We have a headshot winner. Three, actually, as one will be my main headshot, and I've had two different postcards created for other mailings, like thank-you notes and announcements that I've been cast in something.
Speaking of, I actually have a 'table read' for a TV pilot! Tonight! A couple of the writers from the writer's workshop (see previous entries) have merged talents and created a sit-com pilot. I have read the script and I think it's worthy of Network consideration. Not only because it's really good, but also to do SOMETHING to combat the "Reality TV" trend. I am SO sick of that crap.
Here's a question... is it really possible that Americans in general are SO obtuse that they cannot see the correlation between watching a television show that hog-ties "contestants" and forces them to eat sheep's eyeballs and roaches until they vomit and the whole Iraqi-prisoner torture scandal?
I mean, where do you THINK those soldiers got the idea to do those inhumane things in the first place? Over here in the States, we call it "Prime Time Entertainment." Yee-ha!
Don't get me started.
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In the meantime, I'm still slogging along at the BDJ (Blasted Day Job). It's not a bad company, but I am discovering many trials and tribulations with working for a humongous corporation. The hierarchy is so convoluted that it's difficult to figure out whose job is what, and I constantly have to wait for one department or another to get their poop in a group before I can tackle a task of my own. Although in comparison to the Icky job (see menu above for that entry), I suppose I should be happy I'm here and not there. The people I deal with every day are pleasant and okay to work with. Nobody's screaming at each other, and it's nice to have a support system that helps when I get buried.
But today, I'm thinking about this pilot. There will be a full cast of nine or so actors, including me, and the two writers. It's the first read, and I'm looking forward to working with the other actors and learning about creating chemistry and relationships. The writers have told me that my character was actually written FOR me, which is not only terribly flattering, but it's also very validating. I AM a good actor, and there is no reason whatsoever for me not to be working as one full time.
So there.
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