Why is there so much precasting?
Mon, 2 Aug 1999, 04:45 pmWalter Plinge16 posts in thread
Why is there so much precasting?
Mon, 2 Aug 1999, 04:45 pmEMAILNOTICES>noDon't deny it doesn't happen. How many times have I seen more than three times the necessary people audition and many people who deserve the part to see one of the director's relatives (wife/husband, daughter/son, brother/sister and so on) get the part, despite the fact their audition was actually inferior. And it's not because they the right "look" either. Why bother auditioning the part if the casting is a foregone conclusion? Is it just for show?
Re: Heavenly - Pros and Cons of Precasting?
Wed, 4 Aug 1999, 05:01 pmWalter Plinge
> "Show me a script that calls for no actors, dancers, musicians> or artists; and, I will show you a Tech's DREAM!!!!" - anonSounds like a conference of orthodontists to me...A propos your wheeze, a musician's version.Fingers O'Toole the reknowned double-bassist shuffles off this mortal coil and up to heaven. He is surrounded by all types of people, all creeds, all colours. he notices, however, that St Pete is asking questions of the freshly deads' former lives. His ever-ready ears prick up, and the question is "What was your profession?"Guy 1: I was an osteopath.StPete: OK, straight through.Guy 2: I was an executioner.StPete: OK, straight through.Guy 3: I was the Grand Ferret of my branch of the KKK.StPete: OK, straight through.Fingers is stoked. No worries here; if the Grand Ferret can get in, I'm set.StPete: Ok Mr O'Toole. What was your profession.Fingers: I was a jazz musicin.StPete: OK, you go round the side there, up four flights of stairs, through the kitchen, past the elevator....
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