1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character wants to get a part in a [[ShowWithinAShow TV show/movie/play]] and must have sex with a producer or casting director to do so. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice is auditioning for the lead role in a play, and is told she must have sex with the director, Bob. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** [[SexualExtortion If she refuses]], not only will she not get the part, she will be blacklisted and basically unable to pursue her [[LifelongDream acting career]]. |
5 | ** In order to get in the play, Alice has to sleep with the entire cast and crew. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Bob asks only that Alice [[NakedFirstImpression be nude throughout her audition]] before he casts her. |
8 | ** Alice gets the part first, but Bob harasses her. |
9 | * '''Justified''': Alice is auditioning for a role in the adult entertainment industry. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Bob must have sex with Alice if he wants her to be part of the cast. |
12 | ** If Alice sleeps with Bob, she will not get the role she wants (i.e., a SecretTestOfCharacter). |
13 | ** Taking it a step further, Alice makes one too many unwanted advances towards Bob, and is told that if she doesn't knock it off, they'll kick her off the project. |
14 | ** Alice will get to have sex with Bob if she gets cast. |
15 | ** Alice is fed up with the movie, so she has sex with Bob in exchange for him letting her vamoose. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': |
17 | ** Alice refuses to have sex with Bob. |
18 | ** Bob ''does'' make a pass at Alice, but he still gives her the part when she refuses. |
19 | * '''Double Subverted''': Because of her refusal, Alice is cast as an extra instead of the lead, or cut from the cast entirely. |
20 | * '''Parodied''': |
21 | ** All the female characters form a harem for Bob. |
22 | ** Every place Alice looks for acting work has this as a stipulation. |
23 | ** Alice gets the part by instead convincing Bob that [[CutLexLuthorACheck his success and fame could draw the attention of women who would willingly have sex with him without having to ask them]]. |
24 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob makes some of the actresses (and some of the actors) sleep with him, but not the better actors or [[EveryoneHasStandards those with whom he has pre-existing relationships]]. |
25 | * '''Averted''': Sexual favors of any kind do not factor into Alice getting the role. |
26 | * '''Enforced''': "We need to show the viewers [[HorribleHollywood the evils of Hollywood]]!" |
27 | * '''Lampshaded''': "If you want this role, you must do one thing: sleep with me, right here and now." |
28 | * '''Invoked''': Bob gets a RagingStiffie for Alice and tells her she'll get the role she wants, in order to make her more willing to sleep with him. |
29 | * '''Exploited''': |
30 | ** Bob takes advantage of Alice's wilfulness, and begins to abuse her. |
31 | ** Alice, who has herpes, obliges. |
32 | * '''Defied''': |
33 | ** Bob feels this is wrong and doesn't do this. |
34 | ** Bill, the producer, learns that Bob wants to do this and fires him. |
35 | ** Alice refuses and goes looking for acting work elsewhere. |
36 | * '''Discussed''': "So, I heard Alice slept with Bob to get the role..." |
37 | * '''Conversed''': "[[AndThatsTerrible Ugh, disgusting.]] Whatever happened to casting people based on their acting talent, rather than their talent in bed?" |
38 | * '''Deconstructed''': Because this involves SexualExtortion (i.e., {{blackmail}}ing someone into sex), this technically counts as [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes rape]]. |
39 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice goes to find work elsewhere. It may not be easy, but she won't be reduced to what's basically a whitewashed prostitute for it. |
40 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is ''very'' HollywoodHomely. |
41 | * '''Played for Drama''': |
42 | ** Alice must choose between her dignity and her career. |
43 | ** Bob is murdered shortly after and Alice becomes a prime suspect when her fling with Bob is discovered. |
44 | * '''Played for Horror''': Bob threatens even harsher punishments to Alice while they sleep together. |
45 | * '''Implied''': Alice gets the part after an unspecified ordeal that leaves her very bedraggled. |
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