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  • noun Alternative spelling of casting couch.

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Examples

  • I like to say we don't make the final choice but we make the final choices, continued Mr. Telsey, who insists that the casting-couch thing is malarkey.

    In Praise of Matchmakers Joanne Kaufman 2011

  • Rape victims tell Congress that police ignore or forget their cases; celebrity women open up about casting-couch creepiness; the lovefest for Franzen's "Freedom" prompts some to equate book reviews with old boys' clubs; pay gaps and work-life challenges persist; a federal prosecutor assures me that some neighborhoods of women live pursuant to misogyny rule; and we're still dissecting the gender-related detritus of the 2008 presidential election.

    Kelly Valen: Holding Up a Mirror Along with the Bullhorn: Why Women Can't Lay All the Blame Elsewhere Kelly Valen 2010

  • Likewise, Maf changes the target of Monroe's famous ad lib in All About Eve from casting-couch producers to literary critics: "Why do critics always look like unhappy rabbits?"

    The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan 2010

  • Rape victims tell Congress that police ignore or forget their cases; celebrity women open up about casting-couch creepiness; the lovefest for Franzen's "Freedom" prompts some to equate book reviews with old boys 'clubs; pay gaps and work-life challenges persist; a federal prosecutor assures me that some neighborhoods of women live pursuant to misogyny rule; and we're still dissecting the gender-related detritus of the 2008 presidential election.

    Kelly Valen: Holding Up a Mirror Along with the Bullhorn: Why Women Can't Lay All the Blame Elsewhere Kelly Valen 2010

  • I didn't even have time to spin some filthy casting-couch fantasies.

    Surf's Up! 2007

  • In a rather candid interview to the magazine, the star this time chose to discuss casting-couch practices in Hollywood, while she also talked about her struggles with bipolar disorder, maintaining that she's now taking only prescribed medication for it.

    Hollywood Nerds Have More Fun Bill Crider 2006

  • In a rather candid interview to the magazine, the star this time chose to discuss casting-couch practices in Hollywood, while she also talked about her struggles with bipolar disorder, maintaining that she's now taking only prescribed medication for it.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Bill Crider 2006

  • Bail set in millions for 'You Light Up My Life' writer in NYC casting-couch sex ...

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Call me ignorant, but what is the "casting-couch cliché" you referred to in

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2010

  • He is facing a possible life sentence on charges of 13 casting-couch sex attacks, including rapes, on young starlets he'd allegedly bring to his apartment, show his Oscar to, and drug.

    NY Post: News 2010

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