FRUSTRATED! WHERE'S THE COLOUR-BLIND CASTING IN THIS BLOODY COUNTRY!!!
Tue, 2 May 2006, 01:52 pmMichelleZ31 posts in thread
FRUSTRATED! WHERE'S THE COLOUR-BLIND CASTING IN THIS BLOODY COUNTRY!!!
Tue, 2 May 2006, 01:52 pm
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.
RE: Oh p-lease - how do you
Sun, 7 May 2006, 02:27 pmRE:
"Oh p-lease - how do you think you got into nida in the first place - you really think you were chosen for just your talent? That your ethnic appearance had nothing to do with getting in? Trying being anglo and getting a look in for Miss Saigon, or Eponine in Les Mis
Acting work is scarce and competition is hard for all of us, not just ethnic actors - get over it"
Hey Plingey, I love how you've just hit it on the nail. And you probably don't even know you did it - You just named two, that's right, only TWO major/mainstream plays that casts Asian actors. And it's only Miss Saigon that really has to cast Asians to keep it genuine. If I remember correctly, the first chick who played dear Eponine on the West End was Anglo. Yes. Insightful, mate.
P.S. No shit that acting work is scarce for everyone.