Can I Get a Witness?
I need someone to explain something to me. I need to figure out if I’m a) super lazy b) super judgmental c) super pretentious d) actually on to something or e) all of the above.
I got a notice for an audition to put myself on tape for a film. Always exciting. The project is filming in New Orleans which translates to (if I booked it) a trip home. Even more exciting. However upon closer examination of the breakdown this audition is an open call where you only get an audition with the casting director depending on how many “likes” and “comments” your audition gets on Facebook.
You know Facebook.
It’s the thing you waste at least >90 minutes of every day on. I recently put myself on a Facebook diet. I’m slowly weening myself off my addiction. In a few months my page will be totally private. I did self medicate my addiction with a Fan Page. (If you haven’t already please like it.*) The fan page will serve as a sorts of press release for my career. I don’t need or want another annoying way to waste time, especially since I have this blog and my twitter account.
Point being: I don’t want to put myself on Facebook for this audition. I don’t mind open calls in theory or in practice. But I don’t want to participate in some strange social media/American Idol/Hunger Games/America’s Got Talent voting audition hybrid for an ultra low budget modified SAG horror film shooting just shy of 2,000 miles away.
Which brings me back to the beginning. I’m not a A-lister. I’m barely part of the alphabet at this point in my career. Does my refusal to actually do this audition make me:
a) super lazy
b) super judgmental
c) super pretentious
d) actually on to something
e) all of the above
*Yes, I see my total hypocrisy I just choose to ignore it. My blog, my rules.
