Whitechapel - Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313826#Comment_313826 2011-10-28T09:19:57-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 The various actors guilds in the States are trying to get the IMDB to stop publishing the DOB of actors on their system. I see the point being made, that it's a site used by casting agencies and ... The various actors guilds in the States are trying to get the IMDB to stop publishing the DOB of actors on their system.

I see the point being made, that it's a site used by casting agencies and so allows them to age discriminate in a clandestine way, but surely the information is going to be on wikipedia and the like anyway?

I doubt just removing it from IMBD would be enough.

Interesting issue though.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313828#Comment_313828 2011-10-28T09:36:37-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 I know that they are going for and it is supposedly true that it is more difficult for >40 year-old actress' to get work than younger women but it just seems weird. I mean, the information is out ... 40 year-old actress' to get work than younger women but it just seems weird. I mean, the information is out there no matter if the IMDB puts it up or not.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313831#Comment_313831 2011-10-28T10:19:14-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 rough night http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2694 The information might not be out there (or at least not as quickly or with as much certainty) if the IMDB didn't put it out there, though. Wikipedia editors, for example, almost certainly get that ... Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313832#Comment_313832 2011-10-28T10:33:04-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Cameron C. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4226 Yeah, because professional casting agents can't see forty years of life on a persons face anyway. shrug.
shrug.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313835#Comment_313835 2011-10-28T11:13:53-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792 I think it's more the idea that once the public knows someone's age, it's hard to suspend the belief that they're playing someone 10 years younger, because of how gossipy and nitpicky the public ...
I dunno, I don't think it's that big of a deal to know actrors' ages, but this is coming from someone who doesn't know how things work on the inside. ]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313840#Comment_313840 2011-10-28T11:48:14-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5192 If IMDB didn't do it, Wikipedia would. If Wikipedia didn't, someone else would. If there's a good example of the "information wants to be free" side of the classic paradox, this is it. ...
Of course Hollywood practices age discrimination, and of course that's a bad thing. But it does so primarily by failing to create roles appropriate for older actors (especially female), such that anyone who looks over 40 is de facto unqualified for the jobs they're offering.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313848#Comment_313848 2011-10-28T13:43:24-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 I think if an actor or actress has paid for a IMDBpro account it should be their option of whether or not their age is posted. If it's a free account then, it can be posted. Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313857#Comment_313857 2011-10-28T15:17:53-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 @will - so, if I pay money I get to pretend to be younger than I am? This just amuses me, as a long term netizen (I remmeber the days when every webpage had blue text on a grey background) the ...
This just amuses me, as a long term netizen (I remmeber the days when every webpage had blue text on a grey background) the IMDB is one of the oldest sites around. The IMDB was a always a 'cool pick' on yahoo and got that 'shades' icon for being so. It existed before Google ffs. Isn't this a bit late to be objecting to its content?]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313861#Comment_313861 2011-10-28T15:41:43-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 @Flabyo It's the Internet. It's never too late to complain about anything.
It's the Internet. It's never too late to complain about anything.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313862#Comment_313862 2011-10-28T15:42:33-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 @ Flaybyo - it would pretty much follow the rest of the logic that is already established on that site. if you do anything that has been produced on TV or in the movies, automatically a page on IMDB ... Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313870#Comment_313870 2011-10-28T18:17:48-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5192 Have an opt-out option wouldn't accomplish anything. A casting director who's concerned about birth years would a) check some other source, or b) just pass them over because they're opting out. ... ask: because the refusal to answer would be a red flag.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313886#Comment_313886 2011-10-28T22:31:34-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 Slight correction from your friendly neighborhood HR guy: US employers aren't supposed to ask because asking implies that age matters to a job, which it doesn't. Just like employers are not supposed ... Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313900#Comment_313900 2011-10-29T07:00:42-07:00 2011-10-29T07:01:12-07:00 munin218 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=246 What exactly *is* IMDB's target audience? Casting directors, moviegoers, fans? I should hope less casting directors would rely on a website open to the public and more on professional ...
Casting directors, moviegoers, fans?

I should hope less casting directors would rely on a website open to the public and more on professional resources. In which case--fans are curious, and with its nearly encyclopaedic knowledge, we can look up everything to how old Pauley Perette is to how many and what movies precicely she has been in.]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313929#Comment_313929 2011-10-29T15:08:23-07:00 2013-05-21T07:36:33-07:00 allana http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019 It's difficult for me to imagine a more trivial appropriation of this webforum.