Whitechapel - Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:32 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313826#Comment_313826 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313826#Comment_313826 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:19:57 -0700 Flabyo 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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313828#Comment_313828 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:36:37 -0700 RenThing 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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313831#Comment_313831 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:19:14 -0700 rough night Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313832#Comment_313832 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313832#Comment_313832 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:33:04 -0700 Cameron C.
shrug. ]]> Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313835#Comment_313835 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313835#Comment_313835 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:13:53 -0700 Argos
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313840#Comment_313840 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:48:14 -0700 Jason A. Quest
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313848#Comment_313848 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:43:24 -0700 William Joseph Dunn Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313857#Comment_313857 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313857#Comment_313857 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:17:53 -0700 Flabyo
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313861#Comment_313861 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:41:43 -0700 RenThing
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313862#Comment_313862 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:42:33 -0700 William Joseph Dunn Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313870#Comment_313870 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313870#Comment_313870 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:17:48 -0700 Jason A. Quest 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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313886#Comment_313886 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:31:34 -0700 RenThing Should the IMDB publish the ages of actors? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313900#Comment_313900 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313900#Comment_313900 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:00:42 -0700 munin218
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10308&Focus=313929#Comment_313929 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:08:23 -0700 allana