Humour
Why does Hollywood still dish out starring roles to guns?
The fatal shooting on a movie set shouldn't surprise anyone
07 November 2021 - 00:01
When the story broke about Alec Baldwin shooting and killing the director of photography on the set of the movie Rush (https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2021-10-22-cinematographer-killed-director-wounded-after-alec-baldwin-fires-prop-gun-on-movie-set/), I was surprised. No, don’t be absurd; the source of my surprise wasn’t that this happened. I was just amazed that this was newsworthy. Folks fatally shooting each other on Hollywood movie sets shouldn’t be an event...
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