Yes, I watch MTV way too much because I have no life. This is no secret. So it is only inevitable, that a reality show on MTV inspired some or rather my posts.
This one ladies and gentlemen, is sponsored by MTV's 8th and Ocean.
I have been very upset for the last few days, because, hence the blog name I want to be an actress. Well, acting is kind of like a modified version of modeling. You don't have to be tall or anything, but you have to be skinny and good looking to have a chance.
I was talking online with my friend earlier this week, who is currently getting a shitload of auditions, who is pissed at the caliber of auditions that he is getting. Mind you in the last two years he's been out there, he's filmed two small informercials, two print ads, a small role in a direct to DVD film, and he just audtioned for a TV movie. And he's pissed.
Now keep in mind that he's attractive. Not like your college crush, or athlete attractive, but soap opera attractive. You see him, you immediately think soap opera.
I told him the reason you are getting all of these auditions is because your pretty. You bitch now, there are some classically trained actors who have been out there for 10+ years, who can act circles around you, and a casting director would pick you over them because your good looking.
He tries to rebuttle, and says that he has to struggle just as much as any other actor out there. To which I reply, "Are you living in your car stripping for a little and eating nothing but ramen noodles? Have you ever lived in your car?, Have you had any trouble getting auditions since you've been out here? People who have lived out there for years, have more experience than you and don't get shit, because they're not cute.
He didn't get it. Pretty people never do.
Back to my 8th and Ocean point, I was watching an episode last night and there is a male model who makes his agency six figures a year, who is a complete egotistical asshole. He missed two castings from people who actually requested him personally, and actually had the nerve to hang up on his agent who woke him up from his sleep. They had a meeting about his behavior, to which he went off on his agents.
What's the response from them, "Well, its no point in dropping him, because he'll walk right out and sign with someone else."
Thats pretty much the secret I have been figuring out for a lot of my life, why we expect so many good looking people not to be nice. Its because they don't have to be.
It has been scientifically proven that attractive people get farther in life, so if you have gotten this far in life based on how good looking you are, and everyone kissses your ass because of it, why should you be nice? Also, if you are a complete asshole or a moron, its almost excused because your beautiful. That makes me ill.
3 comments:
Very valid points. They don't realize what perks they get for just "being" pretty. Like Prince said, "the beautiful ones always smash the picture."
Soo true there are a lot of assholish beautiful people out there. What I can't understand is the assholish ugly people who told them they have a liscence to be nasty?!?!
Funny. I remember watching that very same episode of 8th and Ocean and just thinking to myself how, aside from Brit, the religious white girl virgin, they all seemed to have personalities leaving alot to be desired. The guys seemed horribly shallow and arrogant. The girls? Well how can you be jealous of your twin sister? I have a lot of really good looking friends who are amazingly nice people despite their looks and I had pretty much come to the conclusion that the myth that good-looking people were jerks was not true. After watching that MTV show I may have to re-evaluate that.
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