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27 August 2007

Science, Racism, and Television: Three Great Tastes...

I got the message below forwarded to me, recently.

Thank you so much for your cooperation. Here is a quick description of the job with a few requirements:


JWM Productions is casting a host for a series on environmental science geared towards middle and high school students. We're open to auditioning anyone with a passion for environmental science, not just actors. You must meet the following qualifications, though. This is a PAID position!
Be non-union
Be available to shoot in October
Appear to be between the ages of 20-40
Be African-American
Know how to deliver a line with sincerity and authority
Know your lines verbatim but be able to learn new ones on a dime if we change the script
Be able to communicate authoritatively but still engage your audience
Non-American accents are a plus but not necessary, we're open to international flair.
An understanding of environmental science is another plus
Teaching or education background yet another plus

Please send resumes and headshots to environmentalseries@gmail.com No phone calls please!


Feel free to relay this information to Carl Menanger. Also, if you could forward this to anyone you might know who is involved with the university's science departments and would know students who might be interested, that would be great.
I guess I'm not "urban" enough. Or maybe not enough flair.

This reminds me of that Saturday Night Live line:
Are you black? Do you want your own T.V. show? Welcome to the W.B.!
But it is a paying gig, after all. Spread the word!

2 comments:

  1. I could have sworn that Ajay Naidu played a black mailman in Requiem for a Dream. However, he does nothing that requires you to be aware of his ethnicity in his role as the mailman.

    But I believe in you. You can be urban if you want to be.

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  2. I could have sworn that Ajay Naidu played a black mailman in Requiem for a Dream. However, he does nothing that requires you to be aware of his ethnicity in his role as the mailman.

    But I believe in you. You can be urban if you want to be.

    ReplyDelete