{"id":13713,"date":"2016-09-13T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/grab-your-purple-crayon-the-get-down-is-casting-dancers-singers-and-actors\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:10:22","slug":"grab-your-purple-crayon-the-get-down-is-casting-dancers-singers-and-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/grab-your-purple-crayon-the-get-down-is-casting-dancers-singers-and-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab your purple crayon: The Get Down is casting dancers, singers and actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Get Down: Jaden Smith, the Bronx, and you? Via Netflix. Make sure your\u00a0Pumas shine\u00a0bright and your lyrics rhyme tight\u00a0because here&#8217;s your chance for\u00a0a role on\u00a0Netflix&#8217;s The Get Down. The show, a hyper-stylistic and magical realism-tinged fictional take on the birth of hip hop in the Bronx in the 70s, released its first six episodes\u00a0on Netflix this summer and new episodes are being readied for 2017. It&#8217;s gotten mixed reviews \u2014 while Nas is an executive producer, maybe Baz Luhrmann isn&#8217;t the guy you want telling your hip-hop origin story. But it&#8217;s certainly got plenty of cool elements based on the early days of the scene, with reverence for\u00a0Grandmaster Flash and DJ Kool Herc, artsy shots of\u00a0graffiti-covered New York of the era and a depiction of the Bronx that is somehow always burning or recently finished\u00a0burning. It&#8217;s also a great showcase for actors of color, and this casting call is looking for&hellip; Read More<\/p>\n<p>Grab your purple crayon: The Get Down is casting dancers, singers and actors : <a href=\"http:\/\/brokelyn.com\/the-get-down-casting-call\/\">Brokelyn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Get Down: Jaden Smith, the Bronx, and you? Via Netflix. 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