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Casting couch session

Let me ask a question about the following.
Coogan, Sr., insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part.
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What do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?
  

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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following. , insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part. [/nq] "Casting couch" is an old joke/euphemism.

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  • [nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following.
  • , insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part.
  • [/nq] "Casting couch" is an old joke/euphemism.
  • It means he made her sleep with him to get the part.
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following. Coogan, Sr., insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part. http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/filmsoldclothes.htm What do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?[/nq]
"Casting couch" is an ol
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following. Coogan, Sr., insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part. http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/filmsoldclothes.htm What do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?[/nq]
Having ***.

Ski
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following. Coogan, Sr., insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part. http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/filmsoldclothes.htm What do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?[/nq]
It means that he wanted
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following. Coogan, Sr., insisted on a casting couch session before choosing Joan from 150 girls who wanted the part. http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/filmsoldclothes.htm What do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?[/nq]
Movie industry managers
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[nq:2]Let me ask a question about the following. Coogan, Sr., ... do you think "casting couch session" means in this case?[/nq]
[nq:1]Movie industry managers with authority for casting (= choosing actors to join the cast of a film) were supposed to have couches in their offices for convenient sexual encounters coerced from job-seekers.[/nq]
Yes. The joke, such as it is, behind the expressi
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