# Are you estranged from your family and want to reconcile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868 "2014-09-29T15:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/61 "2014-09-30T09:32:36Z")
> [@SiamSam222](#): > > How about a reality show where you track down your lowlife relatives and sic the dogs on them? Release the hounds! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/62 "2014-09-30T11:50:16Z")
> [@blacksheep1](#): > > My name is Kevin McKeever and I’m a casting producer with LES Casting. So, there’s an industry just for lesbian programming? Oh, LES is the name. **blacksheep1** , on the possibility you will return to this thread, might I offer some constructive criticism on your website? First off, the plain nature of the website is a little dull and uninviting. It’s a bit genericly bland. A little color (NOT huge swaths of flashing neons) wouldn’t hurt. The font for your titles and main text is not really eye-friendly. The gray text on white background doesn’t have great contrast for legibility. I can understand why your “Currently Casting” page is vague on what the programs are going to be - reality series, guests on a talk show, etc. I assume it’s a legal thing that your clients don’t really want to reveal too much in a public forum until their project is much further along. However, your “Production Credits” list could be a little more clear on the role of your agency. Was it only finding the “talent” for the particular programs listed? You “Portfolio” page is particularly problematic. First off, the vimeo links show broken icons. The text headers for them slide down and disappear when the cursor moves over them, making them unhelpful. But most particularly, it isn’t clear what exactly your portfolio is trying to show us. Examples of projects you’ve produced? Examples of videos produced by clients using “talent” found by your agency? Some explanation of what the videos are showing would greatly improve the clarity of your page. I hope you will see these as constructive. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/63 "2014-09-30T14:11:45Z")
> [@blacksheep1](#): > > This documentary series will focus on individuals that have already been convicted… Convicted? No, never convicted… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/64 "2014-09-30T23:24:40Z")
From their website _…if you live in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area, we want to hear your story and help you reconnect!_ Translated: We’re a really low budget fly by night organization who can’t afford to fly anyone to our studio, let alone but them up in a cheap hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/65 "2014-10-01T17:37:41Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Oh, the violent and immoral things I have done! I yearn to be welcomed back into the warm bosom of my long-lost innocent family. I dream of having my sordid past re-hashed every week on national television! > > Unfortunately, I live well outside of the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area so I guess it’s suicide for me. Maybe next season there’ll be “Semi-Suicidal Separated Sisters of the South West”, or “Family Fucking Florida Fathers”. Hang on, you’ll get your 15 minutes sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868/66 "2014-10-01T18:11:52Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > From their website > > _…if you live in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area, we want to hear your story and help you reconnect!_ > > Translated: We’re a really low budget fly by night organization who can’t afford to fly anyone to our studio, let alone but them up in a cheap hotel. If they’re not the producers of the show, but merely a casting middleman, then what you say is true, but about their client show. Their client show may be a local program without much national exposure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-estranged-from-your-family-and-want-to-reconcile/699868.md?page=3)