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.

I agree with td.

Thu, 3 Aug 2006, 12:20 am

abbz

I agree with td. From a casting business point of view, with time constraints and all, it just seems that they do have a very specific idea of what they want to see as an Asian and what "Asian" people should be like. It can be quite frustrating. I wonder if dying my hair red would help me get different work :P heh! But td, you seem to be doing alright there :) On a different note though, I'm currently in a show that is opening this weekend at Peninsula Theatre Company called "The New Deal". I play Lara Merino, and on numerous occasions I have to use this full name in the script. The writer/director did not see the need to modify anything even though he admitted at first he hadn't written the text with the idea of casting an Asian or non-Asian and decided to use me anyway! Herein lies a bit of colour-blind casting :D (and shameless plugging on my part!) Just keep swimming, just keep swimming... abbz :D

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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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