Now I'm not sure what his angle is yet, and I assume there is an angle for obvious reasons (like literally just read the posts here!). The thing is Kenny is already trying to profit off of "students" paying him to work on his films. His Little Monsters Entertainment is currently accepting "tuition" for students to pay to act/work on his films. You can pay $200 to get a "main role" or $100 for a supporting role in a "workshop short". If you're willing to step up and pay more to work more there are supporting roles for $1,000 and main roles for $2,000.
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I'm mentioning Little Monsters Entertainment in a Little Monster U post to highlight that Ken "Whit" Whitman is currently soliciting for people to pay him to work on his films. HIS films, not "his company's" films. You see Little Monsters Entertainment is not a thing.......it was a thing, but is no longer.
There were two separate Little Monsters Entertainment entities, AND a Little Monster Entertainment. All three of these companies do not exist as legal entities, having been dissolved by Kenny, or by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Please, don't take my word for it....look for yourself, but I can save you a search:
Since Kenny is currently soliciting for "students" outside of his company/corporate entities it stands to reason he doesn't see the need for a school in order to take money from actors so they can work. Of course I could have it all wrong because maybe you do actually need a school to do this. That would explain why Kenny started the School of Cinematic Arts.....
...oh but wait, that company, or school...whatever it was, has also undergone an "Administrative Dissolution" from the Kentucky Secretary of State.
I'm not even sure what GT Film Company was.....
When I see this rotation of Entertainment/Film companies that seem to have no direct bearing on Whit Whitman's ability to ask for "tuition" to put student-actors to work on his personal film projects it makes me wonder why Kenny needs a school. Now I've straight up speculated that there is a film-making scam going on, but it is just that: speculation. The FTC pretty much identifies paying to work as a scam indicator, but I think the angle is calling it "tuition" and the whole idea of a school is a front of some sort.
Do I have proof? no. Still speculation. Perhaps slightly informed speculation, but speculation nonetheless. My genuine question is this: Are participants purchasing genuine educational instruction, paying for an acting opportunity, or some combination of both?
Remember a couple years ago when we had that firsthand account of one of, technically two of, Kenny's sets? In that Facebook post the author kept mentioning Little Monsters Entertainment, but on IMDb they were listed as being done by the School of Cinematic Arts. Actually just reviewing it today now both Little Monsters Entertainment and School of Cinematic Arts were listed!
Speculation or no, I simply have some concern when I hear that Kenny is trying to start up the school thing again, this time with a prettier website...ok I think it is a prettier website. It does beg the question: What is Little Monster U going to offer that Whitman's previous filmmaking and educational operations did not?
It is little more than a landing page right now.....
Just to help establish the pattern of web hosting:
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