Lea ThauHostWhen you come to Hollywood to be an actor or a comedian or a writer, you expect that you're going to be exploited in some way, used.
But you think if you take enough of these crappy gigs, it's going to pay off and you're going to get the dream job.
And that's why I came here.
But I found myself on the side of the people who exploit other people.
People think I'm paid to find strong cases for the courtroom.
Not true.
I am paid to exploit racial stereotypes.
If I book someone who's black, they have to be really black.
If you book someone who's gay, they have to be flaming.
You know, we like them when they're in drag.
We book baby mamas, baby daddies.
You know, tribute artists.
They don't like to be called impersonators.
They like to be called tribute artists.
Hoarders, cutters, people with fetishes.
And the freakier the better, and my job is to book them.
We had a competition in the office.
We were like, who can book a little person? So I was going to the Little Persons Association and trying to contact people.
I would Google news stories about little people and see if anybody was suing someone, and it never happened.
Cut to a few years later, as I'm calling on claims and calling on claims and returning 800 number calls, I get this person.
who is a little person, he is an exotic dancer, he has a foot fetish, and his name is Corn Pop.
I was running through the office.
I told my EP, I'm like, check it out.
When you come to Hollywood to be an actor or a comedian or a writer, you expect that you're going to be exploited in some way, used.
But you think if you take enough of these crappy gigs, it's going to pay off and you're going to get the dream job.
And that's why I came here.
But I found myself on the side of the people who exploit other people.
People think I'm paid to find strong cases for the courtroom.
Not true.
I am paid to exploit racial stereotypes.
If I book someone who's black, they have to be really black.
If you book someone who's gay, they have to be flaming.
You know, we like them when they're in drag.
We book baby mamas, baby daddies.
You know, tribute artists.
They don't like to be called impersonators.
They like to be called tribute artists.
Hoarders, cutters, people with fetishes.
And the freakier the better, and my job is to book them.
We had a competition in the office.
We were like, who can book a little person? So I was going to the Little Persons Association and trying to contact people.
I would Google news stories about little people and see if anybody was suing someone, and it never happened.
Cut to a few years later, as I'm calling on claims and calling on claims and returning 800 number calls, I get this person.
who is a little person, he is an exotic dancer, he has a foot fetish, and his name is Corn Pop.
I was running through the office.
I told my EP, I'm like, check it out.
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