{"id":45851,"date":"2016-03-01T03:07:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T03:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=45851"},"modified":"2016-03-01T03:07:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T03:07:37","slug":"dont-call-me-the-black-seth-rogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=45851","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Call Me the \u2018Black Seth Rogen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/dont-call-me-the-black-seth-rogen.html\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Call Me the \u2018Black Seth Rogen\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a><br \/>\n2016-02-27<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1472589\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colton Dunn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/dont-call-me-the-black-seth-rogen.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/02\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/28dunn\/28dunn-master675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><a href=\"http:\/\/richiepope.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richie Pope<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> \u2014 YEARS ago, I was in a cast in what\u2019s called a \u201cnetwork showcase.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema_of_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> does tons of these types of showcase shows. The networks bring in young actors to create material and perform for agents, managers and casting directors. The goal is to get actors signed or brought in for auditions for pilots and eventually to create a star.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of this particular showcase was \u201cdiversity\u201d \u2014 \u201cdiversity\u201d being an umbrella term to describe \u201cnot white\u201d and, more recently, \u201cnot white and\/or not straight.\u201d Blacks, Asians, lesbians, Pacific Islanders, Latinos, Indians are all welcome. I have a black dad, a white mom and I\u2019m straight, so thanks to Dad, I was in, too \u2014 being mixed race, or, as I call it, \u201cpresidential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The showcase was directed by a wonderful woman who has worked in casting for years. Her showcases have featured many talented people whom you see on TV today, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity she gave me. I really am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/dont-call-me-the-black-seth-rogen.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Call Me the \u2018Black Seth Rogen\u2019 The New York Times 2016-02-27 Colton Dunn Richie Pope Los Angeles \u2014 YEARS ago, I was in a cast in what\u2019s called a \u201cnetwork showcase.\u201d Hollywood does tons of these types of showcase shows. The networks bring in young actors to create material and perform for agents, managers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,395,8,20],"tags":[23110,2640,2327],"class_list":["post-45851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-autobiography","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-colton-dunn","tag-new-york-times","tag-the-new-york-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45852,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851\/revisions\/45852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}