By James Witherspoon
Yo, check this out. Firstly, I want to thank everyone that attended my performance at the Laugh Factory, YA HEARD! I always like lighting up the crowd until l burn the place down. Now, when I got back to my luxurious hotel room, I checked my inbox and could not believe my eyes when I saw 8 trillion and 3 emails. Well, as y’all know, Ask James is the most popular email bag on the net and I’m not gonna let y’all down.
Before I get to the questions, I want to announce that I was cast in 12 major motion pictures after speaking to high level industry executives in Hollywood. I sat down with my boy, Quentin Tarantino, and we are putting our heads together. YA HEARD! I guess some hillbilly mother fucker has been dropping his name still. GET A LIFE LOSERS.
Watching out for the Scammers in Film
Dear James,
My names is (Removed) and I’m an indie filmmaker living in (Removed). I wanted to get your opinion on the state of indie film and the amount of scammers that are out there, trying to fleece people out of money with the lie that they know movers and shakers in the business. Recently, I watched two different scammers take money from mentally challenged people. I ran one of their background checks and the guy has a criminal record for nasty stuff!
I notice that all these jokers do gofundme pages too…and they usually don’t get a thing. I guess the majority of the people are onto them, but they find some old slow man to take down and it’s frustrating. Have you noticed that the film business is a sewer too?
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Hello (Removed),
Y’all know that what you’re seeing is not the upper or even middle tier of indie film. You’re seeing the sewer. YA HEARD! I used to go to those conventions for filmmakers and fans and I’ll tell yah, I saw a bunch of cellar dwellers and wannabe no-talented shitbag filmmakers. They should have called it a loser convention man.
When you see a gonfundme for a film, run man run! The gutter of the indie biz is full of these jokers that are looking to raise 10K, make the film on 2K, and then pocket the rest. My best piece of advice man is to run a background check on the guy asking you for money. Most of these indie guys are criminals that have found a new method to scam money man. They even use aliases so they can’t be googled, but do your homework man and you’ll see that they are all talk and they have nothing. I know one that cannot even read and talks like he’s the man. It’s hilarious. YA HEARD!
So avoid these jokers, especially when they are fleecing a slow guy man. That’s the lowest of the low!
How’s Quentin doing?
James,
I ran into Quentin Tarantino at a gathering concerning his new Manson film. I told him that I read your work and he lit up. He said he calls you all the time and that you are good friends. That’s awesome.
Robin Banker
Robin Banker,
Quentin is my boy. His new Manson film is going to knock it out of the park jack. He only knows one thing…how to kick ass. Well, he also knows how to avoid hillbilly mother fuckers. YA HEARD! So, everyone reading this, go out there and check out this great new flick man.
