Posted on 08/24/2010 6:34:09 PM PDT by Eaker
Can you look down and out? Have a handy wardrobe of drab, tattered clothing and maybe a ragged backpack, knapsack, suitcase or two? Then show up in Austin this Sunday to be in an ad promoting Bill White for Texas governor.
The Austin Film Festival posted a casting call in its newsletter for extras needed to portray Hurricane Katrina evacuees in a short scene in a “Democratic Ad shooting in support of Bill White.” Hopefully, Democrats will not be shot on sight, but rather in a video to be “featured on campaign websites” and that will “screen across the state at fundraising events and screenings.”
There is no pay (ah, such is often the plight of the Texas extra) but if White’s your guy you can travel to the Capitol City and join his cause. Just show up at Austin Studios (the former Mueller airport facility), 1901 E. 51st Street, at 4 p.m. Sunday and head for Stage 3. The shoot will take approximately two hours and please, “no brand new or colorful items.” Don’t wear or bring anything that could be construed as looking cheerful or happy.
White’s campaign spokesperson Katy Bacon knew nothing of the casting call but figured it must be part of a filmmakers’ initiative to support the campaign. Last month the Associated Press reported that film producer Duncan Montgomery is organizing independent filmmakers to make short movies in support of White's campaign. The films will be shown on the Internet and premiere at a future White campaign event in Austin.
"The goal of the initiative is to get some interesting projects that highlight the issues important in the campaign and highlight the contrast between the two candidates, and show that to the Texas public," Montgomery said.
Representatives at Austin Studios declined numerous requests to reveal the name of the organizer of Sunday's shoot or pass on a message to him or her. Representatives for the Austin Film Festival did not return phone calls.
Perhaps you'll have better luck. For further info email cinefun-democrat@yahoo.com.
Ping!
I will admit that there are Democrats who should not be shot on sight. Whether by guns or cameras. Further affiant sayeth nought.
Well, didn’t White make money off Katrina? Why not pimp it again...
Road trip???
You know, we’ve spoofed these people before...
I have some time, lets all gather the gang and go have some fun...
I have a plastic bin I could fill with some Hineken...And some smelly clothes that smell like foo foo flood waters...
We need to go have some fun like the old days...;-)
Here I is!
Can ya spare a beer?
Ya know for the road.
Ping.
Look at this.
The Katrinites went on quite the crime spree once they got here. It was terrible!
He looks kinda white for a black guy.
Don’t watch the news anymore since that other ‘black’ guy took over, so I don’t know what White looks like.
Lissun, Cracker, dis is a chocolate city, dig?
I wonder if Looter Guy realizes how famous he is on the internet. He could have parleyed his notoriety into a career...maybe as a political analyst for MSNBC.
He was elected President.
This reminds me of the story of Alexander the Great confronting a pirate and asking him what gave him the idea that it's all right for him to go around plundering people, and the pirate asking him what gave him the right to do the same thing on a larger scale.
You not the right color, brother.
LOL...post of the day.
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