18-06-2015, 02:58 AM
Hi,
There were some spam ads "Casting Call for True Life" on FetLife. When I first read it, I thought it was too ludicrous to be true and figured it a phishing scam. After googling 'punchedinthehead.com' I found their website. I'm like, 'Ok guess it's legit, let's see what they're about...'
Here's a list of episodes they're calling cast for:
True Life: I'm GenderQueer
True Life: I Have a Taboo Attraction
True Life: I Have a Trans Parent
True Life: I'm Becoming a Cyborg
(see for yourself: http://punchedinthehead.com/casting/ )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tr...e_episodes
Now, I'm neither easily upset or offended...but after reading their episode casting call descriptions, I couldn't help but be overly peeved and upset. Am I overreacting, out of line, looking at things wrong? Did I fall out of the closet and end up back in the 90's?
I'll copy/paste the email I sent the co-owner of the show. To be honest, I had never heard of True Life before, mainly because I don't watch MTV.
Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just want honest feedback on whether I'm wrong about seeing this as insensitive, exploitative, sensationalizing the community?
There were some spam ads "Casting Call for True Life" on FetLife. When I first read it, I thought it was too ludicrous to be true and figured it a phishing scam. After googling 'punchedinthehead.com' I found their website. I'm like, 'Ok guess it's legit, let's see what they're about...'
Here's a list of episodes they're calling cast for:
True Life: I'm GenderQueer
True Life: I Have a Taboo Attraction
True Life: I Have a Trans Parent
True Life: I'm Becoming a Cyborg
(see for yourself: http://punchedinthehead.com/casting/ )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tr...e_episodes
Now, I'm neither easily upset or offended...but after reading their episode casting call descriptions, I couldn't help but be overly peeved and upset. Am I overreacting, out of line, looking at things wrong? Did I fall out of the closet and end up back in the 90's?
I'll copy/paste the email I sent the co-owner of the show. To be honest, I had never heard of True Life before, mainly because I don't watch MTV.
Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just want honest feedback on whether I'm wrong about seeing this as insensitive, exploitative, sensationalizing the community?