Transcendentalist Television » race http://transcendentalisttelevision.com It's Not TV Wed, 26 May 2010 19:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Casting Call: UPDATE http://transcendentalisttelevision.com/2009/08/casting-call/ http://transcendentalisttelevision.com/2009/08/casting-call/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:16:22 +0000 Dan Tovrov http://transcendentalisttelevision.com/?p=664 I’ve been a movie extra a few times. I’m part of a casting agency that sends out casting calls for extras. I get about 5 or more e-mails a day from them. They need people to fill particular roles. It’s simple – if you think you fit, you submit yourself, they call you, you work for 15 hours and make $90. Sometimes I like a role so I submit. Sometimes they don’t really fit. Here are a few:

(Formatting note: there’s basic information that is always covered in each call; the show, the age, race and sex of the actor, the actual role, and if it’s a union job or not. Italics are my thoughts. Random note: I might never work in this town again for publishing this list of secrets)

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  • GOSSIP GIRL: NON SAG TO PORTRAY FOOD VENDOR AGE 20′S TO 30′S WITH REAL WAFFLE MAKING EXPERIENCE 8/18

1) You just put batter in a machine!  2) I have real waffle eating experience. That work?  3) Does this mean that a fresh waffle will be made on every take?

  • MERCY: NON AFTRA MEN AVAIL 4/5 ALL DAY NO CONFLICT THAT CAN PORTRAY ASIAN MEN IN THEIR 30′S & 40′S – Extra Male / 30 to 40 / All Ethnicities

All ethnicities! “Must be comfortable making squinty eyes by pulling at the sides of your eyes with your fingers”

  • LAW & ORDER CI: SAG – MALES 25-45 TO PORTRAY DEAD BODIES. FLEX BET 4/21-4/29. MUST BE COMFORTABLE BEING SHIRTLESS ON A SLAB. UPPER BODY SHOULD BE BLEMISH FREE. ALSO MUST BE OK WITH MAKEUP/LATEX – WILL HAVE TOOL MARK/INDENTS ON FACE. MUST BE PAID UP SAG. PLEASE DO NOT CALL US!

Shirtless – I’m ok with that. Slab! f-that! Please note that playing a corpse is a UNION JOB!

  • MERCY: DO NOT RESPOND IF YOU ARE NOT A GREAT SOFTBALL PITCHER!

I shouldn’t have changed all the spelling errors in these posts. This agency really doesn’t care about spelling. I fixed a word in every single one of these.

  • LAW AND ORDER SEASON 20: must be comfortable portraying a lesbian.
  • MERCY: Featured Dying AIDS Patient Extra Female / 50 to 65 / AfricanAm

why does the aids patient have to be black? Huh!? Ok, enough of that.

  • WHEN IN ROME: GOOFY FACE HISPANIC MALE

Ouch. Who watches “When in Rome” anyway. I’ve barely heard of that.

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New Additions – hot from my inbox – 9/9/09

Role Role Type Gender/Age/Ethnicities Description/Note
MEN – EXPERIENCE PLAYING PAI GOW – THUR 9/10 Extra Male / 18 to 80 / All Ethnicities NO CALLS PLEASE
UPSCALE DAPPER GENTLEMEN – CASINO SCENE THUR 9/10 – NICE SUITS!!! Extra Male / 30 to 70 / All Ethnicities NO CALLS PLEASE. PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU ARE AFTRA, NON UNION, OR AN AFTRA MUST JOIN/ AFTRA WILLING. THANK YOu!
PEFRECT 10s/ ARM CANDY – THURS 9/10 Extra Female / 18 to 30 / All Ethnicities NO CALLS PLEASE. MUST BE COMFORTABLE PLAYING SEXY FEMALE AT A CASINO SCENE AS ARM CANDY. — SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ATMOPSHERE SMOKE AND IN SEXY HIGH HEELS. NO CALLS PLEASE. PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU ARE AFTRA, NON UNION OR A MUST JOIN. THANK YOU!
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