Line #6 PlayingWith/CastingCouch


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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