Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Spirited Actor Podcast with me
Speaker 1: Tracy Moore. I was a casting director for film and
Speaker 1: TV and commercials for over thirty years. I transitioned to
Speaker 1: a celebrity acting coach after I cast a film New
Speaker 1: Jersey Drive with executive producers Spike Lee and director Nick Domez.
Speaker 1: I auditioned every rapper from biggiees Balls to Tupac, and
Speaker 1: I realized that rappers and musical artists they needed help
Speaker 1: transitioning to acting. My clients consist of musical artists from
Speaker 1: Buster Rhymes to Eve, Missy Elliott, Angela Yee from The
Speaker 1: Breakfast Club, and Vanessa Simmons, to name a few. I
Speaker 1: also coach sports stars and host as well. I feel
Speaker 1: I have the best of both worlds. As a casting director,
Speaker 1: I know exactly what they're looking for, and as an
Speaker 1: acting coach, I can coach you to be remembered in
Speaker 1: that room.
Speaker 2: Now. I know, I know actors want to get the job.
Speaker 2: I get that, but.
Speaker 1: Being remembered by casting director that is powerful. And now
Speaker 1: it's time for meditation of the day. The struggle, like
Speaker 1: life itself, should be joyful. Miriam Miranda, I just want
Speaker 1: to say those people and I know I'm coming strong
Speaker 1: today because I feel it in my spirit. The struggle
Speaker 1: is not set up for you to feel bad. The
Speaker 1: struggle is not set up for you to think that
Speaker 1: it's impossible or that you're not enough. The quote unquote
Speaker 1: struggle is set up for you to reintroduce you to
Speaker 1: the truth of who you are. And you are powerful,
Speaker 1: you are mighty. You can make possible out of impossible.
Speaker 1: You can make a way. This too shall pass. Understand
Speaker 1: that nothing is being dubbe to you, It's being done
Speaker 1: through you. And as you reflect on our guests today
Speaker 1: Felicia Bishop, understand that she took an idea, she took
Speaker 1: a thought, she took something that was God given to her,
Speaker 1: and she made a way.
Speaker 2: She held the vision and today.
Speaker 1: She has created an award winning series that is going
Speaker 1: to sell, that is going to be streaming, and all
Speaker 1: of you will have the joy of experiencing it.
Speaker 2: Today.
Speaker 1: I will not allow the words struggle to deflect, distract,
Speaker 1: or disturb my groove. Before we get started, I like
Speaker 1: to remind everyone to go to Krackle network to use
Speaker 1: seasons one and two of my show Inside the Black
Speaker 1: Box that I co host with the Great Emmy Award
Speaker 1: winning Joe Morton look out for news on season three.
Speaker 1: Soon Welcome to the Spirited Action Podcast with me Tracy Moore.
Speaker 1: That was a loving, a very very loving exhale. For
Speaker 1: those of you who know me, you know when I
Speaker 1: have someone really special and I take my time in
Speaker 1: my introduction because I do have to acknowledge them. I
Speaker 1: don't even know, but when she comes on, we'll ask
Speaker 1: her how many years, But I'm going to gauge at
Speaker 1: least fifteen because my son was really little when she
Speaker 1: met him. Well not little, but he's a grown man now.
Speaker 1: This woman, our guest, Felicia Bishop, was introduced to me
Speaker 1: by my next door neighbor Larry, and he was like, Tracy,
Speaker 1: I want you to meet this actors.
Speaker 2: She's a young woman.
Speaker 1: You know she's coming into the business, and I also
Speaker 1: want you to mentor her, like whatever you're going to
Speaker 1: give her or whatever. I said, okay, cool, because I
Speaker 1: love Larry and Stacy, and he gave her my number.
Speaker 1: I can't remember where we met, but I know we
Speaker 1: met up to talk and go over things, et cetera.
Speaker 1: I fell in love with her when I met her.
Speaker 1: First of all, I think we got the same color eyes.
Speaker 2: Okay, wait, all right, sorry, But her spirit, her passion,
Speaker 2: her joy, I have never, ever, ever, and I'm not
Speaker 2: around her twenty four hours to say, but I have
Speaker 2: known her for a very long time. I've never seen
Speaker 2: her drag, energy, sad.
Speaker 1: I've seen you sometuf on Instagram, but I know her
Speaker 1: as joyous, glorious, joyous.
Speaker 2: Right, She's beyond talented. I had an opportunity a couple
Speaker 2: of years ago to direct a music video.
Speaker 1: Felicia was the first person when I thought of the scenario,
Speaker 1: I was like, I'm want flee shit.
Speaker 2: She gonna be grated, right. I have known this woman.
Speaker 1: I continue to support her, and let me tell you
Speaker 1: why I'm doing mad backflips with a kool Aid smile.
Speaker 1: Felicia's one of those actors that took her career in
Speaker 1: her own hands, and she decided she had a great idea,
Speaker 1: and she decided she was going to write that that idea,
Speaker 1: produce that idea, direct that idea, cats that idea. Whatever
Speaker 1: she needed to do to get in a New York
Speaker 1: minute on, she did it.
Speaker 2: And through that show, she has given opportunities to spirit
Speaker 2: an actor alumni. She has created just great platforms for people,
Speaker 2: and I.
Speaker 1: Can't wait until I get an two directed episode, because
Speaker 1: she did ask me if the ric full way it
Speaker 1: happened was I had to do something new, but Eway,
Speaker 1: I love her. Please stand up for my friend, my colleague,
Speaker 1: Felicia Bischa.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Tracy. That was like the best introduction I've
Speaker 3: ever gotten. I'm so glad to be here. Thank you
Speaker 3: for having me.
Speaker 1: Okay, we kind of have the same color eyes. They're
Speaker 1: not exactly, but I love her eyes. I love's eyes, Felicia.
Speaker 1: When I tell you, I am so happy to have
Speaker 1: you on this podcast and give you this platform because
Speaker 1: I saw your work ethic from day one. Had no
Speaker 1: idea we were going to land here, but I was like, listen,
Speaker 1: keep her close because you might need Dad's Kokua job.
Speaker 2: And I did. I was like, Felicia, if you ever
Speaker 2: need a director full episode up here.
Speaker 3: For you sometime? Yes, No, for sure, it's coming.
Speaker 2: It's coming.
Speaker 3: I know that the dates in the line for us
Speaker 3: that time, but it's gonna come. It's gonna come.
Speaker 2: I believe it too. I'm not going anywhere, and I
Speaker 2: love the show.
Speaker 1: First, let's start at the beginning, Felicia, because I believe.
Speaker 2: That this show is going to be so.
Speaker 1: Incredibly inspirational to actors because you did it. So starting out,
Speaker 1: let's go from the beginning. Yes, you woke up one
Speaker 1: morning and you said I choose acting or did acting
Speaker 1: choose you?
Speaker 3: I think acting chose me. If I want to start
Speaker 3: from the beginning. My mom, Yes, I was always like
Speaker 3: into dance and doing like, of course, creative things. I
Speaker 3: grew up in Brooklyn, but it wasn't until I really
Speaker 3: got to college. I was in a class and I
Speaker 3: was voicing my opinion and the professor at the time,
Speaker 3: I didn't know he was the head of the theater department.
Speaker 3: I thought he was just a professor. And he was like, stay,
Speaker 3: I have to class. I have to talk to you.
Speaker 3: And I was like, oh no, I'm ruffle Feathers again.
Speaker 3: And he was like, no, I need you to audition
Speaker 3: for the play. And I was like, oh, that's not
Speaker 3: my major. My major at the time was communications broadcasting.
Speaker 2: I want to tell.
Speaker 3: You like a talk show host. And he was like, no,
Speaker 3: I need you to audition for this, like this role
Speaker 3: is for you and I was like no. And literally
Speaker 3: the night before I changed my mind. My roommate helped
Speaker 3: me to say just do it, and of course I
Speaker 3: got the part, and then I was in every I
Speaker 3: didn't change my major though, but I was in every
Speaker 3: play after and that's what basically I was like, Oh,
Speaker 3: this is something I want to do, so I definitely
Speaker 3: shows me.
Speaker 1: So when you decided to embark in this career, like
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna start with Larry, how did how did
Speaker 1: you find out about me?
Speaker 2: Or was it what Larry said you should meet my
Speaker 2: next door neighbor because I didn't know that backstory.
Speaker 3: So my whole life has been whatever survival job I
Speaker 3: have has to connect to like my creativity. So at
Speaker 3: the time BMW in Manhattan was in the building of
Speaker 3: and I think they might still be there. It was
Speaker 3: like NBC or something like that, like we're upstairs. I
Speaker 3: was like, oh, I'm want to work here because in
Speaker 3: my head I was like still on my broadcasting acting.
Speaker 3: I'm like someone's gonna see me. Larry used to walk
Speaker 3: past the desk all the time for when customers would
Speaker 3: need his help, and one time we just were talking
Speaker 3: and he was like, you don't look like you belong here,
Speaker 3: Like what do you really do? And that's when I
Speaker 3: was like, I'm actually I want to be an actress.
Speaker 3: And he was like, there's somebody you have to meet.
Speaker 3: He was like, her name is Tracy Da Da Da.
Speaker 3: He gave me the number and he was like, you
Speaker 3: have to Literally that day. I didn't waste any time.
Speaker 3: I was like, and we ended up.
Speaker 2: You're right.
Speaker 3: I don't remember where the coffee shop was, but it
Speaker 3: was a coffee shop and broke yes and we met
Speaker 3: and we sat and we talked and then I was like,
Speaker 3: whatever you need help with, I can help because I
Speaker 3: just want to learn. And that was basically the backstory.
Speaker 3: But it was so funny because Larry wasn't someone from
Speaker 3: NBC or even from being he has his own company.
Speaker 3: He was just there. So it was just like that's
Speaker 3: why it's very important to talk to people you know,
Speaker 3: and like really saying you never know, you never know?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just knew, and now, like I mean over
Speaker 1: thirty years in casting, Like you know, when people say,
Speaker 1: how do you know? At this point in my life,
Speaker 1: I just know, and you can take my word for
Speaker 1: it or not, but at this point I just knew,
Speaker 1: and I knew sitting down with you and I was
Speaker 1: just like trying to figure it out, like how we
Speaker 1: could work together.
Speaker 2: I just thought, like.
Speaker 1: Everything I'm doing, everything that happens, I'm just going to
Speaker 1: call you, right, So I do Urban World, I'm going
Speaker 1: to call you. Yes, let me tell you something audience
Speaker 1: every year for the past almost thirty years now, because
Speaker 1: I was one of the first people to start Urban
Speaker 1: World with Stacy Spikes when he started it, and at
Speaker 1: that time, the readings that we did, the actors actually
Speaker 1: sat on stage and chairs. They had podiums to put
Speaker 1: their books and they just sat there and read. And
Speaker 1: so that Stacy was like, you know, Tracy, you could
Speaker 1: you know, form it, you.
Speaker 2: Know, structured it however you want.
Speaker 1: So at first the first two readings, I was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: it kind of stiff, right, And I was like.
Speaker 2: Well, if you guys are going to perform, let's perform, like,
Speaker 2: get rid of the chairs, get rid of the podium
Speaker 2: sots to a stage reading. And that's how it evolved
Speaker 2: into that.
Speaker 1: So I remember putting a bookmark in my head like
Speaker 1: I'm a cast Felicia in a stage reading and a
Speaker 1: couple right.
Speaker 2: I did a couple of books I did, but the
Speaker 2: one that I really liked that you did was it Binga.
Speaker 2: Did you do Binga? I think because the celebrity.
Speaker 3: I was gonna say it was with John David Washington,
Speaker 3: John David Washington.
Speaker 1: That so that was Binga, because you know who else
Speaker 1: was there, Miles Tony Award winning Miles Fross.
Speaker 2: Because Miles with Binga.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, yes, and ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2: This is all before these people.
Speaker 1: Got well, John David Washington was known, Binga was known,
Speaker 1: but no one knew Miles Ross at that time. And
Speaker 1: Miles didn't even have a bonologue to perform for Robbie
Speaker 1: Reid because after so what happened you got is that
Speaker 1: after the reading, I moderate the Q and A with
Speaker 1: the writers, and.
Speaker 2: Then after that BT sponsors this event.
Speaker 1: During that time Robbie read, she would set aside an
Speaker 1: hour for all of the cast and they could do
Speaker 1: a monologue in front of her. At that time, when
Speaker 1: Felicia performed, she was doing the Soul Train TV show.
Speaker 2: She was looking for people. She had told you guys.
Speaker 1: Right, And I sat Miles right next to Robbie and
Speaker 1: I said, Miles, tell her I don't have a monologue,
Speaker 1: but I can see right.
Speaker 2: We laugh about that to this day.
Speaker 1: But every opportunity that I could find to bring Felicia
Speaker 1: or be a part of. Like that's how I felt
Speaker 1: our connection. And then when she decided to write her show,
Speaker 1: her award winning show, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want her
Speaker 1: to tell you about.
Speaker 2: That, I was like, do it.
Speaker 1: This is where you, guys, take your career in your
Speaker 1: own hands, because when Felicia sells this show and it's streaming,
Speaker 1: you guys, nobody can do this show, Felicia. I mean,
Speaker 1: of course, the powers to be are gonna intervene. Okay,
Speaker 1: like inside the black Box. However, this was your brainchild.
Speaker 1: Nobody knows this show but.
Speaker 2: You, and they need you.
Speaker 1: They need you, but this is the kicker. They know
Speaker 1: that you don't need them because you didn't. They They're like,
Speaker 1: we better jump off Felicia because if we don't, she
Speaker 1: don't do it anyway, and then we really not gonna.
Speaker 2: Be a part.
Speaker 1: So I just want to I want you to take
Speaker 1: our audience through this journey.
Speaker 2: How you were inspired to you being on Red Carpet.
Speaker 2: I think it was two weeks ago I saw on Instagram.
Speaker 3: Yes, well now yes it's coming up on the second week.
Speaker 1: Yes, okay, see yeah, because it's still fresh. I still
Speaker 1: got the pictures coming up, so good, so tell us
Speaker 1: that journey because you're going to inspire other actors here.
Speaker 3: So, first of all, I always loved writing, but it
Speaker 3: wasn't until I was in because Tracy didn't tell you
Speaker 3: guys this. But she also teaches an amazing spirited actor
Speaker 3: class that I was also always a part of. But
Speaker 3: in that class there were I believe one of our
Speaker 3: homework exercise was to write a scene. Tracy also likes
Speaker 3: us to use all of our tools like write a scene.
Speaker 3: If you want to act, you also need to know
Speaker 3: the behind scenes. And the scene that I wrote was
Speaker 3: I believe it was about a couple, but very simple.
Speaker 3: But that's what really kicked up my Oh, I can
Speaker 3: write a script because before I used to write in
Speaker 3: book format novels, which is totally different. And then during COVID,
Speaker 3: as we know, everything's shut down, there were no auditions, nothing,
Speaker 3: and a couple of my active friends like Felicia, well,
Speaker 3: you're the writer, so write us some stuff and we
Speaker 3: can try to see if we can film it. So
Speaker 3: that's really how in a New York Minute started because
Speaker 3: it was like, Okay, how can I write this, what
Speaker 3: can we do using our own apart mints, our own resources,
Speaker 3: our own locations, so that we can get something down.
Speaker 3: So during this time period, when we get back in
Speaker 3: front of cast and they're not like, well, what have
Speaker 3: you been doing? Like you know, like what have you
Speaker 3: been doing, we can show you what we've been doing.
Speaker 3: So that's what really started in a New York minute,
Speaker 3: And then as I got deeper into the writing, the
Speaker 3: story really encompasses the African American and Latino community and
Speaker 3: how we don't take therapy seriously and how it's something
Speaker 3: that a lot of men don't really speak about. And
Speaker 3: I wanted to shed a light on that I have brothers,
Speaker 3: but also there are a lot of times in the
Speaker 3: era that we grew up, boys were taught be tough,
Speaker 3: stop crying what you're crying for, don't do this, And
Speaker 3: I wanted to show that these are now the men
Speaker 3: that we have, and it's like it's harder for them
Speaker 3: to be vulnerable, it's harder for them to express their feelings.
Speaker 3: So the show, which was supposed to be at first
Speaker 3: lighthearted about couples and just making it through New York,
Speaker 3: it has this bit of seriousness that it's like other
Speaker 3: men hopefully can relate to everyone can relate to as
Speaker 3: far as like being in New York and doing the
Speaker 3: struggle and trying to find your dream and it's expensive here.
Speaker 3: But then also there's that mental peace, right, how do
Speaker 3: you keep yourself going? How do you motivate yourself to know,
Speaker 3: like a bad day is not every day? And that's
Speaker 3: where the whole thing came in. But of course I
Speaker 3: got to use great actors that are currently spirited actors
Speaker 3: and alumnis Jalisa, Reina, Sasha, and I feel like keeping
Speaker 3: those connections for who you have, whoever you're like in
Speaker 3: classmate or you encounter, is also very important because we
Speaker 3: all have to help each other, right. But yeah, so
Speaker 3: that was go ahead, excuse.
Speaker 2: Me, no, no, no, I was just gonna say.
Speaker 1: I think you met because at that time I was
Speaker 1: also teaching classes next in my house. And I remember
Speaker 1: when you and Sasha got together, maybe you read a
Speaker 1: scene or something together, but after that.
Speaker 2: You guys were locked in as friends. I remember.
Speaker 3: It's true, so true. We never never split after that.
Speaker 3: And Rain is amazing too. The crazy part. I met
Speaker 3: raina through taking another class, initially with Yolanda hunt, which
Speaker 3: you also are. So it was just like so many
Speaker 3: things of like just keeping the community together. But after
Speaker 3: going ahead and we shot this throughing COVID and it
Speaker 3: was hard, but we got it through. And then a
Speaker 3: year later we were featured in now the New York
Speaker 3: Latino Film Festival and then also Arts and Arts Festival
Speaker 3: in Calli. And I say all of this because that
Speaker 3: was started twenty twenty one. We're in twenty four. So
Speaker 3: it's just the whole like, don't give up. Everything takes time,
Speaker 3: but you just have to stick to it. Like you
Speaker 3: can change the course or whatever and the journey, but
Speaker 3: that change the end goal.
Speaker 1: Right, And you know what I've learned, Felicia, And you know,
Speaker 1: my show was eighteen years of holding the vision right
Speaker 1: for Inside the Black Box, and what I learned throughout
Speaker 1: the process at the end of season two.
Speaker 2: I'm glad that there are these sort of guide rails,
Speaker 2: guide rails, or what they call them the rails. Right.
Speaker 1: What I mean is I'm glad that when you're on
Speaker 1: a journey pursuing your dream, that it doesn't happen the
Speaker 1: way we want it to happen, right, because ideally, right,
Speaker 1: we're both creators if it happened the.
Speaker 2: Way we want to happen, we would be at.
Speaker 1: The network we want, have the choice of actors all
Speaker 1: of the titles.
Speaker 2: Is that right?
Speaker 1: But that's not the way it rolls in this business.
Speaker 1: You have to go through the boot camp. That's what
Speaker 1: it is. It's the boot camp. Because listen, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 1: Right now, Felicia has invested in herself and I'm sure,
Speaker 1: and I pray and I want to be one of
Speaker 1: these people too, but I'm sure people have invested in
Speaker 1: her as well. Right So the financial investment that you
Speaker 1: have right now, it's going to be tenfold when someone
Speaker 1: buys it for.
Speaker 3: Me, thank you.
Speaker 2: Oh oh, no doubt.
Speaker 1: And on top of that, on top of the fact
Speaker 1: that it's going to be tenfold, the wisdom and the
Speaker 1: knowledge that Felicia has gained on this journey because I
Speaker 1: know she is a researcher, a googler. I know she
Speaker 1: covers all of her duetiligence. I work with her, you guys,
Speaker 1: I know. So what I mean by that is that
Speaker 1: when you get in a position like myself and you're
Speaker 1: talking to these quote unquote powers to be a crackle,
Speaker 1: you're talking to these powers to be who have those
Speaker 1: resumes and TV and stuff, you're neck and ut with them.
Speaker 1: There's no, Well, you don't have the experience you're here. No, no,
Speaker 1: Because I'm gonna tell you when you don't have the money,
Speaker 1: the resources, and all of those things to create and
Speaker 1: make something happen the people who have the money, that's
Speaker 1: cute because you could make it happen out enough, Yes,
Speaker 1: and that makes you more powerful, And that, to me
Speaker 1: gives you. Because I kept saying to myself perst season
Speaker 1: of my show, I kept feeling like a little in balance, right,
Speaker 1: like Cracker was here and they were trying to position whatever.
Speaker 1: One day I was in the dress room and I said,
Speaker 1: wait a minute, both of that, well enough. I called
Speaker 1: Jill Morton and asked Jill Morton to be on the
Speaker 1: show and be my co host.
Speaker 2: Right, They didn't, right, gave me such a list.
Speaker 1: So that's why I'm saying that the boot camp is
Speaker 1: not set up to struggle, to make you feel bad,
Speaker 1: to doubt yourself, and all of that is set up
Speaker 1: to prepare you for what you're going to deal with
Speaker 1: when you get in the ring with the powers to
Speaker 1: be that run this Hollywood and then the budget. If
Speaker 1: you could take twenty dollars and make it one hundred,
Speaker 1: imagine when they give.
Speaker 2: You that seven eight figure deal, right, what's you going
Speaker 2: to do?
Speaker 1: So that's what I feel like because I say this, Felicia,
Speaker 1: because I know what the journey is like.
Speaker 2: I've seen you, We've had conversation, I've seen your show.
Speaker 1: But I'm so happy that regardless of what has gone
Speaker 1: on and maybe a camera fill or whatever, you keep going.
Speaker 2: There's nothing in your mindset that's like, I hope this
Speaker 2: she will get picked up, whether.
Speaker 1: You get picked up by Paramount or Pride is gonna
Speaker 1: get picked up.
Speaker 2: There are two men.
Speaker 1: I'm on your team man, and I'm you know when
Speaker 1: when it is time. I'm in a position now working
Speaker 1: with a woman who I said, no, you didn't get
Speaker 1: a chance to meet, Zoe Bridged Bridgman.
Speaker 2: She has.
Speaker 1: Her name is Zoe Bridgeman. She has a production company
Speaker 1: called Late Bloomer Productions. And this is God because this
Speaker 1: is a massive show all of you, and this is
Speaker 1: to you, Felicia. It was a year in July I
Speaker 1: have worked with this woman and July of last year
Speaker 1: she was able to put some financing together and then
Speaker 1: it ran out August September, but Spirit said stay with her, stay.
Speaker 2: With her, And now we cut two.
Speaker 1: Not only does she have financing for her film, but
Speaker 1: she has financing for her production company.
Speaker 3: You see, amazing, amazing Back to.
Speaker 2: You, Felicia. This is what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: You're because when the awards start coming, eyes are on you.
Speaker 1: So right now, there's a community that has their eyes
Speaker 1: on you, watching you see what you're going to do.
Speaker 2: Because the first season is always like that's cute.
Speaker 1: It's the sophomore season that happens, right, So you've gotten there,
Speaker 1: so you got eyes on you, you got.
Speaker 2: People like what she did this and blah blah blah blah.
Speaker 1: Next thing, you know, the awkward black woman goes to
Speaker 1: insecure HBO. That's what I'm holding for you, and I
Speaker 1: know you're going to do it because you put in
Speaker 1: the work and you're deserving.
Speaker 2: OPTU thank you so, because I'm holt of that vision
Speaker 2: and that's where I am. Where do you see in
Speaker 2: a New York men?
Speaker 3: So season two, I'm glad you said that is actually
Speaker 3: coming out November, which we're so excited about because it's
Speaker 3: in November. Yes, Okay, we don't have the exact date,
Speaker 3: but it's coming November. And you're so right about season
Speaker 3: one being that whole like, oh, you're learning, and then
Speaker 3: season two like, Okay, we know we have to do
Speaker 3: this different kind of thing, and it's amazing to see
Speaker 3: the journey already And honestly, what I really want for this,
Speaker 3: no matter what production picks it up or network, it's
Speaker 3: more of to make sure that I had, like you said,
Speaker 3: have something under my belt that when something else comes
Speaker 3: up with if I write something else, It's like, I'm
Speaker 3: not a new beginner at this. This is not my
Speaker 3: first radio so making it a great, strong foundation is
Speaker 3: what's really more important to me than getting picked up.
Speaker 3: But I would love I love Peacock. I would love
Speaker 3: for Peacock everything that allowed. But yeah, honestly, any kind
Speaker 3: of streaming everor that is going to get them the
Speaker 3: story across effectively, because I feel like the story needs
Speaker 3: to be told about mental health in the minority communities.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I am Fulicia, I'm gonna tell you, I just left
Speaker 1: two sets in May.
Speaker 2: One was the Lifetime movie.
Speaker 1: Obduction at HBCU with Lcory Notaton and then Naked Gunn
Speaker 1: I coached Buster and these both in Atlanta. And what
Speaker 1: I am stressing with actors right now is that the studios,
Speaker 1: including yourself, have discovered that you can shoot in twelve, fifteen, seventeen,
Speaker 1: twenty one day. And what that means for actors you
Speaker 1: don't have I just coached someone the other day and said, listen,
Speaker 1: you don't have warm up time anymore on the set.
Speaker 1: Do you understand you don't have let me run lines
Speaker 1: on the set. You have you better get there volcanic
Speaker 1: coott right, you better have at least I personally would
Speaker 1: say anywhere between five to seven choices per see, just some.
Speaker 2: Work here, because what you don't want to do. And
Speaker 2: I worked with one of the topics actresses in the
Speaker 2: business Victory nonven, and she was asking for a second take.
Speaker 1: So if you're not prepared and put everything in that
Speaker 1: first take, they're going to be sadly, sadly disappointed when
Speaker 1: the director says moving on, and you're like, I felt
Speaker 1: my eyelash if I left eye and they're like whatever,
Speaker 1: moving on. So the urgency of having it together is
Speaker 1: more at stakes than it's ever.
Speaker 2: Been in the history of Hollywood.
Speaker 1: Because I come from four six eight week shoots depending
Speaker 1: upon the budget. The other thing is what I want
Speaker 1: to say to you.
Speaker 2: I applaud you.
Speaker 1: I applaud you for doing the work that you are
Speaker 1: because in essence, you are preparing them.
Speaker 2: But the story is what we need because what I
Speaker 2: saw Felicia in Atlanta on both sets anxiety stress.
Speaker 1: And I've never worked at Tyler Perry's studios, but I
Speaker 1: know from actors telling me it moves fast.
Speaker 2: Scripts changed so much and if you.
Speaker 1: Are not grounded in some way, that can definitely affect
Speaker 1: your mentally. And the thing that people have when I'm
Speaker 1: on set and working with them, they have the advantage
Speaker 1: of me sitting in video village. I can take a
Speaker 1: shot of where the camera is so you and then
Speaker 1: come and say, Felicia, this is the this is a
Speaker 1: close up they're doing, this is the why that they're doing,
Speaker 1: or make help you make the adjustments. If the director
Speaker 1: says I don't have any notes, I'm cool.
Speaker 2: So you are.
Speaker 1: Preparing them, which I love. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: this show is definitely bringing the awareness that people need.
Speaker 2: Actors need if they have that they need to talk
Speaker 2: to someone and they need to because you know how
Speaker 2: set moves.
Speaker 1: You know and if an actor is not mentally stable
Speaker 1: in that process, that could cause you know, and that's
Speaker 1: just what I saw and sense on the film where actors,
Speaker 1: you know, actors were coming up to me.
Speaker 2: I didn't even know, can I run lines with you?
Speaker 1: And I'm like, first of all, I'm with the notary
Speaker 1: or not, and then second of all, I don't run line.
Speaker 2: That's your homework done the home if anything.
Speaker 1: Read with Naori because you're the scene with her and
Speaker 1: vibe and get that energy, but I'm not in mine.
Speaker 2: That's your one.
Speaker 1: So I just wanted to say thank you because I
Speaker 1: think that on two levels, you're going to bring a
Speaker 1: dynamic awareness with this story, but also encouraging people if
Speaker 1: you need help, still help because it's okay.
Speaker 2: There's no shame at texting me.
Speaker 3: Yes, it's okay to talk to someone, especially because you
Speaker 3: know a lot of times people don't want to talk
Speaker 3: to someone close to them. Why because you're like, I
Speaker 3: don't want this person in my business. Just think about this.
Speaker 3: You have a stranger knowing your business and they can't
Speaker 3: legally tell anybody.
Speaker 2: Well, it's like you can get it out.
Speaker 3: I always say the first step to healing and anything
Speaker 3: is getting it out, whether it's voice, paper, pen, music,
Speaker 3: but you kind of got to get it out of
Speaker 3: your Your body holds so much tension you have to
Speaker 3: release it in some way. So yeah, for therapy, there's
Speaker 3: different ways, but like definitely is something that should be
Speaker 3: talked about.
Speaker 2: I highly encourage therapy.
Speaker 1: I encourage marriage therapy, counseling before you get married, before, before, before,
Speaker 1: I've experienced it during my marriage.
Speaker 2: But I will say this, you know, just and I
Speaker 2: pray that, and I know this is a part of
Speaker 2: your message too in your story that if you.
Speaker 1: Do, it's okay. There's nothing quote unquote wrong with you.
Speaker 1: Because I said to my doctor. I love when I
Speaker 1: when I see my doctor and she says, well, you know,
Speaker 1: your blood pressure is up just a little bit.
Speaker 2: Nothing, you know, I don't need to give you medication now,
Speaker 2: just making you aware.
Speaker 1: And I always say to her, can you introduce me
Speaker 1: to that person that has no high blood pressure, that's
Speaker 1: just living, yo, just to live in this world. I
Speaker 1: got high pressure, right forget about my day to day,
Speaker 1: my children, my grandchild, just living and walking out of
Speaker 1: my door.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: So I think it's a carre is to assume or
Speaker 1: to think that there's anybody on the face of this world,
Speaker 1: this earth and globally who's walking around dope, blood, precious, chilling.
Speaker 1: Something is going on somewhere in your life or your
Speaker 1: extended family.
Speaker 2: Something. We have five minutes. I want to give it
Speaker 2: all to you, whatever words that you want to inspire,
Speaker 2: whatever experience that you walked away with and said yes,
Speaker 2: I want them to hear you.
Speaker 3: Yes for sure. So I think the number one advice
Speaker 3: that I always start to tell everyone is if you
Speaker 3: have like, if you can feel it and you can
Speaker 3: think it, it can come. So no matter what that
Speaker 3: dream is, it doesn't have to be something creative, whatever
Speaker 3: it is. If you envision a certain car, if you
Speaker 3: envision a certain home, God in the universe, or whatever
Speaker 3: you believe in, doesn't give you that feeling for no reason.
Speaker 3: So I'm always like, and it doesn't matter, like you
Speaker 3: don't have to run and sprint to the finish line,
Speaker 3: but don't ever give up those feelings, because I feel
Speaker 3: like the minute you do is when you're also struggling
Speaker 3: with yourself of like do I have to choose or
Speaker 3: what do I pick? Like, No, that's your goal and
Speaker 3: that's what you want. It's okay to want, and it's
Speaker 3: also okay to want different things. You don't have to
Speaker 3: stay on one path forever. Those are things that I
Speaker 3: definitely always keep to keep myself going that whole jolly thing.
Speaker 3: Like you said, it's like, yes, I am usually keep
Speaker 3: myself in good spirits because I don't like to feel
Speaker 3: down for too long. But it is work. It's journaling,
Speaker 3: it's talking to people, it's having great mentors like you, Tracy.
Speaker 3: It's like knowing that if I do get a big
Speaker 3: audition because I deal do still act, I can call
Speaker 3: Trace to say, hey, I need you to brun this
Speaker 3: with me. It's having those resources and just knowing that
Speaker 3: no matter what, even if you're down, it's okay. The
Speaker 3: only way from down, and this is one of the
Speaker 3: biggest lines in the web series is up. So if
Speaker 3: you hit rock bottom, it's okay. You have to get up,
Speaker 3: and it's okay to be down. It's not a bad thing.
Speaker 3: That's just life, the role of the life. But for sure,
Speaker 3: just always make sure you keep resources around you and
Speaker 3: it's okay to let all the emotions out, like at
Speaker 3: any time, it's okay.
Speaker 1: Well, police, I want to say this, excuse me, I
Speaker 1: started a new class called the Playground, which is a membership.
Speaker 1: Basically it is fifty dollars a month and it is
Speaker 1: a three hour class and it's the playground where we're
Speaker 1: coming to play. And the last hour is for industry
Speaker 1: guests to answer questions, give inspirational feedback, allow actors to
Speaker 1: vent positively, and give them some sort of virtual embrace,
Speaker 1: because you know, I do want to hug my people,
Speaker 1: but you know, the virus is still out there, son,
Speaker 1: That's why I just called. I'm still but I want
Speaker 1: to extend an invitation to you. We're going to play
Speaker 1: tomorrow from twelve to three at the South Oxford I'm
Speaker 1: telling you audience at twelve to three at South Oxford Space,
Speaker 1: which is one thirty eight South Oxford Place in Brooklyn,
Speaker 1: near the Bar play Center. You do have to register
Speaker 1: to come in, but industry guests are an invitation only.
Speaker 2: We have seven industry guests.
Speaker 1: Coming tomorrow, three of which are casting directors, and I've
Speaker 1: just confirmed a director that I'm really excited about because
Speaker 1: he just got a film with Lifetime, just got it amazing.
Speaker 1: So I would love for you to come and be
Speaker 1: our industry guests, and if you can't make it. Tomorrow,
Speaker 1: last Saturday of every month, we are at the playground.
Speaker 1: We come to play It's going to be a safe, supportive,
Speaker 1: loving environment for actors to.
Speaker 2: Work on monologues, work on new ones, bring in I
Speaker 2: have in the scenes. I have an actor coming tomorrow
Speaker 2: that's bringing in a scene that he's doing on Sunday,
Speaker 2: so he wants to work with someone. So it really
Speaker 2: is and like you, you can come in and bring
Speaker 2: in a scene that you're working with, maybe it's stuck
Speaker 2: or whatever. You can bring in the scene. They can
Speaker 2: read for you.
Speaker 1: You can cast out of the actors that are gonna
Speaker 1: be there. I want actors to have fun. I'm trying
Speaker 1: to get ahead of the stress. I'm trying to get
Speaker 1: ahead of the anxiety and remind the actors why they're
Speaker 1: doing this in the first place. So this is your
Speaker 1: I would love to have you there. So let me
Speaker 1: know we're gonna go put. We'll be in the playground
Speaker 1: tomorrow from twelve to three. We got playground rules and
Speaker 1: we got a playgrounds, can't you that's amazing?
Speaker 3: No, I love thank you for them. No, I'll definitely
Speaker 3: come tomorrow. Okay, yes, yes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're doing a wrong.
Speaker 1: And I'm such a kid, like I am a big kid,
Speaker 1: because all last night I was thinking, what do.
Speaker 2: I need in the playground?
Speaker 1: I need balloons, I need a cotton candy machine.
Speaker 2: I was like, all right, Tys, calm down, just the idea.
Speaker 2: It's not literally so you're not going anywhere, Felicia.
Speaker 1: I'm bringing on our co executive producer of the show,
Speaker 1: else Lathan and Elsa is going to bring on the
Speaker 1: actors who have been so I pray inspired by this
Speaker 1: young woman.
Speaker 4: How could they not thank you, Felicia. That was fantastic. No. Absolutely,
Speaker 4: So today we have two of our spirited actors, one
Speaker 4: semi og spirited actor and one new spirited actor. We
Speaker 4: have mister Aaron Bolware. You can come on camera, Aaron,
Speaker 4: and we have mister Damian Long he can come on
Speaker 4: camera as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would. I would consider both of them ogs. Now, Okay, No,
Speaker 2: it has nothing to do with age.
Speaker 1: It's just you know, no, you know, I'm telling them audience,
Speaker 1: it's not about age.
Speaker 2: It's about you know, their commitment to the spirited actor.
Speaker 4: All right, absolutely, absolutely, thank you guys for being here.
Speaker 4: Aaron you can you're up first. What's your question?
Speaker 5: Felicia, thank you for taking the time out. When I
Speaker 5: was first asked a coo here and to ask you
Speaker 5: a question, I was like, what can I ask him?
Speaker 5: So it was interesting to hear that you're a Googler
Speaker 5: and you research, so I researched you. So I went
Speaker 5: out on your id IMDb pro and I see that
Speaker 5: you did, Uh, what's that?
Speaker 2: Stupid cupid?
Speaker 6: I watched that.
Speaker 5: I watched that, and then I've watched New York in
Speaker 5: the New York Minute too.
Speaker 6: So my question is what is the key to.
Speaker 5: Writing a creative like writing something really creative that resonates
Speaker 5: with people.
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm.
Speaker 3: I think the key is to always and I know
Speaker 3: a lot of people are shy away from this, but
Speaker 3: putting your own personal story in it so something that
Speaker 3: a lot of people don't know. In a New York Minute,
Speaker 3: I am every single one of those female characters, like
Speaker 3: I have been in that stage of my life in
Speaker 3: every so it was almost like, yes, you can create,
Speaker 3: but in order for people to relate or be personal
Speaker 3: to something, you got to add person like personal experiences.
Speaker 3: So I think a lot of people are like, oh,
Speaker 3: I don't want to tell my story, like it doesn't
Speaker 3: have to be your story to the tea, but bring
Speaker 3: in how you feel into the story. How would you
Speaker 3: react to something, because I feel like sometimes people get
Speaker 3: so caught up in the script and the lines. It's like, no, realistically,
Speaker 3: somebody breaks your cup, what are.
Speaker 4: You going to do?
Speaker 3: Like you know, like you don't have to say a line,
Speaker 3: but how does that make you feel? So I think
Speaker 3: the key is to always personal and also with the research.
Speaker 3: The Latino community is also big in my web series.
Speaker 3: I'm not like, I don't self identify, but I have friends,
Speaker 3: so I asked them, I asked research to make sure
Speaker 3: that you're also making their voices amplified from them and
Speaker 3: their point of view. I think that's also very important.
Speaker 3: But definitely bringing in your own personal experiences. That's what's
Speaker 3: helped with Stupid Cupid in the New York Minute, the series,
Speaker 3: it's always something like personal.
Speaker 1: And I just want to ask that, Aaron, because I'm
Speaker 1: feeling your writing creative vibes right now. As soon as
Speaker 1: you said, I was like, Aaron's getting ready to work
Speaker 1: on something or he is working on something. But the
Speaker 1: best advice that I got in finding Forrester from Sir
Speaker 1: Sean Connery was write what you know, right, what you know,
Speaker 1: because nobody else has that experience that you have globally,
Speaker 1: like universally if you write about death or grieving or
Speaker 1: marriage weddings, that's universal, but it's not. Your experience is
Speaker 1: not their experience, which makes it a unique story.
Speaker 2: Write what you know?
Speaker 4: Okay, ladies, Awesome, that's awesome, awesome advice. Damn, what's your question?
Speaker 2: Sir?
Speaker 6: Absolicious?
Speaker 7: So I wasn't familiar with your work, but now I'm
Speaker 7: going to be a big fan. And really my question was,
Speaker 7: you know, piggybagging off of Erond's how do you go
Speaker 7: about writing.
Speaker 6: Something you know where you feel like it's good enough
Speaker 6: to you.
Speaker 8: Know, not only tell your story but have it resonate
Speaker 8: with others on a level where they'll keep coming back
Speaker 8: time and time again.
Speaker 3: You know, that's a good question. I'm always practicing, I know,
Speaker 3: I said journaling, but I also I have two journals,
Speaker 3: like a personal one and one of like when I
Speaker 3: think of a story, I just write it kind of thing.
Speaker 3: But I think the thing of keeping people coming back
Speaker 3: is not giving away the whole story in one shot.
Speaker 3: So because this is a web series and episode, there's
Speaker 3: a lot of times where I'm like, I know the ending.
Speaker 3: I want everyone to know, and then it's like, wait,
Speaker 3: you have to kind of go back. It's a lot
Speaker 3: of rewriting, a lot of rereading or sending it to
Speaker 3: someone what do you think about this, and making sure
Speaker 3: you're like, okay, if this is the cliffhanger or if
Speaker 3: this is what is the juicy part? How can I
Speaker 3: extend that middle before we get there? So that's really
Speaker 3: what keeps at the end of every episode. What we
Speaker 3: tried to do was have it where it's like.
Speaker 2: But I need to know what happened to her?
Speaker 3: Or why didn't we find out what happened to this person?
Speaker 3: And even if you don't answer all of the questions,
Speaker 3: keeping those we're all curious minds, right, So keeping those
Speaker 3: open ended parts of a scene will have someone use
Speaker 3: their own creativity or want to know more. But that's
Speaker 3: usually what I do. It's a it's a lot of rewriting,
Speaker 3: a lot of like, let me go back, hold on this,
Speaker 3: this gives it away too fast?
Speaker 2: Who else?
Speaker 3: What other character can we throw in here? That's really
Speaker 3: what it is.
Speaker 2: Gotcha thank you great questions, great great questions.
Speaker 1: Well Felicia and Damien. Let me just let you know
Speaker 1: she is watching the scene. But she has season three
Speaker 1: coming up. I just want to tell you very season three,
Speaker 1: and I think she gonna be asking director Tracy Boyd
Speaker 1: into an episode. I mean, I don't rumors in the street.
Speaker 1: They're in the street. They're always in the street, all right.
Speaker 1: But I want you guys the whole time. When we
Speaker 1: come back with the Spirited Actor Podcast, we are going
Speaker 1: to do class and session.
Speaker 2: I'm excited. I'm excited to see Felicia in this position.
Speaker 1: This is so exciting to be because she's been on
Speaker 1: the other end, Ladies and gentlemen, she has been a
Speaker 1: class in session.
Speaker 2: So sit back, Sit tight.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be right back with the Spirited Actor Podcast
Speaker 1: with Me Tracy Moore and the lovely, the lovely Felicia Bishop.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Spirited Actor Podcast with Me Tracy Moore.
Speaker 1: You guys miss out on the fun doing the breaks anyway.
Speaker 1: I am so happy to still have Felicia Bishop with us.
Speaker 1: She is the executive producer, writer, I'm gonna put director,
Speaker 1: casting director, and starring. She is in her own series,
Speaker 1: award winning in a New York Minute. Check it out
Speaker 1: on YouTube. We are going into class and session. Can't
Speaker 1: wait to hear and see her do this. This is
Speaker 1: Stunn be on.
Speaker 2: So I'll say you bring on our actors and the sea.
Speaker 4: Thank you, yes, yes, So today's classing session will feature
Speaker 4: mister Aaron Boulware. Welcome back Aaron and mister Damien Long.
Speaker 4: This is his first time in doing class and Session
Speaker 4: on the podcast.
Speaker 6: Welcome dam Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2: So.
Speaker 4: Today's scene is the Climb written by Reddie Pittman. Exterior
Speaker 4: Mountain Trail evening. Newly engaged Cameron is a fit young
Speaker 4: man currently scaling his latest mountain trail. He sees a
Speaker 4: small nook in the distance. There seems to be a
Speaker 4: fire lit. As he approaches, he sees an older man
Speaker 4: wrapped in a heavy blanket with his head head down,
Speaker 4: sitting by the fire.
Speaker 6: Hey, sir, how you doing a You matter if I
Speaker 6: sit with you?
Speaker 4: The old man, Julius respond, without breaking his attention from the.
Speaker 6: Flame, doesn't bother me. Go ahead.
Speaker 4: Cameron sits down close to the fire and gets comfortable.
Speaker 6: Not to that side the block the wind.
Speaker 4: Karen moves to the other side next to Julius.
Speaker 8: My fault, I guess keeping that fire going is pretty important.
Speaker 6: Huh.
Speaker 5: If it dies, we die, simple?
Speaker 6: Okay?
Speaker 2: Sure? Uh?
Speaker 6: How long did you say you were up here?
Speaker 5: A bit too long for my taste, not long enough
Speaker 5: for the creatures waiting to eat my carcass.
Speaker 4: Julius cracks a smile, while Cameron nervously chuckles.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I'm Cam.
Speaker 6: I just got engaged. That's why I'm out here. Yeah.
Speaker 8: Man, she's such a great girl, you know. She she's funny,
Speaker 8: she's she's cute. She's a software engineered so you know
Speaker 8: she makes great money too.
Speaker 4: Julius smirks as he gathers a small pile of snow
Speaker 4: on the ground with one hand and stokes the fire
Speaker 4: with the other.
Speaker 5: Really, she seems ambitious and smart.
Speaker 9: Good for you, Yeah man, I mean, and I never
Speaker 9: truly believed in you know, romance, true love until I
Speaker 9: met her, And now I just want to spend the
Speaker 9: rest of my life with her.
Speaker 4: Just then, the mountain shakes and the small avalanche drops them,
Speaker 4: drops them in the traps, them in the nook.
Speaker 6: What the fuck was that.
Speaker 5: He got a small avalanche? Lucky it wasn't bigger.
Speaker 6: Lucky? Look is this dude?
Speaker 2: We're tracked?
Speaker 6: How are we gonna get out of here?
Speaker 4: Julius continues to stoke the fire as it begins to fade.
Speaker 5: Please save your energy, You're gonna need it.
Speaker 2: You see.
Speaker 5: I love my family, but I'm an old man and
Speaker 5: I've lived a full life. This fire, this fire can
Speaker 5: fully only no, only can comfort one of us throughout
Speaker 5: the night.
Speaker 6: What are you saying? You said, I'm gonna have to.
Speaker 4: Juliu's nods and pulls a large knife from his pocket.
Speaker 5: My daughter is.
Speaker 6: Newly engaged too, what I said? Congrats man?
Speaker 5: Thanks?
Speaker 6: She really she really likes the guy.
Speaker 5: She says, he's really fit and kind of a thrill seeker.
Speaker 5: But one night I overheard her confiding to her mother
Speaker 5: that when he drinks too much, he gets abusive.
Speaker 4: Henry looks a little confused, then his eyes widening concerned
Speaker 4: as Julius drops the blanket and lifts his head.
Speaker 6: Mister Sherman, Oh, mister Sherman.
Speaker 5: Very respectful of you, but you weren't respectful when you
Speaker 5: hit my daughter.
Speaker 6: No, no, that was a mistake. It was a mistaken
Speaker 6: I get help. You're not good enough for buye. It
Speaker 6: won't happen again, missus.
Speaker 2: Oh, I know it won't. I know it won't.
Speaker 4: Julius clinches the knife and then grabs some of the
Speaker 4: snow from the pile and smothers this fire scene.
Speaker 2: Oh my god, that took a terrible twist, right.
Speaker 1: I'm.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, okay, Felicia's you so okay? First, Damien,
Speaker 3: I loved your facial expressions, even from the jump of
Speaker 3: like when the avalanche came down. All of that was
Speaker 3: so good. And I especially love that I felt the
Speaker 3: whole surprises, like even though it's my first time hearing it,
Speaker 3: you both of you did great on like, oh wow,
Speaker 3: I had no idea this was happening kind of thing.
Speaker 3: And Aaron. I loved how you just played it so
Speaker 3: cool in the beginning with the blanket on, and then
Speaker 3: once the blanket came off, it was like, oh yeah,
Speaker 3: I got you. As soon as you said the line
Speaker 3: of my daughter got newly engaged too, I was like,
Speaker 3: oh no, I was like, what's happening here? But I
Speaker 3: love that you both stayed in the characters so well
Speaker 3: that I believed it. I believe that you were a dad.
Speaker 3: I believe that you know, Damien, that you were this
Speaker 3: thrill seeker and that you're outside in the Wilderness, like
Speaker 3: I believed every moment of it. I think this was
Speaker 3: a great job, a really good job.
Speaker 2: Oh my god.
Speaker 1: I you know, I'm the worst, Felicia, because I believe,
Speaker 1: like when I'm blocked in, you know, people hate to
Speaker 1: watch TV or movies with me because I'm like this,
Speaker 1: you don't know, funny story. Really quickly, Naory not had
Speaker 1: a screening for the Lifetime movie.
Speaker 2: So I go to the screening.
Speaker 1: Notoria is sitting like it's very informal in this like
Speaker 1: the Soho house, but the Dumble House in Brooklyn, right,
Speaker 1: So they have couches chairs.
Speaker 2: I'm in this couch one row behind her. She tells me,
Speaker 2: She's like.
Speaker 1: Tracy, you were really into that movie. I would turn
Speaker 1: around to just get eye contacted you to.
Speaker 2: Say remember that scene or remember what happened here? She said.
Speaker 2: I was like I was in it.
Speaker 1: So I'm saying that to say when I even when
Speaker 1: Aaron said my daughters get married, I was still like
Speaker 1: it was.
Speaker 2: Then. I was like, You're gonna en it was great.
Speaker 2: I believe. I believe. So I'm gonna give you guys
Speaker 2: around on the clause, Felicia Bishop.
Speaker 3: That was really Goodla award.
Speaker 2: Winning Bishop ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she did it, and I'm gonna tell you right now,
Speaker 1: now is the time to be to have her awareness
Speaker 1: around you.
Speaker 2: So Elsa will send you Aaron and Damien's pitch your
Speaker 2: resumes so you can have that for season three in
Speaker 2: the New York for sure.
Speaker 3: I've even working on something else called the bench and
Speaker 3: it's a shorter thing. So yeah, no, this is really nice.
Speaker 2: Yeah, nice, nice, Felicia. You know how I feel. You
Speaker 2: know there is always love for you forever. I'm so
Speaker 2: proud of you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, And I did tell you I wouldn't be
Speaker 1: asking you for a job, and I'm so proud to
Speaker 1: be asking you for a job.
Speaker 2: I'll send by real to you, Aaron Damien, thank you.
Speaker 1: For showing Felicia what we do here and who we
Speaker 1: are as the spirited actors. I also want to extend
Speaker 1: an invitation to Aaron and Damiens to come to the
Speaker 1: playground because listen, the zoom was on fire Wednesday night.
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine what's going to happen tomorrow. And
Speaker 1: industry people are like, can I come to the playground, Tracy,
Speaker 1: I'm like.
Speaker 2: Yes, say it, put it out there. I've come to
Speaker 2: the playground play so right now we have seven industry
Speaker 2: guests coming tomorrow, eight including Felicia.
Speaker 1: And I don't know what the Night is going to
Speaker 1: present to us, but Felicia, thank.
Speaker 2: You again for being on the Spirited Active Podcast. We
Speaker 2: support you, we love you, and you are the reason
Speaker 2: why I get up and I'm inspired to do what
Speaker 2: I do.
Speaker 3: Thank you so much. Thank you Tracie for being a
Speaker 3: great mentor. We're having this amazing platform again. Eron and Damien,
Speaker 3: you were amazing.
Speaker 2: And when we come back, ladies and gentlemen on the
Speaker 2: Spirited act Podcast, when we Trady more, I'm gonna give
Speaker 2: you mad love, mad Love.
Speaker 1: And now it's time for Kudos Corner. Kudos Corner is
Speaker 1: where we celebrate, support and just love up on spirited
Speaker 1: actors and introduce them to you. This week's Kudos Corner
Speaker 1: puts the spotlight on spirited actor Mark Gutier. Mark has
Speaker 1: been a featured actor on shows including Law and Order, SVU,
Speaker 1: Evil Lives Here, and The First forty Eight. Also a
Speaker 1: gifted writer, he wrote, executive produced, and was one of
Speaker 1: the leads of the award winning short Black Roundtable, which
Speaker 1: was directed by my good friend Michael Boogie Pickney. Mark
Speaker 1: recently joined the cast of fellow Spirited actor Felicia Bishop's
Speaker 1: web series In a New York Minute for its upcoming
Speaker 1: second season. Kudos to Mark Butier and now it's time
Speaker 1: to give luck. Now.
Speaker 2: I know we're in an election year.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to speak politically, but this is what
Speaker 1: I will say. Words and images have power. I grew
Speaker 1: up at a time where politicians talked about.
Speaker 2: Each other's.
Speaker 1: Let's say, you know mistakes or there, or you know
Speaker 1: a bad track record. They talked about each other's work,
Speaker 1: ethics or issues. Right now, we're in a time.
Speaker 2: Where people are really disgusting in terms of dragging people's names,
Speaker 2: in terms of creating stories against other cultures.
Speaker 1: Where did we get to this point? How did this happen?
Speaker 1: Words and images are powerful, and it's so important that
Speaker 1: you are conscious of the words in which you use
Speaker 1: because they affect other people's lives.
Speaker 2: It's a domino effect. Words create.
Speaker 1: And I pray that we go back to the day
Speaker 1: what we are talking about each other's work ethics or
Speaker 1: work records as opposed to damaging and tearing down someone's character.
Speaker 2: That's what it really should.
Speaker 4: Be about.
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