{"id":4485,"date":"2007-06-05T21:03:50","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T02:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4485"},"modified":"2007-06-05T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T00:06:53","slug":"vote_for_shalin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/05\/vote_for_shalin\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE FOR SHALINI! Now, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shalini<\/a>\nThis is going to be the sloppiest, most rushed entry I’ve ever posted, but that’s because I’m so<\/em> excited about what I just saw, I want to get the information to you sooner vs. later. I can edit after I publish, damnit.<\/p>\n\n

There’s a show we have received several tips about– “The Lot”. We keep hearing about it because it has a desi contestant named Shalini Kantayya<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

ON THE LOT, executive-produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, will give aspiring filmmakers from around the world the chance to earn a $1-million development deal at DreamWorks.<\/blockquote>\n\n
Premiering on May 22 and airing twice a week throughout the summer on FOX, this reality-competition series features a cast of undiscovered filmmakers<\/strong> who will compete to win the support of the show’s viewers, as their fate will be decided by a weekly audience vote<\/strong>…<\/blockquote>\n\n
Every week, the hopeful filmmakers will produce short films from a chosen genre, running the gamut from comedies to thrillers, dramas to romance, action to horror. They’ll have access to the best resources the industry has to offer<\/strong> — professional writers, cast and crew, and maybe even Hollywood celebrities. [link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

I usually don’t get home until about now, so I knew I<\/em> wouldn’t get to watch it and that’s why I promptly forgot about it– until tonight, when I was channel-surfing because I’m sick and on the couch. Once I heard that of the 15 finalists, five would be featured tonight, I stuck around to see if the brown girl would be in the ring…and she was.<\/p>\n\n

Despite being high on codeine and everything else in my virus-wracked system, I sat up for the first time all day because THIS GIRL IS TALENTED<\/strong>. No wonder they plucked her out of a pool of 12,000<\/em> applicants from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n

I’m not typing that because she’s brown– she had the BEST FILM OF THE NIGHT and Michael Bay<\/a>, the guest judge who directed “Transformers”, agrees with me.<\/p>\n\n

Here’s the thing: there’s but a wee two-hour window in which to vote for true awesomeness (dial 1-88-Thelot-05 or click the next link to show your love online). You can vote as many times as you’d like<\/a> (handy “Vote” button is highlighted in yellow) AND you can view Shalini’s 3-minute clip yourselves– I think once you do, you’ll be cheering her on as effusively as I am, though you<\/em> won’t sound like a frog while doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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