FRUSTRATED! WHERE'S THE COLOUR-BLIND CASTING IN THIS BLOODY COUNTRY!!!

Tue, 2 May 2006, 01:52 pm

MichelleZ31 posts in thread

Just want to vent, so I apologise in advance. Ha, ha, ha, so much for Australia priding itself on being a multicultural society! HA! Where the hell is all the multi-cultural actors on our stages and screens then? I think I'm as good or on par, in regard to talent, with many actresses in their early 20s, but being of Asian appearance, I rarely get called in - and I'm a NIDA grad! (Not that that means a lot these days). I know this industry is primarily based on what you look like, but come on!!! Give us a chance to even audition for you, for christ's sakes! When are producers gonna open their eyes and realise that the Australian population is not entirely Anglo. Has anyone else experienced this frustration?! This sounds dramatic (but hey, we're actors!!), but I'm going to devote my life to changing this in the industry. I realise that even Asian actors in England and USA find it difficult to break into the industry, so I really hope to change this.

Looks are all...

Tue, 2 May 2006, 02:28 pm

I'm sure I've posted something similar on this site, but yes, generally directors and producers cast on looks. My friend from school stopped doing theatre (partly because of an expectation from her parents to 'do something with her life', and there's no money in acting) because she felt that nobody would hire her. She's of Indian descent, and her skin colour was what stopped her, despite the fact that she was excellent even at that age... If it makes you feel better - I never cast based on looks. I don't even have a preconceived idea of what I want in an actor. I cast based on 'I'll know it when I see it', and that refers entirely on who performs my work the best, if it's believable, and whether they have that 'spark' that is required for my heavily poetic language. If you're ever in Melbourne, and I'm casting a performance, be sure to put in for an audition... Na The Prompt Copy Networking emerging theatre professionals www.thepromptcopy.com Sticky Apple Legs http://stickyapplelegs.artsblogs.com

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FRUSTRATED! WHERE'S THE COLOUR-BLIND CASTING IN THIS BLOODY COUNTRY!!!— MichelleZ2 May 2006

Looks are all...— Na2 May 2006
What a NIDA Grad! OUTRAGEOUS!!!— Walter Plinge3 May 2006
I head ya sister....— Crispian3 May 2006
colour-blind casting— Stevelee4 May 2006
- And those actors you— class act theatre4 May 2006
Colour-blind casting— Walter Plinge4 May 2006
- colour blind porgy and bess— trevnosh6 July 2006
  - Porgy and Bess— Logos6 July 2006
Colour Blind Casting— Logos4 May 2006
Dead on— Walter Plinge5 May 2006
- Nice one!— MichelleZ5 May 2006
Oh p-lease - how do you— Walter Plinge7 May 2006
- Not Constructive— Labrug7 May 2006
- That's just plain rude...— Na8 May 2006
RE: Oh p-lease - how do you— MichelleZ7 May 2006
When in Queensland???— soapbox theatre8 May 2006
Ethnic!— Walter Plinge9 June 2006
On the flip side of your— Walter Plinge9 June 2006
From a civilian— Huffypeg5 July 2006
Bravo— Logos5 July 2006
2 sides to every story— Walter Plinge6 July 2006
Colour Blind— Janine Menz6 July 2006
Too tall— Walter Plinge6 July 2006
Or casting directors could— Rae Johnston6 July 2006
This is exactly waht I was going to say— Logos6 July 2006
As someone from an amateur— abbz7 July 2006
- I'm sure I've said this— Na7 July 2006
Colour Blind— Logos7 July 2006
I have little to offer— Walter Plinge2 Aug 2006
- I agree with td.— abbz3 Aug 2006

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