Comments on: Pretend to Be Young & Obsessed, Get on TV

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:46:55 +0000

P.S.: Johanna, did you know that “Manga Fox” (the ad appears on the right of my current screen) is a scanlation site? They’re not limiting themselves to titles unreleased in English, either. They have Naruto, for example.

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:43:51 +0000

I sure hope anyone being “cast” understands they will look how MTV wants them to look, and not hold their breath for a sympathetic or positive portrayal.

By: Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:37:34 +0000

I think Nat’s right. If you look like you’re the right age, why would they bother having you lie about it? Just don’t mention it. Much simpler.

I also don’t think it’s fair to assume that they’re necessarily looking for a freak who they can hold out as a typical comics fan. A fly-on-the-wall documentary about a regular fan would be mind-numbingly tedious. And besides, it’s hardly in MTV’s interest to tell us that their documentary is about somebody LESS unusual than it actually is.

By: Hsifeng

Hsifeng — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:38:30 +0000

Rivkah Says: “I don’t see how it can be unbiased when they they specifically state that they’re only looking for the obsessed to represent a larger majority.”

I thought they were only looking for the obsessed to represent the obsessed.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:47:06 +0000

You probably have seen this one before. They were sending out a press release back in August to various bloggers. I’m not sure how many took them up on it. I got a copy forwarded from the person who runs Comic Blog Elite.

I’m surprised they’re sending out a new casting notice. I guess not enough people took them up on it.

By: Rivkah

Rivkah — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:40:36 +0000

I don’t see how it can be unbiased when they they specifically state that they’re only looking for the obsessed to represent a larger majority.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:31:04 +0000

Oh, I hadn’t even thought of it the other way around when it came to ages. And thanks, that Geek call may have been what I was thinking of.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:02:26 +0000

I don’t think they’re asking you to lie about your age. They just want people that their audience will identify with, thus the appearance of being in their age range. If you’re 18 and you look like your 63, need not apply. I’m not saying this is a deeply meaningful documentary, mind you…

At 24 Hour Comics Day this year at the Comics Bug in Manhattan Beach, CA (where I was drawing), casters/recruiters for Beauty And The Geek dropped by and spent a fair while talking to the store employees and others, looking for participants. As you can guess, they weren’t looking for Beauty.