I recently wrote about how choice, power, involvement and basically being ASKED are key to being cool and a genuinely nice brand. While this is a slight departure from this I came across the following ebay listing via the infinite knowledge that it twitter.



The item in question is for a walk on part in the very famous Mad Men tv show. Once again it is opening doors and breaking down barriers like the membership to the National Museum, or the Tesco Clubcard. Yet there is an interesting thought that came into my head about the idea in general. I think the money goes to charity which is great, but then it does rely on rich and by the bids so far very rich people to bid. which kind of seems to defeat the idea of the project? I mean for me the idea was for a genuine fan to get on and meet the people they had walked hours on end, yet this is unlikely to happen now?

I wonder what people think?

ADDITION TO ORIGINAL POST:
As i sit in one of the most vibrant arts centres in Europe (CHAPTER) I also thought about other issues that have come to mind. Walk on parts are normally the preserve of the struggling actor waiting for his big break. The walk on parts are normally paid and so form a fairly good part of young actors finding their way. If the actor was never to be seen again then perhaps no big loss but what if that person was a Marlon Brando or De Niro for the next generation? and it was the walk on that was the catalyst?