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The offer of a bigger and better opportunity down the road, usually made by a producer, a director or lead actor in order to get subordinates to work harder or for less money or for no money, but the opportunity never arises.
From the web series TOKENS, Jessica AD says it to Producer in Episode 6 "Whitewashing" sc. 12. It's scripted as, "Thanks for the LA promise." Winnifred Jong, the series creator and director, got the actor, Jessica Greco, to adlib, "Thanks for the LA-fucking-promise."
Power Queer
The Power Queer is the newest need in television and film. This is a character that started becoming more common in the late 2010s when producers and writers started to realize it was no longer okay for gay male characters to either be "best friend" screaming queens with no real personality except for being gay with no love interest or they were stoic (humourless) with a whisper of a love interest who then dies or gets murdered. A Power Queer is a high-status queer character, usually gay, a fully developed character, self-possessed, and who functionally moves the story along - either a person in charge or a personality who has the power to move and/or change the plot. And "being gay" is not their only character trait. They can have campiness in their toolbox, but that is not what defines them. They are not the butt of jokes, and they don't need to die to be humanized
Thom Allison, a veteran actor who plays Sheyonce, the bar owner, opposite Alexandra Billings, in the feature film QUEEN TUT, says, "Being sought out for the role of Sheyonce is a testament to being in the business for a long time and the kind of characters I have played. My partner, Micah Barnes, and I call this category the âPower Queerâ ."
From writer/director, Winnifred Jong, 'Oppression Olympics' is the race to identify as many marginalities as possible in order to win the fight for the few diverse quota positions.
From the web series, Tokens: Season 2, Episode 202, Sammie declares, "I just medalled in the Oppression Olympics."
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The layer of fans that envelops the celestial bodies who make up the world of film, television, comics, anime, streamers, web, indie-to-primetime.
"We are being launched into the fandomsphere," said Mandie Roman about HOMECON: 2nd Edition, May 17, 2020
An advice-sharing session over drinks for East Asians who lack the enzymes to break down alcohol.
From the web series, Tokens: Season 2, Episode 203. Sammie rushes into Bubble Tea, saying , "I need another Red Face session."