James Patterson, who doesn't write his own books anymore (and nobody objects to this) has the nerve to offer a "master class." The kicker is that if you pony up the money for this online con, you MIGHT be given the chance to write his next book for him.
Or, maybe not. Like the lottery, the odds are not in your favor.
It turns out this slimy company has been grabbing a lot of greedy celebrities and hooking them into doing "master classes."
It's a big ego trip for the celebrity (Dustin Hoffman is giving video acting classes and get this, Serena Williams is giving video tennis classes). They make MONEY off it and the company acts as publicists, giving them more exposure.
YOU can take acting classes with Dustin Hoffman? Really? For $90?
For that, you get 5 hours worth of tapes to watch. And?
"Practice scenes with fellow students, and post videos to get feedback from the class (and possibly even Dustin himself!)." Possibly. POSSIBLY.
Meanwhile starry-eyed idiots have the ego to figure, "I'm SO good, Dustin Hoffman will definitely be watching MY auditions!" Yeah? And he'll make calls so you'll get an agent and a part in his next movie? Dream on, deluded one.
The more "normal" and humble thing to do is to simply be a professor at a college somewhere, if you really want to "give back" and get involved. Nah, that's too much work and commitment.
Some, Allen Ginsberg and Philip Roth among them, actually were full-time professors so that they could be assured of a retirement check as well as having the ego-rub of adoring young students asking for autographs (or who knows what).
The lazy way is the Internet way. And here's Masterclass with their Master bait, giving egocentric stars a chance to pretend to be magnanimous. Along with getting publicity and a paycheck.
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