I missed a character from the audiovisual guild in the Forqué. One who neither shouts nor shows up at meetings (either social or work). A hunched, whiny person who rarely dresses fashionably. They almost always have health problems related to intestinal transit. He is the first to arrive on a project, but he is also the one most likely to leave the project without getting paid. When the project starts, go to a meeting. But then he disappears from the offices but receives endless requests for unpaid work because what he does is something anyone can do and besides, he can change in two seconds.
When things begin, when they begin, the director changes “our story” to “my film.” Then our friend notices that he is becoming invisible. The actors don't know what it's called and they don't care. The money arrives for everything that needs to be done and he continues to wait to be paid even though he has already finished the work (employed for more than a year doing his thing). You still have to wait. Filming ends and, yes, they pay him his share. The premiere comes and he is neither invited to the screening nor to the party. Nor anywhere else. When an actor wins an award, he will mention everyone except our character. If the film is a failure, everyone talks to him, but always without his own name, only with reference to his job. But if the film is a success, you won't see him at the awards ceremony or the photo shoot.
This is the fate and reality of the screenwriters who, once again, were neither applauded nor seen on the red carpets.
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