Shots in the dark: why the slope from child to adult stardom has never been more slippery.(Column)

Interview | September 1, 2005| | Copyright

Becoming a child or teen star can be a mixed blessing if there's no follow-through. The shift of pop culture's economic focus onto the youth audience over the past 15 or so years has put immense pressure on kid actors hoping to become adult stars. So fickle is the marketplace that talent and beauty are no guarantee of enduring popularity for most early overachievers; graft, tenacity, and bottomless charisma are crucial too.

Over the last year, I've enjoyed repeated family matinees of 1935's A Midsummer Night's Dream and 1937's Heidi. Fourteen-year-old Mickey ...

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