I have only minimal knowledge of the real life world of producing television programs, but I assumed that actors, especially young, relatively unknown actors, are hired for a TV pilot and their contract requires that the actor commit to a number of years of employment if the TV show is picked up for multiple seasons -- especially lead actors in title roles.
Is this not the norm? On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 3:46:04 PM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Theoretically, not an issue, but given how much noise they made about > casting a lesbian to play a lesbian, they're in for a tremendous amount of > blowback if they don't stay the course. > > And it's not as if this hasn't been a touchy subject for years already, > whenever any "other" person is played by a cis white able person. > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:45 PM Kevin M. <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> You’ll probably never get the real Why, but there are lots of different >> theories about it. >> >> >> https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/batwoman-ruby-rose-exit-season-2-1234611163/ >> >> If I may put on my politically incorrect hat for just a moment, why must >> an LGBT actor be cast in the role? Lots of non-doctors are vary as doctors. >> Gay actors have played straight characters. Don’t you seek out the best >> available talent and then instruct them to... you know... act? If they are >> gay or bisexual or lesbian in real life, ok, but when did sexual >> orientation become a part of the audition process? And would it even be >> legal to ask an actor auditioning what their orientation was? >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:47 AM Ron Casalotti <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Forget the CW,in the world of the "Five W's (and an H)" this article >>> fails in the most intent of them all, "Why?" >>> >>> Ron Casalotti >>> Monroe Twp (formerly of Wayne), NJ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/55c86049-5b48-4bdc-87ce-7b2b0a7abb00%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B%2BPbBm7uCuCdFsXBVdmL-YgPy%3DEhYm0ns7Jd4tvzCZQw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B%2BPbBm7uCuCdFsXBVdmL-YgPy%3DEhYm0ns7Jd4tvzCZQw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c4cfad6c-7645-46e2-aebc-86878c7db923%40googlegroups.com.
