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.
Colour Blind
Thu, 6 July 2006, 01:45 pmAs said in a previous post you have a few musicals like Miss Siagon etc you can try out for and anglos cant. I know they are pretty few and far between. What about TV work, soapies, reality tv. As NIDA grad do you want the TV/film industry or prefer theatre. Wouldnt you be better with TV/Film. A dear friend of mine has a Korean appearence and she had work in many films.
Our soapies are more open now to different races and as bad as they say Big Brother is at least they gave many cultures a go.
I know you may not want to leave Aust but Singapore is excellent and they would love you. It would be good to make some money there and come back with more on you cv and maybe boost your confidence instead of all the negativity you have got here.