EVEN ON THE WATERFRONT SUFFERED, OR DID IT?..

AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM, WHEN BRANDO'S CHARACTER SAYS TO LEE J COBB WHO PLAYED HIS BROTHER IN THE FILM, "I COULD'A BEEN A CONTENDER"...HE WAS A CONTENDER. HE WASN'T A CHAMPION, HIS CHARACTER WAS A LOSER, GRANTED THE ACTOR MADE US CARE ABOUT HIS CHARACTER BECAUSE OF HIS ENORMOUS COMMAND OF CRAFT IN MY OPINION BUT ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE WOMAN HE FELL IN LOVE WITH, THAT'S WHY. SHE MADE HIM NOT A LOSER, BUT HUMAN AND VULNERABLE, SOMETHING EXTREMELY APPEALING TO SEE IN A SUPPOSED TOUGH GUY, PARTICULARLY FROM A TRUE WOMAN'S P.O.V. SHE WAS THE REDEEMING FORCE THAT MADE US CARE ABOUT BRANDO'S CHARACTER. THAT'S WHY CASTING IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN EVERY PROJECT REGARDING THE FINAL DECISION ALONG WITH MY BOARD, AT LEAST WITH MY WRITING PROJECTS. WAS THERE A SCREENPLAY OF COURSE, WHO DIRECTED IT, WHERE WAS THE DIRECTOR, WHY WASN'T THE FAUX PA PICKED UP, BUT OF COURSE "MISTAKES" HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE AS WELL AS REEL LIFE, SO IT'S PERFECTLY OK FOR BRANDO'S CHARACTER TO HAVE MADE THE SO CALLED ERROR, WHICH WASN'T AT ALL. IT WAS A PERFECTLY BRAVE CHOICE, WHICH MOST ACTORS WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE GUTS TO MAKE THAT CHOICE I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THIS, WAS IT ELIA KAZAN, I APOLOGIZE IF I'M WRONG, AND I NOW KNOW A LITTLE BETTER NOW, WHY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, PERHAPS FELT GUILTY ENOUGH TO EASE THE IMMIGRATION LAWS WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS OPPOSED TO SCREEN ACTORS GUILD WHERE HE HAD SERVED TWO TERMS. PERHAPS FEELING HE WANTED TO MAKE A WRONG RIGHT, BUT ULTIMATELY AT WHOSE COST? ALL SPECULATIVE NOTIONS ON MY PART. ACCORDING TO AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS REAGAN WENT AFTER ELIA KAZAN DURING THE WITCH HUNTS IN TERMS OF WHO WAS A COMMUNIST AND WHO WASN'T. WHEN I READ THE THIN BIO OF ELIA KAZAN RECENTLY, HE RECOMMENDS THAT A DIRECTOR NEVER REFER TO A SCRIPT, WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEWHAT, SINCE HER EYES MUST BE UPON THE ACTRESS AND ACTORS DOING THE SCENE AND NO PLACE ELSE. SO THAT WOULD MAKE PERFECT SENSE. BECAUSE THE FILM IS PUT TOGETHER IN THE EDITING ROOM, USUALLY WITH THE DIRECTOR,CINEMATROGRAPHER SOMETIMES AND OF COURSE THE FILM EDITOR CONFERRING. FILM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT REMEMBER. JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, OR ISN'T. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. (C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL ON APRIL 24, 2015 AT 3:06PM, LA, CA 90046, USA AND SINCE THE WITCH HUNTS WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME, REGAN SUPPOSEDLY FINGERED ELIA KAZAN AS BEING A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, WAS THIS A RUSE TOO? THIS WAS WAY, BEFORE MY TIME MIND YOU. I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WOULDN'T YOU? I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE, AND I WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE WRONG AGAIN. REVISED 4/24/2015 AT 3:10PM