Q:Build a movie plot around this: Why does the director tell Mike not to audition for the commercial? they need someone with long hair, dreadlocks etc
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A man (Vin Diesel) wearing a sleeveless white undershirt and black hat is speaking in an thick Italian-American accent, with accompanying gestures and body movements. He says there are no good women out there, then tells a story. He took his girlfriend out to dinner and struck a stranger who seemed to have been flirting with her. Upon realizing the stranger was gay, he concluded that his girlfriend was flirting, took her outside and beat her. The storyteller concludes by expressing his confusion that she doesn't call anymore, re-enforcing his theme that there are no good girls available.Across the room, a man (Lewis Steidl) asks if Mike (the storyteller) can speak Italian. Mike repeats a few commonly-heard phrases. Holding up a headshot photo of Mike, he asks who Mike's agent is - it is clear that the story was an audition for an acting job. The man impassively says for Mike to call with the info, indicating the end of the interview. The woman (Cara Gaffen) sitting at the table stops Mike for a moment asking who wrote the monologue. Mike claims it is a true story.At a streetside payphone, Mike speaks with only a slight New York accent to his manager, assuring him that he followed his instruction to claim the monologue was a true story. As he speaks, he wipes his bicep with alcohol to remove a mark evidently placed to make him convincing in the role. He worries about the offensiveness of the story, complaining that such an attitude won't win an Oscar. He laughs into the phone and says Joe Pesci was different.Next Mike walks into a waiting room, encountering a black friend Ivan (Phillip Jones) who is also there to audition. As Mike dons a shirt and adds an earring, they discuss making commercials, a source of income for struggling actors. Mike says that real actors like Pacino and Denzel don't do them, while Ivan expresses willingness for any paying job. Mike relates his concerns about the offensive audition.They are interrupted by a black man (Ivan Jordain) who looks surprised at Mike's appearance. He...