The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir | 
Ok I know this is not anything close to the focus of this book BUT this is almost verbatim what we were told in my 4 years of theatre school. I hated it then because I‘ve always been interested in lots of things (hence dramaturg). I hate it now because it sounds like a challenge to a group of optimistic 18-22 year olds romanticizing suffering for your art. It sets people up to be taken advantage of because you love the work though right?
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I had a Broadcasting professor who had a contact at the then Regis & Kelly Show for an internship. $5/day for 10 hour days to commute from NJ at an ungodly hour in the morning. I told my professor thanks but no thanks, it's not worth it. I found one at a small radio station at the NJ shore, with better hours, generous bosses who bought us food & drinks, and I got to see bands, help with promos, & go to the beach. I wasn't suffering for work. 4y
mdemanatee @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick good for you! I had paid internships/apprenticeships and considered myself lucky (especially as I didn‘t come from family money that makes a lot of internships possible). But @ the apprenticeship I was basically doing entry level work for a weekly stipend (paid on a 1099 so tax time was fun). I‘ve tried to keep in contact w/ both since to varying degrees of success. 4y
mdemanatee @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I should also mention these were two major and established regional theatres, not storefronts. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick That's awesome! Getting paid is even better! I ended up graduating after 4.5 years instead of 4 just to do this internship and work full-time at a hotel. I stuck with the hotel business and said no to broadcasting since most of it wasn't valued without lots of "paying your dues". 4y
mdemanatee @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I mean...the pay existed but wasn‘t much. Yup. The “paying your dues” mentality in too, too many fields that favors those with the means to pay them. 4y
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