The Daryl Eisenberg Twitter Thread — Page 6

I'm sure I'll just be repeating what many have said in previous posts. The audition room is a place where actors should feel safe, a place where actors should feel supported, and a place where actors should feel comfortable taking risks. Unfortunately, Ms. Eisenberg has created an environment where auditioners now will be more caught up in wondering whether or not they will be 'tweeted' about rather than being able to focus on the job at hand...giving a great audition. While her 'tweets' are anonymous, it wouldn't be too hard to for a person to figure out if they were being referred to based on the timestamp on each post to Twitter.

I've auditioned for many casting directors over my 9 years in the business in NYC and most have been wonderful experiences. I remember hearing on multiple occasions from the big casting offices (Binder, Johnson-Liff when they were around, Tara Rubin, etc) that casting directors want you to be good....it makes their job easier. Binder's office regularly offers work sessions with actors who are down to the end of the audition process and up for certain roles. That's a true way support a performer....a far cry from lambasting auditions on Twitter whether it's anonymous or not.

Plain and simple, there's a professional way to handle auditions, and her actions are very unprofessional. If she's truly so busy casting a show, I would think those moments she takes to constantly update her Twitter could be better spent doing her actual job of...casting the show.

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I just contacted the Casting Society of America to let them know how I feel about the issue of Twittering during auditions.

http://www.castingsociety.com/who-we-are/contact-us

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tangentially related...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY

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Thanks for that, Craig. It touches on what I mentioned in the deleted and retrieved thread. The power of technology challenges us to use it in ethical ways. Throughout history our ability to invent has preceded our ability to deal with the ramifications. Nuclear fission turned into atom bombs long before it was harnessed to generate electricity. Medical advances have resulted in life support without quality of life. Genetic engineering has the potential for good (curing disease) vs. evil (creating a super race). Just because we CAN do something doesn't mean we SHOULD - at least not without establishing responsible guidelines. I know these examples are extreme, but the logic is the same regarding the internet. Daryl didn't think through the consequences of her twittering. Not only is she being unprofessional in her dealings with actors, but she is also using paid contract time for her own personal gain. Major corporations fire people for sending personal emails on company time. What she is doing is no different.

The show has now scheduled a new EPA in response....
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Twittergate_Continues_GAY_BRIDE_OF_FRANKENSTEIN_Schedules_SECOND_EPA_in_Response_20090813

Haha, awesome. Sounds like the producer/composer is NOT happy.

And, wow, she thinks the outrage is because people haven't read the Twitter itself. Trust me, reading the Twitter would only make them more upset.

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Updated On: 8/13/09 at 05:34 PM

I've been on the fence about the whole issue, but after reading the backstage article, I'm appalled. She seems to feel no remorse for her actions. She even said she'd continue to tweet about auditions and is blaming the people in opposition of her behavior for not understanding how twitter works. I believe that if she really had no intention of being hurtful she would come right out and blatantly apologize and admit her mistake. I haven't seen that happen.

Yes, she is ignorant. the problem is not based off of someone knowing, or not knowing, how Twitter works.. and it what she is saying and how.

"I think that a lot of people have never really read the Twitter account and don't know how Twitter works," she said. "It's such a new technology, not everyone understands it."

What does she think people are missing? You type it, we read it.

I've read several mysterious references now to us low-tech actors being uncomfortable with this because it's fancy new technology. (AEA was called "Luddite" by one producer.) This is no different than if she were tapping Morse Code into a telegrapher. The technology is simply helping her declare to the world that she's focused on snark in real time (at no fewer than 24 intervals during the day yesterday). The old technology of "trifling commentary on notepad" at least allowed her to pretend she was doing her job all day. Now she's announcing otherwise.

Anyway, maybe we can lay to rest the argument that we're dragging the poor nice girl's name through the mud. She's trying quite hard to become her own publicity machine with this stunt. Maybe she'll get one of those reality TV shows on the moving picture box.

*edit... triple post. Thank you crap wifi*

Updated On: 8/13/09 at 05:45 PM

Oh, please! She's the one who doesn't seem to understand that a Twitter account doesn't give you license to spew whatever nonsense you want - at least not without consequences.

LOL. I know. I don't think she realizes "not everyone understands it" goes both ways...

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What exactly does she think there is to get about twitter? It's pretty straightforward, I myself have one. I am also careful of what I put since I use it for networking purposes. It's not that hard to get and the simplest minds use it.

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I understand how Twitter works though I don't understand the fascination with it.

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