Re: No Education or Experience Necessary.

On 16/07/08 21:38, in article gdjs74p9qi68386kv6kcngej161bc9s368@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The Starmaker" <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:22:13 GMT, David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:16:04 -0700, The Starmaker
>> <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Exactly. No licensing. A Casting Director needs no licensing to cast
>>> you, just knowledge of the letters of the alphabet. Don't you think a
>>> casting director should have a little more something to cast you
>>> besides knowing where to put photo in which folder in the file
>>> cabinet? 
>> 
>> No.  There's no way to test and certify the ability to pick the right
>> actor for the right role.  It's all guesswork.
> 
> Obviously, something is very wrong here...
> if you want somebody to paint your
> home they say you should make sure
> they have a contractors license.
> 
> But if you want somebody to *cast* your
> 100 million dollar movie, no license, no
> degree, no education, no experience required,
> no casting director school, not even file clerk school!
> Just gotta be able to handle, paper cuts...and guess?
> 
> I'm willing to bet the majority of Casting Directors today
> come from Apple One Temp Agency.
> 
> I mean, where else could they possibly come from?


You're wrong about the "no experience" bit.


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Joe Kotroczo                                  kotroczo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]