My Hollywood Connections and Moving from L.A. to Duluth Minnesota

This was published in the Reader Weekly, a weekly magazine in Duluth, MN

http://duluthreader.com/articles/2014/01/31/2865_moving_from_hollywood_california_to_duluth_mn


It features stories on James Haven, Joseph Runningfox and others I met while pursuing a writing career in late 1980s and early 1990s.

Radio Feature: Blogs

Readings from the Blogs of Les Phillips and Vicki Jo Dean on our radio network.

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People want a good story.  Here it is.

Also, a story of who I have met in Hollywood during my time there.  I used to sit next to De De West at the American Red Cross who was best friends with Errol Flynn's wife.....etc....hear the rest at link below.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ernestradionetwork/2013/11/20/beaten-path-blog-readings-will-diversion-kill-the-us

Confirmation and Explanation of what went wrong with Darrell and me

New International Version (©2011) But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. New Living Translation (©2007) But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10:33

A lot of people have been checking my Facebook post of my conversation with Darrell Redleaf which is not actually his true name but stage name.  I made it public because we were once friends under a common cause that was entertainment and promoting Native American material in the industry.  When I first got to Hollywood, I became successful due to the material I was choosing, I had no idea "Dances with Wolves" would be a hit that year.  I entered a one act play contest and chose to write about Ojibwe or Chippewa Indians in Northern Minnesota because I had an affinity to Native Americans due to my compassion for the Europeans decimating their life.  My dad used to tell me they had a certain kind of grace about them the way the moved and were kinetic with the earth.  I met a novice actor named Darrell who was just getting into the business.  He did a bit part in one movie.  I had 2 other professional actors in my play, and Darrell joined late because Joseph Runningfox dropped out.  Darrell was very gifted and added a lot to the play.  We produced the play three time in 1990.  One time Continental Cablevision produced it under "Playhouse 1990s." Darrell met one of the producers in his apartment complex and due to Darrell's efforts, we got on the public access cable channel with our play.  I never had one bad experience with Darrell in all the time I knew him.  Years later, maybe 19 years later in 2009 or 2010, I was leaving for Riverside County on Good Friday Holy weekend and Darrell started  IMing me about a movie called Zeitgeist.  I guess its some movie discounting the validity of Christ's savior image or true God.  Mary from Canada, a childhood friend I hadn't spoken to in 20 plus years was also IMing me.  I was short on time.  I told Darrell I would get back to him, I was leaving for out of town.  Darrell abruptly dropped me on Facebook and I don't think he blocked me but was rude.  I didn't tell him, I never plan to watch the movie or your are infringing on my beliefs.  I just told him it was Good Friday and I was headed out to visit someone.  I felt all the hatred he had for organized religion was directed to me just because I happened to be a lifelong Christian.   My experience in the last ten years with some highly successful people in which he is (a hairdresser for Hollywood stars), is that he doesn't have the patience or humility to deal with ordinary people.  I am not high up on the food chain in Hollywood, I had a one hit wonder with my play.  I didn't purse entertainment after my daughter died.  I am not calling Darrell to forgive me and make amends.  I hope he checks this page.  I want to tell him, I respect him for his beliefs but don't be so close minded that you don't think the church have never done any good in the world or Christian believers as individuals.  You haven't looked into the true faith or nature of the religion fully to understand the complexity of the savior-forgivness, eternal love vs. condemnation.  Often times. Christianity is rule driven, but the wisdom, growth and faith of following Christ is what drives life to fullness and glory.

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I don't know what is more annoying.  Someone who feels their path of awareness is so concrete they can't absorb the spiritual enlightenment of others or those who are too spiritually evolved to forgive.  I was friends with a former actor who was in my play and we had a big argument about God in around 2010 or early 2011.  He wanted me to watch a movie Zeitgeist or something like that about proof that Jesus and Christianity are a lie.  He asked me to do it on "Good Friday" while I was at my sisters and headed to Laura's for a holiday.  I told him No because I had just found a friend on FB from early childhood and I didn't have time.  Because I didn't have time to watch a movie on Good Friday that defied God he basically said on Facebook Chat "Goodbye Jane, take care" or some drone message that was supposed to be consequential.  I tried to discuss it with him and he got very defensive.  It ended unproductively.  Its been a few years and I emailed him today to tell him about my new Native friends in Duluth (he is Mandan Hidatsa Sioux and was in my Ojibwe play).  He blocked me again.  I guess he wants no interference by those who remind him of the scriptural truth.  I feel like he is real spoiled in which I noticed in his personality when we were face to face friends when I was his director.  He is also very self assured of his personal journey and never questions who he is in a repentant way.  He is also gay and I noticed certain gays are anit-Christian because they know the Old and New Testament say "don't follow your own flesh."  This makes him very angry and he had to go out of his way to create his new self serving religion to justify his actions.  Darrell, you are a poor listener.  None of us are great, we are just forgiven.  So be so caught up in your self righteous mantra that you forget to be humble.  No one is condemning you but you condem others by what they believe.  Thanks for the stripes of Jesus I earned on my back.