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appearances
for some reason this morning i’m remembering a commercial i shot in college. i was an ‘actor’ in the extremely low budget production for a newly developed electronic device which i never again saw or heard of. in fact, i can’t even remember what the thing was, really.
my friends and i were sitting on the steps outside one of the buildings having lunch when this two-person crew (one director, one camera guy) came up to us to ask if we’d be in their commercial. we agreed, and he gave us some lines to say. it was all about how cutting edge, cool, and easy to use their product was. he had a friend of mine talk about how helpful it was, then asked me (with my long, light hair) to say, ‘it’s so easy even i can use it!’
after he got what he wanted, my friend laughed and said how backward it seemed. the director asked what she meant and she told him that i was the technical one and was forever teaching her how to use technology better.
and this is the part i remember really well. the director got a funny look on his face, sort of pursed his lips and nodded. i remember thinking how odd it was. it doesn’t bother e and i that i am more tech inclined than she is, so what was bothering this guy? was he upset that he’d guessed wrong or did he think i’d be insulted for having to play the dumb blond? i really wonder what was going through that guy’s head just then.
whatever he was realizing then about presumptions based on looks, i hope he remembered it.