Actor Growth

Had quite a busy day today. First up was that I was finishing up the volunteer acting for a student film. It was a cool scene as it revolved around an interrogation where myself and another guy got the living daylights beaten out of us. We had everything like the bloody scars and all. As well, the person that beat us up has this large weapon/gun where I am kind of interested to see how it turns out in the final cut.

Since I was around the area too I attended this free audition class that took place at another acting school here in Vancouver. It was interesting to see the contrast at how different the setup was here compared to the place that I currently train at. Overall, I thought that the place I am currently with is more true to what an actual audition is like.

I also noticed one very interesting thing while attending this school.
Basically, there was a part where the instructor was giving his notes and feedbacks and I was listening. For this instructor he was semi joking that it looked like I was going to say wait for him outside at his car and take him out.

Why was this interesting to me? This seems like such a common theme where whenever I had an acting coach that is not of a visible minority they always seem to make a remark like that. Whereas acting coaches that are of a visible minority don’t make that comment. I mean, I am just listening to them with all my attention when you think about it.

I was then told that this is just an example of stereotypes. Example, if you saw a black guy stare at you one would think he is going to like take out a gun and shoot you. When it comes to an Asian guy you think he is going to fight you in some way. Kind of silly, but that perception is not going away anytime soon.