Equal starting roles in commercials do not lead to equal career outcomes

Evidence

I was one of five principle actors in that Kodak spot. Wayne Knight (Newman on Seinfeld) and the others all went on to get jobs on long-running television series; all except me. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 270

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Commercial casting is a lottery where talent does not ensure success — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 274; Nearly perfect callback rates do not translate into booked commercials — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 287; Bias makes people interpret identical behaviors differently by the actor’s race — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 666 (+3 more)

Related

• Commercial casting is a lottery where talent does not ensure success (similarity 0.79)
• Nearly perfect callback rates do not translate into booked commercials (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Nearly perfect callback rates do not translate into booked commercials #corroborates (0.85) — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 287
• Random role assignment still produces self-stereotyping that fits the role #corroborates (0.80)
• Bias makes people interpret identical behaviors differently by the actor’s race #expands (0.75) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 666
• Advantaged groups face role-incongruity prejudice but rarely enter low-status roles #contradicts (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 199