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[pantryslut]

Yesterday at yet another temp agency interview, I had to watch a little instructional video on workplace safety. It was called "The Case of the Perilous Office" and involved a time-travelling, invisible Sherlock Holmes.

Pity the poor actors who must be in these videos. It wasn't half-bad, and picking Holmes as the narrator conveniently excuses the condescending tone that all these sorts of videos exude. But who wants to be the clod who tried to lift a heavy box while standing on a precarious office chair?

Or, worse, the blonde girl (of course she was blonde -- with frizzy hair, too much makeup, and bright, loud clothes) who is constantly tripping on her too-high heels, getting things caught in her dangly earrings, and generally being a ditz.

On the other hand, the box guy was trying to impress his curvy (yet impeccably professionally dressed) black female boss, so maybe in the stereotype department, it's a wash.

Comments

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Compare and contrast being in this kind of video to being in the kind you usually watch ... and let us know what you come up with.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

In the kind of videos I usually watch, blondes never have frizzy hair, and their clothes are usually nicer (if skimpier). On the other hand, the nails and the shoes are consistent.

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

A good acting job is the one where you get paid.