Acting Opportunities for Expats in Shanghai!

We are a film and TV production company working on a new show for
Channel Young, a local Shanghai channel, entitled "Big City, Small
Tales." Shot in the style of a documentary, The show will reveal the
everyday life of expat dealing with local cultures in Shanghai. We
are looking for people with interesting stories to come forward and
tell us about them; stories can be short or long, big or narrow in
scope. Ideally, we are most interested in stories that deal with
interactions between laowai and Chinese locals regarding the cultural
differences and misunderstandings that arise from these interactions.
For example, one of our episodes will follow one laowai as he
attempts to rent an apartment in the old French Concession which
shared a bathroom with neighboring Chinese apartments. However, the
foreign man wanted the bathroom for his own private use, and
attempted to persuade the neighboring Chinese families to rent it to
him for a monthly fee and for the locals to use public restrooms
instead. As you can imagine, humorous conflicts and misunderstandings
ensued as the locals screamed, "We don't want money, we want our
toilet!"

The best entries will be selected and featured in the plots of
upcoming shows. Those who submit selected entries will also be
contacted for consideration in acting in a lead role. Whether you
only have small anecdotes to share, or want to tell us your whole
life of adventures in China, we want to hear your stories. Please
recall them explain why you think they could make good episodes for
TV. Entries must be submitted in English to tales.of.laowai@...
by May 19th. Early entries will be given first consideration. Any
questions you have about the show or the entry process are also
welcome at that address. Thank you!