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"one day, I promise I will tell you the full story of my infamously incoherent cameo on the Gordon Ramsay reality show MasterChef"

Excuse me! Rude of you to not have written this blog yet, Caitlin...

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Don't get Drew Magary started on bad special effects. You'll be here all day.

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May 20, 2022Liked by Samantha Grasso

Obviously the solution is simple: use vfx to put liquid INTO the empty cups. I see no way this backfires.

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If it truly is up to the actors (not sure I buy this but whatever), then it seems a bizarre choice not to opt for actual liquid in there. Like, it makes it look way more real and believable and if you’re worried about spilling it isn’t like you have to fill it up the brim! That’s Hollyweird for ya I guess.

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My pet peeve is obviously fake, un-cleared bong hits. Where the actor lights up the bowl, sucks in for the "bubbling bong" sound effect, then pulls away and starts on his monologue - while the bong sits there, in-scene, still full of smoke. I know at least 90% of Hollywood crew members have hit a bong at some point in their life so there's really no excuse.

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My pet peeve is clearly empty handbags.

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