October 09, 2004
You're gonna laugh
Okay, you're gonna laugh. I mean, if you're a dyke you're gonna laugh.
I went to do an audition for a certain lesbian television show filmed in Vancouver. In this episode, it seems like the "lesbian" characters are taking a tour through that unknown land of dykeyness: the play party. There's positions for a few speaking parts for players. One of those parts is styled "Dominatrix" and that's the one my agent thought I might have a kick at. Go figure.
So, I show up in the outfit to the left. There's a billion people ahead of me, and billion people behind me. And as my appointment time comes, they call my name, and I approach the door to the casting room (are you keeping in mind that this is a show about lesbians?), and there's this friendly young woman with long blonde hair, and a clipboard.
And she looks at me. And she says.
"Hi. Are you auditioning for the dominatrix, or the butch top?"
No kiddin'. She said that.
"Butches," I say, leaning forward to impart this important piece of top-secret insider dyke information, "...look like boys."
"Oh."
Lesbian chic. I hear about it a lot. They just forgot to include actual lesbians.
Posted by Elaine at October 9, 2004 11:43 PM