Radio Disney In Hawaii

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

radio disney in hawaii
Is the JRP (john robert powers) disney auditions in Hawaii a Scam?

I heard about the auditions on a radio show and signed up. they told me they would send me a conformation email and script to memorize but i haven’t gotten it yet (after 24 hours). Has anyone who signed up for this gotten a “confirmation e-mail” with a script?

JRP is a SCAM! They do NOT work with Disney! In fact, Disney, Nick, and the people of Twilight are taking legal action against JRP, Barbizon, John Casablancas, Act/tHE, Ipop, etc.

They will give EVERYONE a script and accept EVERYONE who auditions, telling them they need to take their classes.

You do NOT need to pay $2000 for lousy classes. The BEST schools in LA/NY are only around $200-300. The ONLY thing that JRP will help you with is becoming $2000 POORER and getting LAUGHED OUT of LA and NY!

I’ve gone to a few of the JRP franchises and given REALLY BAD auditions just to see how selective they were. They obviously were NOT when they called me the next day saying that I got the highest ratings and gave me a chance to attend a few classes for free, RED FLAG!

The JRP classes that I went to were overcrowded filled with people who have no business to be actors. They were probably told by the JRP people that they also got the highest scores at the audition. The teachers were VERY unqualified. Most of the teachers from what I’ve gathered were struggling actors with very few credits teaching to pay their bills.

John Robert Powers, Barbizon, and John Casablancas are all SCAMS! They are NOT agencies! They MISLEAD people into thinking that they are, but are NOT. LEGIT Agencies only make money when you do (10% for film/tv and commercials, 20% for commercial print). REAL AGENTS DON’T take $2000 upfront and DON’T make you take their subpar classes. YES! You’ll be paying at least $2000 for crappy classes!

A school for modeling is the biggest scam, period! When you get picked up by a LEGIT agency like Ford or Elite, they will teach you or hire coaches. They’re not going to reject your resume because “oh, you don’t have any modeling classes.”

If you don’t think they’re scams, then go waste thousands of dollars that could go towards good headshots and training from the BEST schools (JRP, JC, and Barb. are NOT the best!) Also, go to a major market like L.A. or N.Y. with those schools on your resume. You’ll get LAUGHED out!

Schools like Barbizon, JRP, and JC still exist because there are a lot of suckers trying to get into acting and for the money. They think that going to one school will be the answer and it’s not. It’s these schools that give them and feed off of those false promises. For every 100 people that go through these scammy schools and lose their money, there will always be that naturally talented kid that gets work and that these scammy schools take credit for.

JRP-Banks on the name of a very famous and DEAD agent. They say that Lucille Ball, John Wayne, Barbara Walters, Heather Locklear, Peter Fonda, Jane Fonda, and many other famous actors went to the school, when NONE of them did! Some of those celebs even threatened legal action for using their names. So you see, they use bait and switch tactics.

John Casablancas-The franchises have been known for unethical business practices and really have nothing to do with the founder’s original intentions.

Barbizon-It was popular back in the 70s and 80s. Now these franchises have been known for unethical business practices and false promises. EXPOSED ON DATELINE!

These schools are OVERPRICED and DON’T provide the caliber training that more affordable and REPUTABLE schools like Howard Fine Studios, Ivanna Chubbuck, Upright Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, Second City, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Stella Adler, William Esper Studios, Tom Todoroff, Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown, Margie Haber, etc. do.