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I Do What I Do So I Can Do What I Want

Producer of the Work / Filmmaker: 

A narrative video by Larry Moses

Year released: 
1990
Length: 
4 minutes

Some call it "paying dues," some call it "toughing it out," but whatever you call it, trying to survive in the uncertain, fluky world of art -- waiting for a break which may never come -- is a precarious and unsettling way to live. Larry Moses writes, directs and acts in this humorous mini-drama about making a living cleaning offices (while surreptitiously reading battered copies of Harold Pinter plays) and pursuing his dreams of being an accomplished actor.

Filmmaker's Name: 
Larry Moses
Filmmaker's Bio: 

By day, Larry Moses is the Program Coordinator for the University of Pennsylvania's Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. When his workday is over, Moses transfers his boisterous personality to the Philadelphia-area stage, where he’s acted in close to 150 plays and directed more than 100, including "Purlie Victorious" for the Philadelphia Black Theater Festival in the mid-1980s, which was named one of the five best plays that year.

Press: 

February 26, 2004, Penn Current Online, "Every living situation that I see has the potential for a play," By Heather Davis

Public Screenings, Broadcasts and Festivals: 

August 22, 1999 - Part of Street Movies screening at Habitat for Humanity West Philadelphia offices (Philadelphia, PA)

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