Blog O' Da Week!

It's Friday, which means Rudat Art has been Blog O' Da Week for over a week now! Hey, we're just getting this ship sailing, people. And Susan gets another shout-out.

Now I'd like to introduce you all to a blog I've been reading in the past weeks... I don't really remember how I came across it, but the author's voice is so solid and steadfast and loving and angry, I've been loving every little bit. It's a blog that has been making me think and sometimes, it's difficult to read, but I feel like maybe I'm learning something?

What About Our Daughters?

WAOD is not an unknown blog, but it's new to me. With the current discourse about sex and race via the Democratic Race for the Nom, the issues are up in our faces as much as we might try to run and hide and pretend they don't exist. I will never know what it's like to be Black, but I sure know what it's like to be a woman and thankfully the great Creator or whatever equipped most of us humanoids with something called empathy. I read WAOD and I get so sad and angry about articles like this and like this. Yeah, there's bad shit going on all over the world. Yeah, racism and sexism exists against everyone, no matter what your color or sex is. This little corner of the blogosphere is helping me to understand the shit the world puts my Black sisters through a little better perhaps. And yes, I can use the word "sisters" - I use it all the time. I believe in a sisterhood of women!

I hope that, if the author of WAOD happens to stumble across this, that she knows that this white girl loves reading.

You can also donate to the blog too if you end up loving it!

Oh, that's original

A casting notice I got this morning:


Monday, Mar. 17, 2008, 7:07 AM Pacific

CRYPTIC SLUMBER PARTY STORIES
Non-Union Feature Film
NON-UNION
PAY: $100/day minimum for principals


Producer: Mark Vadik, Chazz DeMoss
Directors: Mark Vadik, Thomas Schroeder, Wil Masiak, Larry Skoniac, Brian Levin
Casting Director: Mark Vadik
Interview Dates: 3/29/08
Production Dates 4/1/08 - 6/15/08
Location: Chicago, IL

SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY
OR
SUBMIT HARDCOPY BYOB MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
ATTN: CSPS
3200 N. LAKESHORE DRIVE, SUITE 1811,
CHICAGO, IL 60657
TEL: 312-656-9926

SUBMISSIONS BY 1PM FRI 3/28.

Feature length movie made up of 6 shorts tied together via a common overall story and characters.

There is nudity in this project.

NOTE: ALSO INCLUDE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS OR ACTOR SLATES IF AVAILABLE. DO NOT SEND DEMO TAPES.

Roles-Descriptions:

3 roles require partial nudity.

[ GIRL ]
changing in her room; she is killed.

[ GIRL IN SHOWER ]
...

[ GIRL ]
in rape scene.


Wow. The depth of thought that must have gone into creating a short movie about a slumber party with nudity where a woman gets killed and another gets raped. And I'm assuming something violent happens to the girl in shower. I hope that no actress applies for this role.

And $100/day? Get real. And that's for principals, which I can guarantee you most likely does not include any of these girls. Blech.