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I used Vamps as a casting couch! I pretty much did, because I was casting 'L!fe Happens' while I was on the set of Vamps, and anybody I had ever worked with, I asked to be in this movie.
Krysten Ritter

Meaning of "casting couch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CASTING COUCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CASTING COUCH

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Casting couch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CASTING COUCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Casting couch

The casting couch, casting-couch syndrome or casting-couch mentality is the trading of sexual favors by an aspirant, apprentice employee or subordinate to a superior in return for entry into an occupation, or for other career advancement within an organization. The term "casting couch" originated in the motion picture industry, with specific reference to couches in offices that could be used for sexual activity between casting directors or film producers and aspiring actresses or actors. It is not to be confused with the adult entertainment industry where such actions may be a prerequisite, although many pornographic films and pornographic websites play on the casting couch theme and allude to similarities one may find in casting couch scenarios in the film industry. The term is now often used to refer to other industries besides entertainment, though careers which are highly desirable and traditionally difficult to break into, such as the movie, television and music industries, have been the subject of casting couch stories in popular culture. Such trading of favors can be an abuse of power and can become a wider sex scandal if deemed newsworthy.

Definition of casting couch in the English dictionary

The definition of casting couch in the dictionary is a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CASTING COUCH

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CASTING COUCH

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Synonyms and antonyms of casting couch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «casting couch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CASTING COUCH

Find out the translation of casting couch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of casting couch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «casting couch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铸造沙发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casting couch
570 millions of speakers

English

casting couch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कास्टिंग काउच
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

صب الأريكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кушетки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Casting Couch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভোটদান পালঙ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

casting couch
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghantar sofa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Casting Couch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キャスティングカウチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주조 소파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Casting sofa
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

casting couch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படுக்கை அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कास्ट करणे पलंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Döküm kanepe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Casting Couch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Casting Couch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кушетки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canapea turnare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

χύτευση καναπέ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

beslissende rusbank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gjutning soffa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

casting couch
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about casting couch

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2 QUOTES WITH «CASTING COUCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word casting couch.
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Kerry Condon
You think when you start getting jobs that it'll get easier, but that's the biggest lie ever. It gets harder. You have to put in more work. I wish it were the casting couch days because it'd be a lot easier!
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Krysten Ritter
I used Vamps as a casting couch! I pretty much did, because I was casting 'L!fe Happens' while I was on the set of Vamps, and anybody I had ever worked with, I asked to be in this movie.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASTING COUCH»

Discover the use of casting couch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to casting couch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Secrets from the Casting Couch: On Camera Strategies for ...
In Secrets from the Casting Couch, she uses this international perspective to offer actors concrete advice about how to approach auditioning in front of camera. Secrets from the Casting Couch is the most comprehensive book I've seen for ...
Nancy Bishop, 2014
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Return to the Casting Couch: Number 2 in series
For aspiring British actor, Jason Maclver, performing naked on a bed, playing the sex slave of five man-hungry women, is not what he had in mind when he came to Hollywood.
Emma Allan, 2013
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The Casting Couch: Number 1 in series
The choice for Jason is clear. If he wants to perform in front of the cameras, first he's got to demonstrate his talent on the casting couch . . . Part one of the Taste for Temptation series.
Emma Allan, 2013
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Casting Couch Confidential: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
Exposé of the reality behind the glamorous world of modelling.
Bessie Bardot, Geoff Barker, 2003
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The casting couch and other front row seats: women in films ...
This collection of film reviews and essays focuses on the role of women in films during the 1970s and 1980s.
Marsha McCreadie, 1990
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The Casting Couch
Thrilling erotica from an established Delta author
B. Bell, 1994
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Dear Mister Bollywood: How I Fell in Love with India ...
Dear Mister Bollywood is a letter to the most famous man in India, Shah Rukh Khan. This letter spins off into Rina's life story of her struggle to survive and her hunger to succeed, but not at any price.
Rina Golan, 2010
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Casting Couch
I recommend this series to anybody who enjoys the 'odd' death, if only to gain a little understanding of what to expect if they too find themselves on the… Casting Couch
Michael J. Kerwood, 2013
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The Glam Scam: Successfully Avoiding the Casting Couch and ...
In this hard-hitting and no-punches-pulled book, Joseph exposes the most common scams and come-ons prevalent today in the talent industry.
Erik Joseph, 1994
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Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars
The services were often rendered in his office, which was a study in white: white chairs, a white piano, and a white couch that may well have been the original " casting couch." With Cohn, sex was both a release of tension and an instrument of ...
Bernard F. Dick

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CASTING COUCH»

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'Hollywood Game Night' and the problem with the celebrity fun bus
On “Hollywood Game Night,” there's no risk in the all-in-fun, faux-humiliation of coming up short in a round of “Casting Couch” (a riff on musical ... «Stars and Stripes, Jul 15»
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Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan talk Masters of Sex
But I've never been one of those girls (who uses sex to get to the top) nor do I give off that casting couch vibe. Although, nobody's really asked ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
The IMF doesn't need to be run by a European
Marie-Antoinette should go back to synchronised swimming or better still engage in her preferred and highly developed casting couch ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Gender stereotyping needs to end
... it is easier for young beautiful women to get jobs — we have all heard about terms like “casting couch” and sexual favours asked from women ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
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Actor Brian Conley: I've grown up with show business
I suppose it makes a change from the casting couch. Conley, who's fronting a new BBC1 daytime show, TV That Made Me, has fond memories ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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The Calendar Girls Teaser Video is a Total Tease
... between models and politicians, models and actors, extra marital affairs, heartbreak, debauchery, match fixing, the casting couch and more. «iDiva.com, Jul 15»
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The Gazillionaire: How I made my gazillions, and how you can, too
It's a battlefield littered with empty Pepto bottles and casting couch cleaner receipts. If you go this route, hire as many Eastern Europeans as you ... «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
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Julia Roberts Cast in Garry Marshall's Mother's Day; Jennifer …
Embed. CTRL-C or CMD-C, then press Enter. Click/tap elsewhere to exit, or press ESC. PHOTOS: Casting couch · Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
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Community leaders honored by Black Affairs Advisory Board
... American Performing Arts Community Theatre; Keith Harrell of TV's “The Casting Couch;” Bea Hines of The Miami Herald; Shannon Ighodaro ... «The Miami Times, Jul 15»
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Celebs accused of indecent behaviour
Manisha later lodged a complaint against the director accusing casting couch. Her grouse was that Sachindra had asked her to compromise in order to get a role ... «Times of India, Jun 15»

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