jenkirkman:

I’ve gone on auditions where the call was put out for “funny women” and then you read the script and not one funny thing was written and then a model gets the role anyway. 

This whole thing is great but this bit especially resonated with me. I was so happy when I booked some writing work that prevented me from going on commercial auditions because I was sick of getting called in for for “funny woman” or “female improviser” and then having the audition consist of me rolling my eyes silently as my “boyfriend” built a fort out of Dominos pizzas or whatever. WHY CAN’T I BUILD THE PIZZA FORT?!?

Tangent Time: I think commercials are this little microcosm of Everything That’s Wrong With Hollywood. How many commercials do you see where 1) there are any female characters to begin with 2) that aren’t commercials for cleaning supplies/feminine products 3) where the woman is not a model and 4) is the one being funny/doing something weird or interesting? Ad people: please stop doing the same boring shit over and over (pairing a freaky fuggo with a disapproving/nagging supermodel wife) and maybe your lame products will actually stand out.