Hollywood Confessional - The Can Lady & This is a Man's World

The Can Lady & This is a Man's World

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06/23/22 • 30 min

Hollywood Confessional

Welcome to our first episode of the Hollywood Confessional!
In this week's episode, we hear confessions from two up-and-comers as they battle condescension, abuse, toxic work environments, and even a car crash on their journeys to gain respect and a foothold in the entertainment industry.
Can Lady
"I wanted to quit that job every single day. But I kept going, and that ended up bringing me on the career path that I'm on now. When you have a positive attitude and you're resourceful, you can really do anything."

Our first confession, "Can Lady," tells the story of an office production assistant who, after being hired to pick up an actor for costume fitting, gets into a car accident in the parking lot! Later, their domineering boss, the "Can Lady," unceremoniously fires them in the midst of a national emergency. But amazingly, despite these insane setbacks, the Confessor finds a way to spin all this to their advantage.
It's a Man's World "I always thought I was guilty until proven innocent. And even if I was innocent, it didn’t matter. I would always say to myself, 'Are your shorts too short? Are you resting in a sexy way?' I didn’t even realize that this was complete sexual harassment."
Confessor 2 is the only female on an all-male art department crew in "It's a Man's World," and they make her feel it. Despite working insane hours, taking on far more work than she's getting paid for, and putting up with aggressive sexual harassment, she doesn't get the credit she deserves. Instead, she gets falsely accused of stealing from the company... which leads her to a life-changing revelation.
These two amazing confessions get into the following:

How to survive in Hollywood -- literally!
How to tell the difference between legitimate job stress and abusive behavior
How to turn a difficult job experience into a positive career move

Finally, we round out the episode with a shoutout to some people who are taking action to make Hollywood a happier place -- writer-producers Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn.
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Sound Effects and Music provided by Zapsplat and Pixabay.
Keywords: filmmaking podcast, film podcast, screenwriting podcast, entertainment podcast, Hollywood, filmmaking, writerslife, actorslife, setlife

How to survive in Hollywood -- literally!
How to tell the difference between legitimate job stress and abusive behavior
How to turn a difficult job experience into a positive career move

"Resting Smile Face" & "The Method"
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Trailer - Join Us in the Confessional Booth!

This is the podcast where entertainment industry workers anonymously confess their deepest, darkest, most bizarre behind-the-scenes Hollywood secrets.
We take real stories, bleep out identifying details, and have amazing voice actors re-record the stories to create anonymous confessions. But if you've been around the block, you might recognize some details! And if you're new to the industry, these stories can help prepare you to identify red flags in the work place.
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Find Me B***h & The Bleep Bleep Story

Sometimes when you're in a toxic situation, you don't realize it until it's too late. Other times, you take that situation and work the shit out of it.
On this week's episode of the Hollywood Confessional, we have two confessions from entertainment industry newcomers who found themselves in abusive situations. And they have some serious words for their former bosses.
Find Me, Bitch!
"When you're in a vulnerable spot, you have to take a job and keep it by any means necessary."
Confessor 1 is a 22-year-old who rushed out of college and was struggling to find a job when their mom passed away. They eventually found a production assistant job for a commercial production company. When it turned degrading, they found innovative ways to stay employed and get their revenge.
The Bleep Bleep Story
" When they announced the master class, it was like, Oh, this is the thing. [BLEEP BLEEP] is teaching it himself. This is going to be amazing. And I sort of naively expected that we were going to really workshop the scripts. I thought he was there to sort of, like, teach us his process. But I should have known better because the theme of the class... was sex scenes."
Confessor 2 is a 20-year-old aspiring screenwriter fresh out of suburbia. They were invited to take a free writing class at the studio of a famous multi-hyphenate. Despite red flags, they went along with it and soon realized they'd been sucked into a wild and toxic scam.
In this episode, we get into the following:

What is the reality of the entertainment industry like for those starting out?
How do you identify red flags when you're pursuing a Hollywood opportunity?
Why are people trying to break into the entertainment industry sometimes willing to overlook toxic behavior by people in charge?

We top it off with a shoutout to someone who is putting his career on the line to make Hollywood a happier place... the founder of Video Mantis, Thomas Popp.

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Hollywood Confessional - The Can Lady & This is a Man's World

Transcript

THE CAN LADY
Confessor: Forgive me, father, for I have assisted a condescending producer who treats her PAs like they’re dumb children.

[SFX: Children running around, frustrated parent screaming]

Confessor: This is right before Hurricane [BLEEP], so [BLEEP]. Is that the right year? I had just come off of a big job where I had a lot of responsibility as a PA. This time, I was working as an Office PA. We had so much work we had to do, and only two PAs. This was prep for a studio

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