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'Type' casting. Get it?
Here's a nifty little fact: Donna Reed was discovered as a teenager while she was attending secretarial school at Los Angeles City College. When she was named "Campus Queen," her picture appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. A studio talent scout noticed, tracked her down, and the rest is history.
(I wonder. Do secretarial schools still have campus queens? Do secretarial schools still exist? Talent scouts? The Los Angeles Times? I'll mull all this over while I walk down to the corner store to get some penny candy and use the pay phone to call my typist friend who has my "S-T" volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. She can bring it over in her Model T.)
Meanwhile, here in the oh-so-modern land of what the ...? Those wacky casting breakdowns just keep on coming. Once again, these notices are for real, published this week:
TEENAGE GIRL: Female, 18-20 years to play 16. She is in love with male poultry and dramatically pleads with her Pa to spare her new beau's life. She will wear a flesh colored tube top and shorts. Improvisational ability a must.
Ya think?
(To be fair, this was for Jimmy Kimmel, so yeah, it's wacky. It's SUPPOSED to be.)
On the other hand, this next one is the quintessential warning about the dangers of overtrusting spell-check:
CAUCASIAN: 27 to 35 yrs We Need and amazing sexy attractive lead lady. Lots of personality and a amazing sexuality. She needs to be charming, commanding, and boarding on being a dominate personality able to wheeled the hammer on a man. Please include body shot if you have won (It is not mandatory). She has no time for non-sense, just perfection. She is a worthy opponent who is never surrenders.
(Sic. Sic. And sic.)
and finally, the most delicious one of all:
MAN (35-65) with Nose and/or Ear Hair. You will be needed for only a couple of hours.
Too bad. I'd want to spend way more time with him.
That's it for this week. Watch for next Wednesday's wackiness in the breakdown department, and until then, just try not to. Break down, I mean.
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