In the interests of discretion, I have chosen not to post the client or CD for this particular audition. In short, it was a nightmare. I can't really fault the CD's office for any of it. The copy itself, was horrible. Sometimes you read a spot and say, "This probably won't make it to the airwaves." Occasionally, you read one and say, "Who could possibly have approved this and how could it've gotten this far?" This spot fell into the latter category. It was an ill-fated concept based on a couple of choice, double-entendre laden words. Of course they say, "Don't betray a hint of awareness about the double-entendre." But you didn't see the words. On top of that, the gimmick was related to finding a name for this new product of theirs. However, in introducing the idea of finding a name, they clearly labeled it already as BLANK's new BLANKETY BLANK BLANK. It's hard to do this without using the real words, but hopefully you get the picture.
I was paired up and revved my naivete to give it the ol' varsity try. Incidentally, I'm pretty good at seeming completely innocent and matter-of-fact. I'll just say my scene partner and I did not gel at all. I think it may have been this person's first audition since they didn't seem to understand that we needed to be in front of the camera. On top of that, it was an improv-welcomed audition. I don't think my scene partner had ever improvised either...well, anyway... I don't foresee a callback on this one. But on the bright side, I probably won't have to see it on TV and wonder "What if?".
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