Do you have a Gold 2000 Honda Civic?

I listen to Pilar Alessandra's 'On the page' podcast, and enjoy it immensely.

She has been podcasting conversations every couple of months with the producers of 'Desperate Acts of Magic'.  The most recent podcast included the following story.

They have shot one or two days per month, on average, for a little over twelve months, aiming toward a total of 18-20 days.  They were using the car of one of the producers, but with a day of car located shots still lacking, it was wrecked in an accident.  So they needed a 2000 Honda Civic in Titanium Gold, with exactly the right trim, and they don't have enough money to buy another one from used car lots, or get one of the specialty car procurers that apparently operate in Hollywood to find it, and they are not available any more from car rental places.

Finally, they solved their problem by putting out a casting call notice for an actor or actress with almost any qualities or experience, who owned that exact car.  They got a lot of responses.  Actors would respond to an ad for their car, in exchange for a line of dialogue. Lots of actors with totally the wrong car  got in touch.

I wonder if the acting industry is a model for the singularity economy. Far too few people can do all the work needed, and everyone else is cutting each others throats for scraps.  I hope we can all be as good natured as the film making community seems to be.  I don't know where their living comes from, but somehow people are still cheerfully showing up.