"You're being voted off the island" (of Manhattan)...
Oh for crying out loud. Now some production company is casting for a TV reality show pilot set in the (drumroll) Exciting World of Editing at a NYC Publishing House!
I'm not making this up.
The casting call is being sent around; I even saw it posted at Media Bistro:
Do you want a job in book publishing?
NY-based production company is ramping up production on a new reality show pilot and looking for literary types.
If you're interested you can write to us at
casting AT disposabletelevision.com
Please include the phrase "editor contestant" and your name in the subject line.
If you want to be considered you must send us recent photos of yourself (2 or 3 would be ideal) and answer all of the following questions:
Tell us about yourself:
- Who are you (name, age, education, where you are from, occupation, etc.)
- Where do you live?
- What type of books do you read and why?
- Who's your favorite author and why?
- Are you a literary snob, a fan of airport paperbacks, or an equal opportunity reader?
- Do you think you can judge a book by it's cover? Do you judge people by the books they read?
Because, you know, anyone who can read books can be a book editor.
I want to know what the prize would be for the contestant winner. An entry-level editing job? Because, golly, those $20K jobs in NYC are the wet dreams of people who enter reality shows and think they'll become rich and famous. Oh, and not to mention the utter glamor that being an editor entails.
And just think about the action shots. About publishing. And editors. And, um ... red pencils. Though the back-stabbing editorial group meetings and marketing meetings might make interesting footage.
If I weren't laughing so hard, I'd be crying over this.
Anyone can be an editor. Um ... sure. Let's just perpetuate that myth and even put it on TV, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS TRUE, RIGHT?
::facepalm::
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* Yes, yes they misused "it's" for "its" in bullet point 6 of their casting call release. For a show about book editors. I AM VERY AMUSED ABOUT THIS AND AM SO SURE THIS IS DOOMED TO FAIL LIKE A FAIL-Y THING. I am so fucking mean and shallow.
I'm not making this up.
The casting call is being sent around; I even saw it posted at Media Bistro:
Do you want a job in book publishing?
NY-based production company is ramping up production on a new reality show pilot and looking for literary types.
If you're interested you can write to us at
casting AT disposabletelevision.com
Please include the phrase "editor contestant" and your name in the subject line.
If you want to be considered you must send us recent photos of yourself (2 or 3 would be ideal) and answer all of the following questions:
Tell us about yourself:
- Who are you (name, age, education, where you are from, occupation, etc.)
- Where do you live?
- What type of books do you read and why?
- Who's your favorite author and why?
- Are you a literary snob, a fan of airport paperbacks, or an equal opportunity reader?
- Do you think you can judge a book by it's cover? Do you judge people by the books they read?
Because, you know, anyone who can read books can be a book editor.
I want to know what the prize would be for the contestant winner. An entry-level editing job? Because, golly, those $20K jobs in NYC are the wet dreams of people who enter reality shows and think they'll become rich and famous. Oh, and not to mention the utter glamor that being an editor entails.
And just think about the action shots. About publishing. And editors. And, um ... red pencils. Though the back-stabbing editorial group meetings and marketing meetings might make interesting footage.
If I weren't laughing so hard, I'd be crying over this.
Anyone can be an editor. Um ... sure. Let's just perpetuate that myth and even put it on TV, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS TRUE, RIGHT?
::facepalm::
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* Yes, yes they misused "it's" for "its" in bullet point 6 of their casting call release. For a show about book editors. I AM VERY AMUSED ABOUT THIS AND AM SO SURE THIS IS DOOMED TO FAIL LIKE A FAIL-Y THING. I am so fucking mean and shallow.