So Ghetto - SNL
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2015
- Four women (Elizabeth Banks, Cecily Strong, Vanessa Bayer, Sasheer Zamata) share which aspects of their lives are "so ghetto."
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"Um, let's stop saying that, forever."
*_character development_*
I was pleased by the line.
No let's not stop saying it cuz it's the truth.
Agreed. It’s a Jewish word, and cultural appropriation is bad. ;)
@@obediahpolkinghorniii564 that’s not the reason...
@@brodypenn Civilians - even the Commander in Chief - should not salute. They’re civilians. Read the regs. If you think they should salute, show me which regulation states that.
Reagan made it up. Would you like me to prove it to you?
This is like Phoebe narrating her childhood to the others in Friends 😂
The best comment!😂👍
"HE STABBED ME FIRST!!!"
Bitsy: Tell us a little bit about yourself. So where are you from?
Phoebe: Okay. Well, all right. Originally, I'm from upstate but then my mom killed herself, and my stepdad went to prison. So I moved to the city, where I actually lived in a burned-out Buick LeSabre for a while. Which was okay. That was okay. Until I got hepatitis, you know because this pimp spit in my mouth and- But I got over it. And, anyway, now I'm a freelance massage therapist which, you know, isn't always steady money, but at least I don't pay taxes. [as Katharine Hepburn] So where does everyone summer?
I was thinking the same. 🤣
Ross
This is like my high school friends who called me ghetto because my house only has one bathroom lmao
🤣
dharmallars ahahhahahahaha. We’re in the same boat with just having one bathroom.
I'm moving to a new house with more the one bathroom lol thank god.
That is privileged asl. Idk where you live, but the value of a home is significantly more with another bathroom. Just not financially feasible for everyone.
But does your toilet flush?
It’s sad most of them didn’t laugh at “I’ve got a fattie for a white girl” I was in tears
Lmao not that she was talking about her ass😂
SmashFever Huh, as if this wasn't scripted...? What do you mean?
Mitchell S. The audience didn’t catch the joke
@@eastbayjen oh yeah duuhh lol... that's a bit embarrassing
a lot of times the live audience misses jokes -- it happens. just like you sometimes miss plays when you are at a sporting event & not watching on TV
I honestly want to hear more about her life. She's just super upbeat about it, and she seems to deal with her situation pretty well. I'd totally watch a series about this woman. xD
Yes!
Right!
I agree, I want to know about her and Jamarcus friendship. Her and her room mates.
Right like that’s her actual life! Hats off 👌🏽
CelestialWolf Same. She needs to produce something original like this instead of that dumpster fire Charlie’s Angels reboot
"lets stop saying that forever" +100
Cody Brown it's all relative..people in ghettos say it too..because the place fosters circumstances and lifestyles some are cliche. stereotypes that some buffoons can't wait to validate. the only people really lived there are semetic people in Nazi germany. they can be the most offended by this term. I like to point out what I consider ghetto to resist the spread of it..because it can quickly spread to any community like a disease..a social disease and even effect those who care most, it what happens when mercenaries are your government, and doing the bare minimum service to the public. this is not inherently a "race" problem like some presume this is a fiscal and social economic.. cultural problem. the characters are delusional and spoiled insensitive but the gentrifying one is almost realistic..don't do it.l lightly..accept the fate that ghetto life is different than yours and be thankful for that and hopeful that those crabs in than barrel who don't want it can escape with their souls intact.this not to say nothing good in ghettos..people are there and people always have greatness in their realm. great beauty and art but very often not worth dealing with everything else mostly. lots of undiagnosed illness and problems. injustice and opportunity drought.never glorify this kind of settlement.you don't know who's child your hurting by desensitizing. dont try to help the ghetto ppl if you don't know them or not good at reading people. overall though.. one man's ghetto is another man's glade.yes I invent.lame knockoff expressions.
Cody Brown n
When's the last time you heard someone even use ghetto in this way anywa? I probably haven't heard someone say "that's so ghetto" since I was in elementary in the mid-2000's
+Neb Uluos Wow... 👏👏👏 Thank you fur that verbose, unsolicited ass sociological assessment. 😂😂😂
Here, here. Only white people and middle-class Black people say it. It's about as ignorant use of the word as they are.
Lmao all I could think during this sketch was “I’m in the ghetto, ratatattatattatata”
Rohan Khubchandani Chappell?
me too 😂
Yess 😂😂😂
rAtAtAtA
Long Schnozzed Tribesman who hurt you
This sketch is so true to life. I'm a black woman who grew up in Harlem and the Bronx in the 1980's (basically I lived in the ghetto). Anyway, I'm at a Starbucks in FL a month ago listening to this 20 something year old blonde tell her friend that the guy she went out with was "so ghetto" because he picked her up in a Kia. When did this become a thing???
Privileged and entitled people have always tried to downplay their spoiledness with words that make them feel like they can relate to the lower class.
@@Egoblivion ...so the lower classes will continue to fight and argue amongst themselves - never realizing who the true enemy is.
@@sharr630 ...which is why the poor have gone for "communism" but it ended up benefiting the ultra-rich just as much...We have been tricked into this "crony capitalism or communism" dichotomy with nothing in between. I would like to think that there is an in-between like the democratic-socialistic style Scandinavian countries have.
It became a thing decades ago. Get with the times, stop being so ghetto.
@@Egoblivion Mitchell, you are correct! The contradictions in these "ladies" are huge: everyone one is beneath them, but it doesn't seem like they're winning any cultural awards.
Another thing thats annoying is when people automatically associate being black with being ghetto. One girl actually commented on my afro saying "I love your hair, its so ghetto". She said it like it was a compliment. I didn't even know how to respond to such idiocy so I just smiled awkwardly and went "ha..." before walking away lol.
fazyt86 I don't think she meant to offend me, she probably thinks its something cool in the black community. Maybe next time I'll correct her lol.
+Des yes, I figured that she didn't know any better, which is why I said u should've schooled her.
***** I'm not a confrontational person which is why I didn't want to indicate that I was offended by her comment. I know the girl and if she ever says anything ignorant again, I'll politely ask her what she means by that and then proceed to correct her.
MachiavelliImmortal I disagree that weaves are "ghetto". I dont personally like them on me, but I dont judge anyone who wears them. They're just accessories. If weaves are "ghetto" them so is makeup, hair dye, and everything else that is unnatural and cosmetic. Also, you're using the word ghetto incorrectly. Ghetto describes a place, not a person or their appearance. What you mean to say is trashy. But you're still wrong.
+Des *I* live in the "ghetto," "projects," subsidized housing. Interesting that the people who live here don't go around tossing the word about. I think you handled the situation with decorum. Seeing as you know she wouldn't purposefully say something ignorant and hurtful, I can see the benefit to making a planned response.
really glad the last line exists in this skit because people TRULY have no idea what ghetto is and love to use terminology swimming with inexperience
*****
is this where u troll me?
There are some old Jewish people out there who have an extremely good idea about what that word means...
STFU
Frost Cepheid ahh yes, lets play trauma Olympics
Cry me a river, OP. Wah wah you don't know what it's like to live in the ghetto. Spare me the tears, bitch. You're so oppressed. It's not enough to have everything handed to you via social assistance, you have to bitch and moan along the way. just STFU already
“You know those nine guys that are always standing in front of my building?”
“The guys that are always in winter coats, even in the summertime?”
The writers did their research 😭👌💯💀
Frfr lmaooo sounds like NY lol
Wait this went so over my head what does it meaan 😭
@@bell1297 if you go to any housing project in NYC, you will see a group of young men standing in front of the entrance/lobby.
The writers have probably lived there.
@@Unkle_Mike Ohh, thank you!!
Okay but I really love how upbeat and unfazed she is with her life. Like she's so chill about it.
Whoever wrote this sketch needs to be commended.
👏👏👏
***** No. Commended.
Agreed. They made the point. I would have enjoyed them pushing it far, far further, personally.
+Tomás E. Burgos-Oramas you need some first aid burn cream after that reply from OP?
Yeah sure whatever you say.
2 _loose_ cigarrettes. They werent even the same brand. xD.
LOOSE SQUARES!
Alexis Ford How'd you italicize that?
Karim Roxbury *like this?*
Them dollar cigarettes boi
@Donald Trump are you really Donald trump
The shopping carts are soo ghetto for real though
unless your at a grocery store
@@idigmusic4405 no it’s still ghetto like it has holes in stuff in it
@@Alibern7 ye
Omg you’re on the South Park Comments. You’re a Goddess ❤️
Yep exspecially them Uber Carts where the driver is chewing fruit stripe gum & smoking Kools
I WORK AT THE MALL AND THIS GROUP OF TEEN GIRLS WERE CALLING EVERYTHING GHETTO AND BRO I COULD ONLY THINK OF THIS SKETCH
🤣🤣
"Bro" is almost as bad as saying "literally" every two seconds.
@@jimross9810 okay thank you language police, did i lose my cool guy badge? :(
Like totally bro!!
I love how SNL reflects social problems while being hilarious.
Alayah Trammell they know nothing about politics tho by constantly bashing trump when it was Hillary who encouraged trump to run and then she lost miserably. Ha.
C Ggg
People:
Trump supporter: KEEP WHINING LIBTARD THATS WHY TRUMP WON
@@cggg490 SNL has insiders...EVERYWHERE DIMWIT
@@cggg490 Hillary won popular vote, idk how that's losing miserably. I don't like either but let's be honest
She lost to an actual clown, so yeah.. Pretty pathetic
What do you call an Italian slum? A spaghetto.
+lindsey lefrois Interesting, because the word ghetto itself comes from Italy. How come nobody is saying how clueless millennials should stop using the word "literally" in every sentence? I don't need preachy TV writers creating skits to tell people what words to stop saying.
+Manny Theiner -______ omg shutup.
+Kelsey Ferguson There you go, Ms. Inarticulate Millennial, just like this skit, telling people what not to say. Neither you, nor the NBC network, have that kind of authority (luckily). If you want to tell people to shut up join Daesh or hang with Kim Jong Un. I'm sure they'll oblige you.
And yes...the term "ghetto" was first used to apply to the Jewish quarter of Venice. Wasn't meant as any slight to Italians (in case you thought so)..just a fact.
+Manny Theiner Of course, I didn't come up with that myself. I read it in an old book of riddles. As for TV writers, I'm watching, like, way less TV ... way less TV and, y'know, like, I have, like, TV withdrawal sometimes but, y'know, sometimes I just, like, listen to the radio instead or I, like, read a book.
+lindsey lefrois ha! lol
“Let’s stop saying that forever”.. was my favorite part lol well done SNL✊🏾
Yeah I never really got why that term became ok to use that way. This skit was so refreshing
"Ghetto is a place, so don't call someone a place"
*Alyssa Edwards*
You're so France
I see you're a person of culture.
The problem is not "calling someone a place"--that's a type of metaphor. The problem is that you are using a place which is so much worse than what it is being applied to. Like, you shouldn't say "That's so Trump" if the person only let 1000 people die unnecessarily....
@@KingoftheJuice18 I guess you didn't get the quote
@@dankun2196 I'm happy to learn. Please explain it to me, then.
Lol this sketch is so necessary. I hate when ppl say this. It's a place not a description.
+Antoine Rashad yes the jews should be offended
+Antoine Rashad I think you missed the point. This is complete satire.
+jiniya azad No, he got the point. The satire is how people use the phrase casually for everything below their standards when the Real ghettos, whether for the Jews or slums are no laughing matter
Facts
***** oooo I read "necessary" as "unnecessary" my fault.
What's actually kind of funny about this sketch is that in a lot of expensive coastal cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, DC, Boston, etc. there actually ARE a lot of young hipster kids from relatively affluent suburbs moving to the city during or after college with crappy internships or entry-level jobs only to find out that the only neighborhoods they can afford actually ARE in the ghetto.
I never feel bad for people put themselves in harms way. Oh you CHOOSE to go to central park at night and got murdered==> zero fucks given.
zyxwut321 I feel like there's also gentrification to blame..
zyxwut321 I
zyxwut321 thats been the case since the 70s....nyc especially in the city has always been expensive.
Lmao! This comment deserves a thousand thumbs up for how much truth there is to it
So the “Uber Cart” killed me 😂
I grew up thinking we were poor due to being the poorest family in our area and we were judged for it.
However after traveling and living other places I realized we had it good. It was quite eye opening.
Everything's relative.
"Snitches get stitches, bitch!" Haha I love Elizabeth so much.
Im a year late but, why is Jimmy Fallon sitting in the background with a curly blond wig ???🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂
Lmao I didn’t even notice that- good eye- and also I’m a year later than you now so don’t worry abt it
That's not Jimmy Fallon🤣🤣🤣 Ol girl just had strong features. I see how she could be mistaken for Jimmy in a wig lmao
@@TSharsworld2714 wooooooooooosh
That's so ghetto lol
Lol, I noticed that too! That looks just like him. I kept pausing the video at points to make sure.
"It's never too early to learn America's no snitchin' policy" - John Mulaney
He is a tired, tall child
not Ja’Marcus 😂
"Like OMG, I like asked JaMarcus to buy me some cigarettes. And he only came back with like 2 cigarettes, like literally 2 loose cigarettes. They weren't even the same brand, so ghetto." 😂😂😂💯👌
The Real Machine Gun Kelly lmao we've all been there right
The Real Machine Gun Kelly I didn’t get that one bc people in the bodega literally buy loose cigarettes and it’s normal 😭😭 then again her description of government housing and the elevator being broken literally described my life in the past
This is my favorite lol. 2 loose cigarettes hahaha. When she said they weren’t even the same brand I about shit myself lol.
Lmfaooo bro I'm dead off that
Why do you feel the need to post something we just heard? Comment sections should be for...comments. That's so G....goofy. 😊
Am I the only one who can't help but be fixated on the people in the background? They're acting out conversations in complete silence. Nobody is really talking this entire time. So ghetto.
NEMRCOMEDY Lmaoooo
I will never watch an snl skit the same way...
its called not having microphones on
e c b c No, the extras fake talk.
e c b c you do realise they don’t have individual mic, these one a mic man holds and any noise made is picked up so if someone makes a noise they have to stop the whole thing. That’s why the director says “silences on set please” so that they don’t have to keep filming
Sasheer pausing and then saying "literally in the ghetto?" has me cracking up 🤣
2:04 "Snitches get stiches bitch." And I'm like "Omg you are literally three years old right now what are you even saying." 💀💀💀😂😂😂😂
The painful truth about this sketch is that plenty of women are actually like that.
Which is the point.
Guys too, don't forget that
Hash_SlingingSlasher and men
Hash_SlingingSlasher im ur 1k like
And they say it as though they're god's gift to mankind when they're not more than gold-diggin' airheads.
SNL hitting issues hard these days. Props.
Kate The Great Ur welcome I was ur 1k like
Eliza Davidson she won’t reply but I will mwahahaha
@@carringtonhunter5079 prove it!
God....kill us.
Except the bias liberal messages
This is literally friends! Monica and Rachel whining about some first world bullshit and phoebe bringing them back down to earth 😂😂
SNL is usually at its best when it has a real bite and social statement. This was very funny.
UBER cart.😂😂
I wasn't ready lmaoooo
@Donald Trump doesn't know know how to spell yep definitely Donald Trump
ghostbear200123 💀💀
I'm supposed to be studying for my final tomorrow
Me now
chris nel how’d it go
B.Perl Surprisingly, I got an A
chris nel great job man 👍🏻
B.Perl Thanks, it cost me a night's sleep but it paid off
Why am I just seeing all the funniest SNL sketches now
Quarantine!😂
My favorite part was Cecily's reactions. She can convey a world of emotion just with her eyes and facial reactions.
Cecily's reactions are priceless
This shit was too real lol!
Every now and then a fantastic sketch with biting social commentary reminds me why I suffer through all the boring SNL routines. This was awesome!
The problem is it’s always against white people . Anything about minorities is just poking fun but serious ridicule is only against whites. And white males in particular
The writers are pointing out the absurdity of a white person knowing what ‘ghetto’ really is, and the blatant disrespect and callousness it displays when whites say it. It is a legitimate call. Unfortunately, snl never makes any legislate calls out to the people of visible minorities. Whites suck. And they ar3 pushing them into a corner
Many sketches miss but there's always one that's a classic with real social commentary
'Umm, that crackhead's cart is sooo ghetto' hahaha
We say "that's so trailer park" instead of that's so ghetto!😜😐
Really because neither one has anything to do with Black people
@Katie Cunn i didn't because again Black people have NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE TERMS
Same thing. Poor and broke.
@@modernvintage3226 yes they do everytime I see people on TV using the word ghetto is black people
Cynthia Gale oh cool so just making fun of white stereotypes of poverty instead of African American stereotypes of poverty. Because poor people are great to make fun of, just make sure you keep it ‘woke’! 😜 Classism: the last acceptable prejudice. Have fun! Despair is sooo funny 🌈
"He took me to A BODEGA." Hahahaha, my favorite part
What is a bodega?
"In New York City, a bodega is a small owner-operated convenience store. Its name is derived from the Spanish word for "storeroom" or "wine cellar". Usually located on New York's street corners, they are renowned for their convivial culture and colorful character. There are an estimated 13,000 bodegas across the city."
"The bodegaman can cuz he mixes lots pills and call them 'tiger sex pils"
I hate when people use it as an adjective for everything. "Oh my god, my phone is literally almost six months old its so ghetto!" "my parents didn't wanna take me shopping yesterday, they're so ghetto!". Like chill tf out. I also hate when being black is associated with "being" ghetto. One of my friends put on one of my Nike's & said "Look guys, im ghetto now like Lauryn". I was pissed to the max. This needs to stahhpp
+Lauryn H. That's what the sketch is poking fun at. It is supposed to show how ridiculous it is.
+Divya Badri what makes you think she missed the joke? u fucking ass
I'm sorry. She just seemed so upset... But if she got the joke, then it's all good.
+Lauryn H. It's ok. Ignorance is bliss. Allow people to be morons. God has blessed you with intelligence and respect for other cultures. No worries girly girl.
+Flurry Jo (ARTISTropeAdope) I like you, that made me smile
"aren't your parents loaded"
"I mean... Barely?"
They didn't realize she lived in the ghetto then halfway through the sketch they know about the guys standing in front of the apartments 😂
Am I the only one who thought the baby joke sounded like a Dave Chapelle bit?
+RabbitTrailGaming totally
yup stolen
+RabbitTrailGaming "Hey baby! Baby, go home, man! It's 3 o'clock in the morning man, what the fuck are you doing up?" The baby says, "I'm selling weed, nigga!"
When you know good comedy...you know that ghetto baby joke is chapelle's.
+RabbitTrailGaming I just thought that
I love this how they aren’t using ghetto to describe people and showing that anyone can have that valley girl voice and that you can go a second with out describing someone’s skin tone and being racist ☺️❤️
"Who's JeMarcus?" Lmao
The one with no shirt and the pitbull leash
This sketch is actually amazing with how it tackles people using terminology in a problematic way . I love how at the end that decide not use the term ghetto anymore
Many young women actually speak this way. Both the tone of voice and verbal tics are so off-putting.
Many young women, like, actually speak this way. LIke, both the tone of voice and verbal tics are, like, so off-putting.
I'm not sure what you, like, mean.
+Mike Seltzer *hands medal*
+Mike Seltzer *claps hands*
+Mike Seltzer I can't like believe that you are, like, totally making fun of them.... that is SO ghetto
+James Caputo really, none of you know what that was about? At this point I think all of you are like the 3 girls complaining about stupid shit that does not matter. #byefelicia
"let's stop saying this forever" yeees
I am literally so tired of people saying "literally".
I was glad that they used it in its original meaning rather than as an intensifier.
Like, literally so unnecessary
Yeah, when they say it, I like, literally explode.
@@Terra_Lopez you literally killed me
We were reading in class one time and a kid said ghetto like "gHetto"
That baby joke is classic Dave Chappelle.
AYYE BABBYYEEE
Hey Baby!!! Lemme get a bag a weed!!!
Selling weed Nigga
I'm so glad they did this. I hate when out of touch people use the word the "ghetto" inappropriately.
Omg!, The blonde actress has described the buliding and neighborhood where I live to the letter!!!!😂 Also the 2 cigarettes are called loosies in the hood!!
Detroit? That's what we call them here.
This was the best! So hilarious 😂😂😂
Oh shit the uber 😂😂😂😂
snitches end up in stitches. the winter coat comment is hilarious. Lucys...........
fitAlittlebit The winter coat comment it's so true. Dudes love to wear the puffy goose jackets all year round! Lmao😂😂😂
No they didn't, you misunderstood that part of the sketch.
Were they hiding drugs?
fitAlittlebit No the comment meet that if you tell on me you going to get cut 😂LOL so out of touch
They wear winter coats year round because they are homeless and have no place to put their valuables. A warm winter coat that fits them is probably the most valuable item and if they were to take it off and stash it somewhere it would get stolen. So it's not really a funny joke, but it's sad
One of the first SNL skits that actually made me laugh out loud 😂
Vanessa's smile is so pretty ♥️ and the way she delivered the line "very" made me cackle 😂 . I miss her 😔
I lost it at "Uhh.. Aye, is any of y'all named Megan?!?!"
MrTaronyu 😂😂😂
I thought he was selling tacos.
The crackhead with the grocery cart... I'm dying over here
At 2:42 she said guys are so cheap, but isn't she being cheap herself because she didn't want to split the bill?
The cushioning on that cart is genius. I'd use that.
omg at the two cigarettes joke
The horror in Cecily's eyes is priceless.
Lol...I’m torn between what’s more annoying. The overuse of “that’s so ghetto” or “literally”. They equally make me wanna throw up a little in my mouth. 🤢😬
Be glad you don't have to spend time around teenagers.
I mean they both have really different historical connotations. "Literally" is usually an interjection that people use often so it's more like a minor irk in comparison
I said this phrase a lot years ago, “So ghetto!” I think I quit saying it after I saw this. So wrong...My bad!
Well, I’m sure it’s appreciated that you listen and learn. It’s the least anyone can do.
cecily's facial expressions all through this are hilarious. she was born to play the vapid chick
when ur a white girl that actually lives in the ghetto & the sketch suddenly becomes too relatable....
+Aurora Lara you can't try to teach people the truth when the lie is more entertaining.
Anthony Miller youre right
Aurora Lara lol I might be bias though...i have a 'white' girls name tatted on my back... And my brother from another mother is also white.
I guess that's what happens when you are from the Bay Area.
aurora, I think she threw in her race because most people associate ghettos with ethnicities/races that aren't white. i don't think she meant anything harmful by it.
@RonnyDonny13 or maybe you just werent good enough.
The baby and the loosies kill me everytime🤣😂😭
This skit was actually funny and hopefully nobody got butt hurt. I commend the writers and actors (especially Cecily) for making it worth watching!
"I'm still living with that poor family in low income government housing." Oh my god, so ghetto.
Why does he need $285 at 3 am?
This is good satire
I got as far as "OMG, you are literally three years old right now."
...and then I had to stop for oxygen.
It’s only 11 blocks from the train, I’m in the city in under two hours lol
creepy how i got a comercial for shameless,
“The guys that are always in winter coats even in the summer time??” Omg I’m crying
I love Elizabeth Banks - she does not act, she lives her characters!
This is a commendable social satire. Kudos to SNL!
this was by far the funniest, best written sketch I've ever seen on SNL. I wanna know who wrote this. It was great.
"The guys that are always in winter coats"😂😂🤗
Holding a pit bull leash with no pit bull
@@christinash2235 🤣! Fax
😂😂the shooters! 😂😂
SNL: “Literally in the ghetto?”
Me: Ratatata!
also the overuse of the word LITERALLY drives me nuts
Me too. Like, literally nuts
That baby joke is a bit of a dave chapelle rip off
it really is. 'I'm selling weed nigga' lol
Hey baby!!!!
yep
not really -- common jokes happen
This is good. They all have that horrible white girl baby voice. It's a descendent from Valley Girl. I was subjected to the Bachelor or some such show and they all had that voice. What is it?
the Kardashians..
fear
Vocal fry
ghosted166 gotdamn vocal fry,like croaking at tail end of EVERY SENTENCE!! Breathe girl breathe
Privilege.
More more so ghetto skits please omg I luv this!!🤣🤣🤣
"Jamarcus"---LMAO!
She blends in so good with snl crew!
this is a brilliant sketch
SNL's ability to shed light on things that exist today with a comedy script produced 5 years ago.
Yes to this SNL gets it and always delivers. MESSAGE👊🏾
"Snitches get Stitches, bitch." LMAO
am I the only one looking at the extras and wonderin what they are saying
I've done a good amount of background actor work...we don't really say anything, we just mime talking. It's actually written into contracts that we can't say any audible words or interact with the principal actors at all. Wish I had a more interesting answer for you lol.
@@AshleyWool - do you get paid? do you get to meet the actors/actresses?
Yes, you do get paid. You don't really get to meet the principal actors, though. Film schedules are tight and busy and have a lot going on and it's not really an appropriate environment to approach someone as a fan. The general rule is you can't approach or talk to them unless they talk to you first--which they might. But usually there's no reason to talk to them anyway; even if they aren't filming they need to stay where they are and stay focused.
@@AshleyWool - how can I become an extra? How much money and time do you have to work?
The downsides:
-It isn't a lot of money--nonunion scale in the NYC area is around $100 a day (a day being eight hours), which is around minimum wage. It's a bit higher for SAG-AFTRA members but I wouldn't recommend trying to join unless you end up booking a ton of background work and/or you want to be a serious actor.
-Like all other acting gigs, it isn't very consistent work that you can rely on to make a living.
-Background casting usually happens with a few days' notice and does not usually happen on weekends, so if you have a regular day job, it's not something you'll just be able to do on the side unless you have a weekday off that you can fully dedicate to the shoot.
-You won't know your call time or location (other than a general area) until, typically, the night before. Sometimes it's crazy early or late. You can't really make any other plans for that day.
-Unless it's a period piece, you'll often have to bring your own clothes and might have to bring several options, and you won't get paid any extra for that.
The upsides:
-If you live in NY, LA, Atlanta, or another major metropolitan area, there will always be background work available. So if you get a random day off, just submit for all the projects shooting that day and see if the phone rings!
-You almost always get free meals and usually in my experience the food is great.
-Depending on production needs, you don't always have to stay the full duration of the shoot but you'll still get paid for a full day. One time I worked on an episode of SVU that kept me for less than two hours.
-You'll get a whole new perspective on how films and TV shows are made, which is fascinating in itself whether or not you want to go into it professionally.
-You'll get your hair and makeup done, and sometimes you'll get cool costumes. This is not only fun but a good way to get to know makeup artists and costume designers.
-There's a lot of downtime. Bring a good book. You're getting paid to read it.
How to do it:
-Register with Central Casting. Get a profile on Casting Networks or Actors Access.
I love when SNL sticks the landing. Nice out, Bayer.
1:39 There was just like some baby standing in the staircase literally just wearing a pamper... nothing else 🤣🤣 I mean how ghetto is that lmao....