Casting Agent fired from "The Hobbit" for 'racism'.

[Venetia]

dammit i had it right the 1st time then edited it
posting while distracted :I

 

[Venetia]

well i'm also the founder of the

League Of Rather Disorderly Official & Functionary Women Regularly Observing No Goofs in Script (LORDOFWRONGS)


(p.s. you're b&)

 

[mawk]

those names are pretty clearly derivative. the Longstanding Order of Retired Dignitaries, Old Fighters, Deans of Oldschool Neuroscience, and Great Sultans will hear of this.

 

[Sauk]

Lord of Dongs AND Toads?


Shit mawk you have a lot going for you I am impress.

 

[moxie]

You know this means when it comes to the editing room, they're going to be sure to leave in a lot of shots with multicoloured Hobbits in, right? :lol:

This is exactly what I thought too and it will be hilarious.

 

[mawk]

Lord of Dongs AND Toads?


Shit mawk you have a lot going for you I am impress.

well basically I woke up one morning and decided I needed a hobby

 

[united washcloth express]

BRB guys

going to a casting call for Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Africa

Look at your chest and then look at your ass. You are guaranteed the part of the token white girl with a heart of gold.

 

[Zeriab]

Cliffs:

-Casting agent tells Pakistani woman they're looking for "light-skinned people".
-Women gets angry, goes to newspaper
-Casting agent gets fired

The issue might simply be bureaucratically nitpicking about that being explicitly told and the dismissal reason not just being a generic not matching the profile.

I do hope it's not that movie producers are not allowed to discriminate who gets roles depending how closely they resemble the profile.

*hugs*

 

[Pokémaniac]

The guy was probably being nice, as well! If you tell someone "they're not right for the role", then they don't know if you think they suck or if they look wrong or what! They're basically working against themselves here.