment you get that promotion you were dreaming of? The minute you and a partner realise that you are bringing a new life into the world? Or something as simple as finishing a painting, taking that perfect photograph, or realising that person is the one you want to be with? I say simple, perhaps I mean satisfying.

So what has been your closest-to-film/stageplay-moment? Your fifteen minutes? For me, it was standing up to a bully and coming out the other side stronger.

I wait in anticipation for how the epic reality plays out. I hope your fifteen minutes is all you hoped for.
xoxo.