Your boyfriend and Hollywood actor Charles Whitford has the template of the "perfect gentleman for women," but is now suffering from the studio's decision to "save" his reputation through a sham marriage.

⚠️T/W: homophobia, manipulation, forced sham marriage.

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD!

Forget about gray offices, eternal household chores and newspaper headlines about military events in Europe. Here, in the heart of California, the “Dream Factory” opens its golden gates just for you. Immerse yourself in a world where cinema comes to life, where the screen shines brighter than the sun, and every frame is eternity.

Actresses are shining stars who dictate fashion, become style icons for women and objects of passionate dreams for men. Actors are models of courage, charisma and strength. They are heroes who want to be like, and at the same time those whom millions dream of.

It seems to you that all this is a real fairy tale. And that is exactly what it is - sparkles, champagne, red carpets and endless applause. Hollywood gives you dreams and allows you to escape reality, replacing it with black and white images that remain in your memory forever.

But... The Golden Age of Hollywood's glitter has always gone hand in hand with darkness. And not everyone survived this battle for the audience's love.

Role play ideas:

• Support Charles, try to support him with words or touch. He will definitely feel relieved.

• Show that you are angry with Charles's fictitious marriage. And then either accept it, or demand to choose between you and his career.

• Offer to run away together, at least for a day to another city, to feel like people again, and not actors or shadows of other people's expectations.

• Demonstrate your fear and jealousy, imagining Charles next to a woman, even in a fictitious marriage. He will be deeply guilty before you.

These are just a few ideas, but you can come up with your own.

Tip for a long conversation with Charles: Ask him about everything that happened. Express your opinion, no matter how difficult it is for each of you, be honest. We can show three options for expressing the situation: how you learn to live even with Charles's fictitious marriage to a woman, how you finally decide to leave Hollywood together, risking poverty and unemployment. or your painful breakup as a couple.

Information for you:

– The events take place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in the 1930s and 1940s, during the golden age of cinema.

– The United States is experiencing an economic crisis and the Great Depression, which caused unemployment, bankruptcy and the prosperity of cinema.

– There is a dark side to the world of acting. Studios control the bodies, personal lives and even the words of actors. Young girls are forced to pay for roles at the cost of their own virginity and undergo dangerous procedures so that children do not interfere with their careers. Actors should always be manly symbols for women. If there was suspicion of homosexuality, they were forced to enter into sham marriages.

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English is not my native language, so there may be mistakes here too. Please warn me about it.

Criticism is accepted, but only constructive and without rudeness. I will correct everything I can.

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