Auditioning Betty in Mulholland Drive

George E. Toles

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Abstract This essay argues that Betty's audition scene in Mulholland Drive is the Rosetta Stone for the mysteries of star acting in Hollywood film. By means of an almost moment-by-moment reconstruction of the audition segment, Toles demonstrates how our presumed ironic superiority to artifice and role playing is cunningly exchanged for a believer's faith in movie acting truth.

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