The film industry takes less and less interest in the kinds of talent that Swinton encountered and, in many cases, promoted at the beginning of her career.
And if they became famous, these no-talents exploiting their encounters with fate or their simple bad judgment, now we can watch them get their comeuppance.
When he snorts that Steve Jobs "was a poser, he didn't even write code", there are echoes of Spinal Tap's David St Hubbins fuming the words "this much talent!" after an encounter with a much bigger rock star at a hotel.
"Once in a blue moon, we encounter a talent as prodigious as Michael Hersch, Cartonn wrote.
Though, of one female character Segal wrote: "Fanny had a talent he had not encountered in all the girls he'd dated in America.
In all of professional sports, it's very rare to encounter a talent like Tiger Woods.
We were blown away by the talent and creativity we encountered but had to narrow it down to only six finalists (two from each region).
Then there's Grover Gardner, a wry narrator with a mellow, regular-guy voice whose talents I first encountered in the legal mysteries of David Rosenfelt.
I was friendly with Meyer, who was something of a hero to his fellow Jewish students, and he confided to me that, in Hufflepuff — though he was admired, even idolized, for his athletic talents — even he encountered the occasional contemptuous glance.
As I said when I first featured him in the playlist, Meilyr Jones isn't technically Americana, but he's one of the greatest new talents I've encountered in the last 12 months and this track is my song of the year.
