The Psychology and Aftermath of Auditions

Dear Hollywood

Alyson Stoner

Society & Culture

4.9 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

TW: Simulating Trauma. Out of 500,000 hopeful artists, only 205 will make it. Everyone else will face repeated rejection at auditions. So, what does a child really face when they pursue the industry? Brace yourself for the rollercoaster of learning how to play characters and bring scenes to life. Learn what happens when a child depicts explicit or traumatizing material. Dig into the impact of typecasting, hierarchies of cast members, and being sexualized during puberty. As an independent podcast, your support means a lot. Subscribe and follow @alysonstoner to join the conversation. New episodes every Friday. 50% off Movement Genius for 250+ classes and tools to care for your mind, body and emotions: https://bit.ly/DearHollywood50

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0:00.0	Hello, let's quickly address what happened last week before getting into today's episode.
0:06.7	So as you know, dear Hollywood, is entirely independently written by my mind and produced out of my own personal pocket so the material hasn't
0:15.9	been touched by any outside entities. Well last week an opportunity came up to
0:21.5	bring on the first sponsor. And from the outside it
0:25.0	appeared to be deeply aligned. I knew therapists who'd partnered with this company. I
0:30.0	had some entertainment peers who collaborated with them and then my friends and I had some entertainment peers who collaborated with them and then my friends and I had personally been customers and coincidentally they were all positive experiences.
0:40.0	Well, after hitting post, a number of comments brought up some real concerns that were not in my awareness.
0:47.0	So I immediately did research, I notified my team, and I spoke to the brand directly to see what they had to say.
0:53.4	First, I want to own my ignorance for not being more informed.
0:58.6	Second, the brand responded and take this as you wish, they said said in regards to the FTC settlement
1:05.2	around patients data at no time have any members names or clinical data from
1:10.4	therapy sessions ever been shared with advertisers, publishers, social media platforms, or other similar third parties.
1:17.0	If you want, you can research this more on their privacy policy, I'll link that below, and apparently they've also since gotten certified by
1:27.2	high trust which I guess is the highest level of information protection. So that's their response.
1:34.7	Third, I want to reiterate that this podcast and the mission behind it are sacred and I don't
1:40.0	want to do anything to jeopardize the trust and credibility. I know that some people have decided to disavow the
1:47.4	podcast and my channel altogether. However, I know many of you are up for growing together, humanizing each other, having nuanced and difficult conversations, so I want to focus our energy there moving forward.
2:01.0	Lastly, the reality is as a content creator in order to keep
2:05.2	this podcast going and cover the expenses, help it reach more people for free, I do
2:10.5	need to have sponsors. I'm actually going to dedicate a few episodes to
2:14.9	brand deals and social media in a few weeks and I hope you'll find it to be
2:18.2	illuminating. But for now, know that I am truly doing my best to be thoughtful.
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