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Thread #136614   Message #3120806
Posted By: Anne Lister
24-Mar-11 - 08:09 PM
Thread Name: Morris dancers sought for tv advert
Subject: RE: Morris dancers sought for tv advert
Good grief - what a bunch of cynics! As far as we can tell, the ad people are going to be poking gentle fun at English eccentricities. And, as far as we can tell, they'll be paying those taking part, so at least one of the comments above is irrelevant. If they knew how to find a Morris side I'm sure they'd have gone ahead and done it. As I said before, they were talking earlier today about using actors instead of real dancers but my husband said surely it would be best to use the real thing, hence this suggestion.
It's fine, guys - if you don't want to take advantage of this then that's no problem at all. I just thought in these days of financial difficulty some of you might appreciate the chance of being paid for a day's dancing. I'll know not to bother posting any similar opportunities again. This is for a professional company doing a professional job, who are likely in their 30 second ads to poke gentle fun at Morris dancers whether or not any real dancers take part - where's the harm?