Hero Worship w/ Andrea Geones and Michael Laskin

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week our guests are Andrea Geones and Michael Laskin. Andrea and Michael teamed up to create a code of ethics for acting classes with one goal in mind: to create a safe and healthy environment for actors. After experiencing the unhealthy and cult-like culture fostered within many acting classes where sexual, financial, and psychological abuse were the norm, they created https://www.findyouractingclass.com/ and wrote a code of conduct for acting teachers to agree to and endorse, as well as guidelines to help teachers ensure that they are running their classes ethically. Andrea is a Los Angeles native. In addition to acting and piano, she has studied singing, guitar, and flute. She currently is in school earning a b.s. in nutritional sciences while she pursues her career in acting. She also is a freelance writer for online publications, including where she originally wrote about the cult-like atmosphere of acting classes. You can find her article here: https://www.wordsbetweencoasts.com/actors-beware-you-may-be-in-a-cult/ Michael Laskin has been a working actor for over 40 years, across all platforms: film, theatre, and television. Twelve years ago he started The Michael Laskin Studio, an acting studio in Los Angeles. His book, “The Authentic Actor - the Art and Business of Being Yourself” has been praised as a fresh, newly examined, and non-dogmatic approach to the work and the life of an actor. In part one of Rachel's discussion with Andrea and Michael, The actors share their respective experiences and explain what led them to create their unique code of ethics. Andrea explores the link between Scientology and the Beverly Hills Playhouse and the origin of certain cult-like techniques in acting. Michael explains the abuse inherent in the pedagogy of some acting teachers and gives his perspective on a healthy teacher-student relationship. Before You Go: Rachel explains how important a code of ethics can be in any industry, how it helps both teachers and students alike, and the dangers that exist when no support or oversight is available in a group. Thanks to our newest Patreon supporters, Kate, Richard Dineen, and Kim Brown!! You can always help support us for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION http://www.michaellaskinstudio.com http://andreageones.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from
0:09.6	systems of control. I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein. If you haven't already done so,
0:15.3	please go to patreon.com slash indoctrination to become a supporter of the show, to be able to keep it available and on the air
0:23.2	for as long as possible, for everyone who listens every week and everyone who is lined up to
0:29.0	speak in the future. I want to thank all of you who have supported it in so many ways by
0:36.0	sharing the information about it,
0:38.4	letting people know the teachers that I hear about,
0:41.2	who are using some of the information as part of the curriculum
0:44.7	when they're teaching about undue influence and manipulation,
0:48.3	the therapists who are using it to help with clients they have
0:51.4	who have been through situations where they've been manipulated.
0:55.9	And the therapist was not able to learn it in school because it's really not taught in school.
1:00.4	And all the other people out there who are healing or trying to help others heal.
1:06.1	So thank you to everyone.
1:11.3	And so today on the show, we have two wonderful and talented people who have a great conscience.
1:23.2	They're going to be on the show this week and next week.
1:26.7	We have Mike Alaskin and Andrea Gionis,
1:30.7	and it was really nice to speak with both of them.
1:35.5	I want to be able to let you know that what they're going to be talking about
1:41.7	is not only the fact that they are actors and Michael also
1:47.9	is an acting teacher along with being an actor, but that they have developed what they're
1:55.5	calling a code of ethics for people who are teaching acting because it's an environment where things can go awry.
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