Wow, I tell you sometimes I get so angry….I just got a note from an actress who has had some success but has been out if the business for a while. She took a class with me a while ago and is very honest with herself about the work she needs to do to improve herself. She just sat through a class with a casting director who “ridiculed” and mocked and basically tortured the majority of people in the class. These were people who came to her for knowledge and inspiration and left deflated and crying..and tryuly questioning their worth.
Why is it that people in a position of power think that it is ok to harangue and harrass people who look to them know knowledge. It is an abuse of “power” which is unacceptable.
Fascinating too it the fact that people took it….that no one got up and left. I would like to think that I would have left in that position, but I know that many people think that even though she was abusive to them, She may one day hire them…. so they don’t speak up. Guess what? They very likely WON’T hire you. So stand up for yourself. Don’t let anyone treat you like that.. Why do some actors really LIKE abusive teachers…I don’t get it. How do you learn by being shamed and ridiculed in front of our peers?
I prefer to be nurturing and supportive and positive in everything I do. Does that sound too Pollyanna? Oh well….at least I fell better about myself that way. If you find yourself looking for that call me…If you want to be yelled at…you will have to go elsewhere!!!!
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