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This was Dorothys first acting job. And it was Dales, in fact, as well. Hed done some theater in high school but certainly nothing that ever paid. And she got hired for her looks and charisma and, most importantly, her accent. The role required a specific regional dialect, and her meter just seemed right. And so the first time they acted they did so together. And they were both nervous. But more excited, still, because they were both new to acting, and had gotten into it because they were pretty, essentially just leashed up and led around and told what to do. Which can be disconcerting, not knowing what the future holds. But now they each knew somebody else somebody else like them things might be easier. So they ran to their marks, and they hit their cues, and they acted, for the first time, together. Teamwork, you know? And they were believable the swooning cheerleader and the varsity wrestler had real spark. They were young, not yet over-doing it. Not yet over applying the method. Not yet overcompensating for their developing jowls. They didnt know how to act, yet. They were only being themselves. They just liked to be around each other and their viewership, watching at home, believed that truth. And the confidence they built from that scene allowed them to be successful in their other scenes, with other actors. And they saw, in each other, a future. Just themselves. Themselves together. Just together. And then they were happy. Happy as baked clams.