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A talent agency originating out of LA, briefly described in Freak Legion, they specialize in preying on the needy, specifically young wannabe stars desperate to make it and old has-beens desperate to stay in the lime light. Like all talent agencies, their product is people, and in the World of Darkness, this can easily take on a very dark tone. Besides the mundane activities of funneling would be actors and actresses into the sleazier sides of the industry (including prostitution, snuff films and worse), they can also be sold to vampires, cannibals, cults, malevolent fey, and other predators. (The pilot episode of the series Angel gives an example of this.) And, of course, they can end up as test subjects for various fomori-creation experiments, including being forced into Project: Odyssey if they happen to show some signs of latent psychic ability.
Two books on the history of talent agencies in the US: Frank Rose's The Agency: Frank Morris and The Hidden History of Show Business, about the rise and fall of the old school Morris Agency, and James Andrew Miller's Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency, about the company which has represented many of the biggest names in show business for the past several decades.
Fiction-wise, Melody Godfred's The Agency: Hollywood Talent, CIA Managed is about a talent agency used as a front by the CIA for propaganda and related operations. It's the sort of thing a RAW (or, say, a Technocracy run counterpart) could also be involved in. I've been told that Jordan Okun's LA Fadeaway is a good look at the business and how low people are willing to go to succeed in it, but I've not had the chance to read it.
In the world of film and television, Jerry Maguire (1996) is a pretty good film (about the sports side of the talent agency business) in its own right, and offers a good example of compare and contrast of the sort of people who would work for RAW and who wouldn't. Also, the character of Ari Gold from Entourage (2004 - 2011) can be good inspiration for the company.
A talent agency originating out of LA, briefly described in Freak Legion, they specialize in preying on the needy, specifically young wannabe stars desperate to make it and old has-beens desperate to stay in the lime light. Like all talent agencies, their product is people, and in the World of Darkness, this can easily take on a very dark tone. Besides the mundane activities of funneling would be actors and actresses into the sleazier sides of the industry (including prostitution, snuff films and worse), they can also be sold to vampires, cannibals, cults, malevolent fey, and other predators. (The pilot episode of the series Angel gives an example of this.) And, of course, they can end up as test subjects for various fomori-creation experiments, including being forced into Project: Odyssey if they happen to show some signs of latent psychic ability.
Two books on the history of talent agencies in the US: Frank Rose's The Agency: Frank Morris and The Hidden History of Show Business, about the rise and fall of the old school Morris Agency, and James Andrew Miller's Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency, about the company which has represented many of the biggest names in show business for the past several decades.
Fiction-wise, Melody Godfred's The Agency: Hollywood Talent, CIA Managed is about a talent agency used as a front by the CIA for propaganda and related operations. It's the sort of thing a RAW (or, say, a Technocracy run counterpart) could also be involved in. I've been told that Jordan Okun's LA Fadeaway is a good look at the business and how low people are willing to go to succeed in it, but I've not had the chance to read it.
In the world of film and television, Jerry Maguire (1996) is a pretty good film (about the sports side of the talent agency business) in its own right, and offers a good example of compare and contrast of the sort of people who would work for RAW and who wouldn't. Also, the character of Ari Gold from Entourage (2004 - 2011) can be good inspiration for the company.
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