Egerton stars as the man whose talent is as thin as his spandex uniform and Jackman as Bronson Peary, his alcoholic has-been coach, who finds his own form of redemption guiding his young (non-) talent, and also gets a chance to make some choice Bo Derek references besides.
Unlike with The X Factor, say, the non-talent pool is showing no sign of drying up.
She plays around with two fabulous alter egos: Caliope, a too-cool French fashion blogger and T-Murda, a rapper of considerable (non- talent.
Having co-written and produced Tinie Tempah's Brit award-winning debut single, Pass Out, two years ago while still in his teens, the Hackney prodigy went on to score two top-five hits of his own after becoming Simon Cowell's first non-talent-show signing in six years.
Photograph: David Sillitoe Avid readers of the books blog may recall a piece I wrote a few months ago on the literary non-talents of musicians.
A mass cull of non-talent is exactly what Arianna Huffington needed to do to assert her editorial authority over Aol's content.
Genetically determined, benefit-influencing properties may vary independently of origin, e.g. as a result of genetic changes occurring before or after conception; and obviously the social environment in which the relevant person grows up, and in which her properties constitute talents or non-talents, may vary widely.
It felt as insulting to the "non-talent" as it did degrading to the "talent".
The most exploited-yet-amusing emerging non-talent of 2010 extended his 15 minutes into 15 hours, and 15 hours into 15 days, begging the question: Has anyone turned the attempted rape of his sister into a more successful foray into pop cultural relevance?
"There's an almost non-existent talent pool in Palestine for video-game development," Kheir said.
