Bialy still keeps her casting books filled with "copious [audition] notes on everybody" even from 25 years ago.
Like many young kids I went to a casting, booked it, shot it and used the money to fund my trip overseas for one of my passions – gymnastics.
You get similar panels when you search a movie title (release date, director, composer, screenplay, awards, cast); book title (date, author, characters, genres, sequels); band (dates of activity, home state, members, record companies, song and album lists); city, state and country names (map, area, local time, population, points of interest); movie stars (the usual bio info plus net worth).
"I needed permission, and permission came with casting the book as a psychoanalytic confession," Roth told me.
Casting the book in the form of a dialogue, María demonstrates through fictional conversations among a group of nuns during their hours of recreation how women could serve as very effective spiritual teachers for each other.
"How am I supposed to sound that out?" she responded, casting the book aside for one in English.
If you have, well then, your only dilemma is which cast to book for.
Siblin casts his book in 36 short chapters to reflect the six dance movements of the six Suites.
Collins casts his book with rip-roaring characters, then sizes them up with practiced ease.
But thanks to that letter, Edel is able to cast the book as illustrative, essential to our understanding of James.
