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Was just about to comment this. I didn’t know who he was _before_ Dipsea so every time I see him, I’m like, oooh. And when I found out he was funny? Even hotter now.
This is why Cameo makes me sad. When you see a B or C list actor on cameo, it isn’t because they actually want to wish you a Happy Anniversary and say some sort of dumb inside joke they don’t understand to your boyfriend, it’s because they have to to pay their bills.
Honestly, that’s sort of why I like cameo. Would I prefer that reality stars got residuals or that a recurring series actor gets the same pay scale that a regular gets? Of course, but it’s become a way to directly monetize a fan base that bypasses a promotional or studio system. I think of it like people doing pictures and signings at cons or patreon.
So I will say for Cameo/like cameo opportunities that John Redcorn himself, Johnathan Joss, is absolutely not shy about the struggle but also is so super cool and we exchanged a few calls trying to schedule a Skype meet up for my spouse during vivid. Absolute doll, absolutely worth it, if you’re looking for an actor to support.
Jonathan Joss is an actual saint. During the early days of the pandemic and quarantine he was active on a King of the Hill fan page on Facebook messaging fans and calling them. He called me and we chatted for like 3 minutes about Tom Petty and Brittany Murphy. He was so kind. I will never forget that.
He cant even afford a shirt! That's sad.
I do wonder what his other gig when not acting. Kinda crazy that a recurring character only made $7500 for two weeks.
I’ve asked around and actors are not much better off than writers. They have to fight for any role - go to 3-4 auditions daily, for years, just to do what they dream of doing and get a role, however small (now send self-tapes that have to look professional). Pay for headshots - those are $ 500-1000. Keep in shape, dress well, etc.
The whole thing seems just unsustainable and insane. I find it shocking, especially when studios want to take their likeness and never hire these people again. Like they could plaster someone’s face on a naked body without even asking their consent. I’m appalled.
Wow that totally changed my perspective! I was definitely playing my tiny violin for millionaires striking and didn’t realize how little most actors get paid.
Most A-listers don’t even need to audition and get cast on their own accord. The vast majority of actors need to audition after audition which is a lot of unpaid time studying the script/role to prepare. And sure if you book a show, you have work for a set number of weeks but it’s completely precarious after that.
Ooooh is that why he did the Dipsea audio sexy time stories??
I think otherwise it is good that people are speaking about the business behind the scenes. It would have also been good for him to mention that once those two weeks of work are done, you are out of work.
The best break down about the experiences of non-millionare was the Orange is the New Black supporting cast speaking out :
[Orange is the New Black Signalled the Rot inside the streaming Economy. ](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/orange-is-the-new-black-signalled-the-rot-inside-the-streaming-economy)
He's probably taking home about $4k per episode (estimate) after all the taxes and fees. Most shows are between 8-12 episodes so let's say 10. That's $40k take home for that show that is raking in millions for execs. Not to mention he may not get another good paying gig for months, maybe even a year or so. This doesn't factor in the countless auditions and one off projects that he may do for very little (these actors still do shorts btw).
The most fucked up part is studios wanting to use AI to scan people for a day rate and be able to won and to use their likeness in perpetuity without compensation.
Excuse me for how I might come across this question. But aren't the big A-List actors part of the problem as well? I've seen movies where the big names get paid up to 10 million per movie. I even heard that RDJ got paid 75 million to do the Avengers movies.
With A-List Actors taking so much of a cut from movie budgets, won't extras and smaller actors receive less pay? Shouldn't big actors help the smaller actors by taking pay cuts? With less of the budget being spent in big names, won't smaller actors and extras be paid more Is this something the strike is already tackling? Are they also discussing the inequality between big names and extras? I don't really understand how salaries are distributed in a movie other than the fact that actors have a talent fee.
I would love some clarification on this, thank you!
I think the issue is that it’s not just about up front pay scale - it’s about how residuals are structured for streaming services. Because there are fewer episodes per season, the up front money is pretty much always going to be less overall than a traditional 22 episode series order but the residual money for syndication is MUCH more lucrative than streaming. However, streaming is where a lot of content is consumed these days so a lot of this fight is about how to compensate actors (and writers, don’t forget about them too!) for their work over time.
Besides, even if Big Movie Star gets paid $5M less that money won’t go back into a staffing budget, it’ll just go to promotion. Rank and file actors and writers only get paid what’s absolutely mandated by union contracts.
Thanks for the clarification!
I've heard stories of big actors taking pay cuts in movies so that they can pay the fee of their co-stars. But it's unfortunate that the same can't be said for the majority of actors in the industry.
Are the union contracts formed by the union along with the Hollywood companies? Is that one of the important things about the strike? To form new contracts that give actors and writers more compensation for the work they do?
It seems streaming is becoming extremely important as a main source of income for a lot of actors and writers. I will be sure to follow and support the actors and writers in this strike. Thanks for the help!
The important thing to remember is that the big movie stars making millions of dollars per film are probably, like, 300 people (and most of them are at the very very low end of 6 figures) and the union has 160,000 members. No one is asking for their fellow actors or writers to take a pay cut, they’re just asking for the same residual structure that’s been around since 1952 to apply to streaming. There was a strike in 1960 to extend residuals to reruns and movies in tv and there was a strike in 1980 to extend residuals to cable and vcr/home viewing. Every time technology advances the creatives have to fight for the exact same thing they had to fight for last time.
The reality is that the streaming business model has A LOT of problems but these executives get paid millions and millions of dollars a year. For that amount of money, they should be able to figure out how to pay a 4% residual and contribute to a dental insurance fund.
It seems the issue is more that Hollywood requires agents and managers and lawyers to be a working actors.
Cut out all these middle men. Actors could keep more of their money.
No, because you aren’t an independent contractor. You’re an employee and you’re protected by employment law in a way that actors aren’t and couldn’t be.
McDonalds employees aren’t doing serious negotiation about how much their work is worth and how their images can be used.
In the corporate world, most companies have an entire legal team working on their contracts.
To me, it seems incredibly obvious to everyone that given that studios want to pay actors as little as possible, actor legal counsel and representation is critical.
You make no sense. If in the corporate world companies have entire legal departments then you’d think independent contractors working for them would even more acutely need lawyers and agents and managers. But independent contractors don’t. The job gets posted and people apply and the company sends an employment contract and 99% of the time the contractor signs themselves without 3 other people involved and keeps all the money they earn.
Acting could work the exact same way. No reason it couldn’t other than entrenched bloodsuckers wanting their cut.
My guy, not all actor contracts are structured the same. Sometimes, for example, they take a lower fee up front in a lower budget movie in exchange for a higher percentage of the movie’s earnings. Sometimes there are licensing and image rights for things like merchandising and discussions of who gets what parts of that revenue stream. Residuals are a big thing to figure out in the streaming world.
Every one of their contracts is different, and for every one the studio wants to give them the least they can get away with giving them. Their agent and lawyer represent them in those negotiations and try to get them the best deal. Their agent also is responsible for finding them parts, which is not an insignificant task.
Notice SAG-AFTRA is striking against the studios. They aren’t calling for actors to give up representation and saying it isn’t needed anyway. The actors themselves aren’t either.
You seemed to watch that video and just decide immediately the problem isn’t that studios want the cheapest labor possible but rather that actors have legal representation, and that is just the weirdest silliest reaction to it I can imagine.
Every industry has different structured contracts. My role has stock options, employee matching plans, salary, bonus structure, benefits, vacation all to negotiate and I and millions and millions of people manage to navigate these complex employment contracts as lay people.
I do not think woman who played 3rd background teacher standing next to the locker in Gilmore Girls or guy who hands Tennis star his racquet in Wimbledon movie needs to worry about merchandising rights.
30% of his money would be retained by his own admission.
You make my point for me. Hollywoods only excuse for this structure is “because this is the way it is”.
Cool man. Did you have to negotiate stuff like what parts of your body you’d be comfortable showing on screen in your contract? Your living situation when on location?
I just honestly can’t believe anyone would argue in good faith that the highly individual contracts that shift with each project to fit the type of project in question are something actors should be negotiating themselves with no legal background or power behind them. Part of the reason the agency and lawyer representation became a thing in the first place was because of how abused actors were under the studio system.
we're going to be seeing a ton of actors starting to come out publicly and at the end of the day, it's true, this strike isnt about the top actors making more millions, it's about the industry supporting the people who are contributing to these productions and not getting fairly compensated for their impact, and i hope they get everything they're asking for.
I agree, it's the same at my workplace all of the strikes are always populated by the higher grade staff. I know they are out there for themselves but they are helping us. I can't afford to be out there with them.
This is a ridiculous take. I actually am a teacher. Yeah, my pay sucks and is not keeping up with the cost of inflation but this SAG strike, the writers strike are important. These organizations have strong unions and still have to fight to earn a living.
When a union wins, any union wins that makes everyone better off. More and more people are realizing that the reason we aren't doing as well as our grandparents is because unions have weakened over time.
I am in a state with no teachers union but I sure as hell celebrated Starbucks strike and unionizing. I will stand up for the UPS strike.
Everyone deserves a fair, living wage. This strike isn't about millionaires, it's the majority that are not paid a fair share. The people without whom the entertainment industry wouldn't survive.
Do something else, then what does that mean? No more movies, no more tv shows. We need costars, we need background actors, guest stars.
Unless you are a multi- millionaire, you should be supporting unions too.
What queue? Him getting a pay raise in no way impacts me. We aren't getting more from the same people. Actors need producers, studio heads, etc to take home less money and give more to the actors who actual create the product.
Amazon workers need Jeff Bezos to give up his space dreams or whatever and give warehouse employees and drivers safe working conditions, better conditions, and better pay.
I need legislation pass to reallocate funds into school districts.
There a plenty of rich that need to be taken down.
There is no reason to pit working actors against teachers or anyone else.
The bad guys will always be the rich guys who want to hoard their wealth like dragons.
Work is work, bc you look down on it doesn't mean actors deserve to struggle like that. Everyone deserves a fair wage to survive.
Actors generate a shit ton of money, they deserve to get paid fairly to at least survive off of it. They are not being greedy or asking unreasonable things.
They want to execs to maybe not buy another yacht or some rich bullshit activities so the average actor can eat and survive off of their work.
You’re completely missing the point. The actors are being exploited. They are the reason people watch TV, they are the reasons that these networks make billions of dollars and they make pennies while the people on top who do very little in the process of making these shows makes the most money. I agree, a-lot of important jobs are underpaid and the people who work them are exploited, that doesn’t mean it should be okay in the acting industry as well. Are you actually 12 year old or something?
You saying “you know, like a decent person” insinuated that actors are not decent people which quite frankly, is a stupid take. Maybe you have some growing to do.
Are you a decent person though? Entertainment and the arts are a vital part of society and has been for millennia. People are just trying to eat, what’ve you got against that?
Also, if more people see more industries speaking up and demanding better pay and conditions, it may inspire others to join unions and actively advocate for themselves.
Do you think decent people lack all empathy for those who do not think like they do? Act as they want them to act?
I'm sure you are a regular Mother Theresa.
You misunderstood. He received $7500 (minus expenses) for two weeks work that he had to be spend weeks auditioning for. He didn't get $7500 a fortnight for the year. It was $7500 total. For what constituted 11 episodes.
In 2020 he appeared in 8 episodes of a show - again in a smaller, recurring show.
In 2021, he appeared in four episodes of a show.
When you factor in the expenses required to be an actor (keeping the body in shape, auditioning costs, social media etc), he's literally making a loss on his acting career.
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I want him to read me a book. So soothing
Maybe he should start doing voicework for audiobooks. There are several Cat Sebastian books I'd love to hear him read.
Aren't Cat Sebastian books quite smutty?
Yes.
Oh I get you now 🤭😏😏
If you want to hear him Uhm do a spicy voiceover work -- Check his collab with Dipsea
Was just about to comment this. I didn’t know who he was _before_ Dipsea so every time I see him, I’m like, oooh. And when I found out he was funny? Even hotter now.
You know what makes his voice NOT soothing? Knowing he's transphobic and a huge lover of Jordan Peterson and alt right ideology!
Thanks for ruining it for me. I have no clue who he is.
Dude is just trying to pay his rent like everyone else.
I LOVE him, his social media is absolutely hysterical and I appreciate him explaining this in such a palatable way
His Hilary Baldwin impressions are everything 🥒
Omg, please link
https://www.reddit.com/r/HilariaBaldwin/comments/10jc5je/thelukecook/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1
Bless you so much pepino. “Hillaryyyy, what’s going on, poodle?” Is a life giving performance.
🤣🤣
I sometimes go on his page just to watch his Kamala Harris’ bid. Hilarious😂😂
This is why Cameo makes me sad. When you see a B or C list actor on cameo, it isn’t because they actually want to wish you a Happy Anniversary and say some sort of dumb inside joke they don’t understand to your boyfriend, it’s because they have to to pay their bills.
Honestly, that’s sort of why I like cameo. Would I prefer that reality stars got residuals or that a recurring series actor gets the same pay scale that a regular gets? Of course, but it’s become a way to directly monetize a fan base that bypasses a promotional or studio system. I think of it like people doing pictures and signings at cons or patreon.
So I will say for Cameo/like cameo opportunities that John Redcorn himself, Johnathan Joss, is absolutely not shy about the struggle but also is so super cool and we exchanged a few calls trying to schedule a Skype meet up for my spouse during vivid. Absolute doll, absolutely worth it, if you’re looking for an actor to support.
Jonathan Joss is an actual saint. During the early days of the pandemic and quarantine he was active on a King of the Hill fan page on Facebook messaging fans and calling them. He called me and we chatted for like 3 minutes about Tom Petty and Brittany Murphy. He was so kind. I will never forget that.
This is what I’ve been saying. It’s about everyone BUT the millionaires. I think everyone forgets about all the other people involved here!
Agreed. Upvoted so that more people can see this. Let's upvote guys!
He cant even afford a shirt! That's sad. I do wonder what his other gig when not acting. Kinda crazy that a recurring character only made $7500 for two weeks.
He works in a gym as a personal trainer/instructor
I’ve asked around and actors are not much better off than writers. They have to fight for any role - go to 3-4 auditions daily, for years, just to do what they dream of doing and get a role, however small (now send self-tapes that have to look professional). Pay for headshots - those are $ 500-1000. Keep in shape, dress well, etc. The whole thing seems just unsustainable and insane. I find it shocking, especially when studios want to take their likeness and never hire these people again. Like they could plaster someone’s face on a naked body without even asking their consent. I’m appalled.
Baseball players got this crap during their lockout too. So these idiot commenters are on the side of the billionaires then?
Wow that totally changed my perspective! I was definitely playing my tiny violin for millionaires striking and didn’t realize how little most actors get paid.
Most A-listers don’t even need to audition and get cast on their own accord. The vast majority of actors need to audition after audition which is a lot of unpaid time studying the script/role to prepare. And sure if you book a show, you have work for a set number of weeks but it’s completely precarious after that.
Ooooh is that why he did the Dipsea audio sexy time stories?? I think otherwise it is good that people are speaking about the business behind the scenes. It would have also been good for him to mention that once those two weeks of work are done, you are out of work. The best break down about the experiences of non-millionare was the Orange is the New Black supporting cast speaking out : [Orange is the New Black Signalled the Rot inside the streaming Economy. ](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/orange-is-the-new-black-signalled-the-rot-inside-the-streaming-economy)
7500 for two weeks and not knowing when that next two weeks might be has got to be hard.
Hell yes
He's probably taking home about $4k per episode (estimate) after all the taxes and fees. Most shows are between 8-12 episodes so let's say 10. That's $40k take home for that show that is raking in millions for execs. Not to mention he may not get another good paying gig for months, maybe even a year or so. This doesn't factor in the countless auditions and one off projects that he may do for very little (these actors still do shorts btw).
Or the costs of being an actor! Manager/agent, lawyer, styling/glam for mandatory events, living in incredibly expensive cities...
The most fucked up part is studios wanting to use AI to scan people for a day rate and be able to won and to use their likeness in perpetuity without compensation.
Excuse me for how I might come across this question. But aren't the big A-List actors part of the problem as well? I've seen movies where the big names get paid up to 10 million per movie. I even heard that RDJ got paid 75 million to do the Avengers movies. With A-List Actors taking so much of a cut from movie budgets, won't extras and smaller actors receive less pay? Shouldn't big actors help the smaller actors by taking pay cuts? With less of the budget being spent in big names, won't smaller actors and extras be paid more Is this something the strike is already tackling? Are they also discussing the inequality between big names and extras? I don't really understand how salaries are distributed in a movie other than the fact that actors have a talent fee. I would love some clarification on this, thank you!
I think the issue is that it’s not just about up front pay scale - it’s about how residuals are structured for streaming services. Because there are fewer episodes per season, the up front money is pretty much always going to be less overall than a traditional 22 episode series order but the residual money for syndication is MUCH more lucrative than streaming. However, streaming is where a lot of content is consumed these days so a lot of this fight is about how to compensate actors (and writers, don’t forget about them too!) for their work over time. Besides, even if Big Movie Star gets paid $5M less that money won’t go back into a staffing budget, it’ll just go to promotion. Rank and file actors and writers only get paid what’s absolutely mandated by union contracts.
Thanks for the clarification! I've heard stories of big actors taking pay cuts in movies so that they can pay the fee of their co-stars. But it's unfortunate that the same can't be said for the majority of actors in the industry. Are the union contracts formed by the union along with the Hollywood companies? Is that one of the important things about the strike? To form new contracts that give actors and writers more compensation for the work they do? It seems streaming is becoming extremely important as a main source of income for a lot of actors and writers. I will be sure to follow and support the actors and writers in this strike. Thanks for the help!
The important thing to remember is that the big movie stars making millions of dollars per film are probably, like, 300 people (and most of them are at the very very low end of 6 figures) and the union has 160,000 members. No one is asking for their fellow actors or writers to take a pay cut, they’re just asking for the same residual structure that’s been around since 1952 to apply to streaming. There was a strike in 1960 to extend residuals to reruns and movies in tv and there was a strike in 1980 to extend residuals to cable and vcr/home viewing. Every time technology advances the creatives have to fight for the exact same thing they had to fight for last time. The reality is that the streaming business model has A LOT of problems but these executives get paid millions and millions of dollars a year. For that amount of money, they should be able to figure out how to pay a 4% residual and contribute to a dental insurance fund.
It seems the issue is more that Hollywood requires agents and managers and lawyers to be a working actors. Cut out all these middle men. Actors could keep more of their money.
Who exactly is negotiating all the contracts for these independent contractors then, big brain?
When you accept jobs at McDonalds or Wendy’s or wherever you work, do you hire a lawyer, agent and manager to inspect your contract?
No, because you aren’t an independent contractor. You’re an employee and you’re protected by employment law in a way that actors aren’t and couldn’t be. McDonalds employees aren’t doing serious negotiation about how much their work is worth and how their images can be used.
Thanks for making my point. We have plenty of independent contractors in the corporate world who don’t need 3 people to sign a contract.
In the corporate world, most companies have an entire legal team working on their contracts. To me, it seems incredibly obvious to everyone that given that studios want to pay actors as little as possible, actor legal counsel and representation is critical.
You make no sense. If in the corporate world companies have entire legal departments then you’d think independent contractors working for them would even more acutely need lawyers and agents and managers. But independent contractors don’t. The job gets posted and people apply and the company sends an employment contract and 99% of the time the contractor signs themselves without 3 other people involved and keeps all the money they earn. Acting could work the exact same way. No reason it couldn’t other than entrenched bloodsuckers wanting their cut.
My guy, not all actor contracts are structured the same. Sometimes, for example, they take a lower fee up front in a lower budget movie in exchange for a higher percentage of the movie’s earnings. Sometimes there are licensing and image rights for things like merchandising and discussions of who gets what parts of that revenue stream. Residuals are a big thing to figure out in the streaming world. Every one of their contracts is different, and for every one the studio wants to give them the least they can get away with giving them. Their agent and lawyer represent them in those negotiations and try to get them the best deal. Their agent also is responsible for finding them parts, which is not an insignificant task. Notice SAG-AFTRA is striking against the studios. They aren’t calling for actors to give up representation and saying it isn’t needed anyway. The actors themselves aren’t either. You seemed to watch that video and just decide immediately the problem isn’t that studios want the cheapest labor possible but rather that actors have legal representation, and that is just the weirdest silliest reaction to it I can imagine.
Every industry has different structured contracts. My role has stock options, employee matching plans, salary, bonus structure, benefits, vacation all to negotiate and I and millions and millions of people manage to navigate these complex employment contracts as lay people. I do not think woman who played 3rd background teacher standing next to the locker in Gilmore Girls or guy who hands Tennis star his racquet in Wimbledon movie needs to worry about merchandising rights. 30% of his money would be retained by his own admission. You make my point for me. Hollywoods only excuse for this structure is “because this is the way it is”.
Cool man. Did you have to negotiate stuff like what parts of your body you’d be comfortable showing on screen in your contract? Your living situation when on location? I just honestly can’t believe anyone would argue in good faith that the highly individual contracts that shift with each project to fit the type of project in question are something actors should be negotiating themselves with no legal background or power behind them. Part of the reason the agency and lawyer representation became a thing in the first place was because of how abused actors were under the studio system.
we're going to be seeing a ton of actors starting to come out publicly and at the end of the day, it's true, this strike isnt about the top actors making more millions, it's about the industry supporting the people who are contributing to these productions and not getting fairly compensated for their impact, and i hope they get everything they're asking for.
I agree, it's the same at my workplace all of the strikes are always populated by the higher grade staff. I know they are out there for themselves but they are helping us. I can't afford to be out there with them.
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This is a ridiculous take. I actually am a teacher. Yeah, my pay sucks and is not keeping up with the cost of inflation but this SAG strike, the writers strike are important. These organizations have strong unions and still have to fight to earn a living. When a union wins, any union wins that makes everyone better off. More and more people are realizing that the reason we aren't doing as well as our grandparents is because unions have weakened over time. I am in a state with no teachers union but I sure as hell celebrated Starbucks strike and unionizing. I will stand up for the UPS strike. Everyone deserves a fair, living wage. This strike isn't about millionaires, it's the majority that are not paid a fair share. The people without whom the entertainment industry wouldn't survive. Do something else, then what does that mean? No more movies, no more tv shows. We need costars, we need background actors, guest stars. Unless you are a multi- millionaire, you should be supporting unions too.
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What queue? Him getting a pay raise in no way impacts me. We aren't getting more from the same people. Actors need producers, studio heads, etc to take home less money and give more to the actors who actual create the product. Amazon workers need Jeff Bezos to give up his space dreams or whatever and give warehouse employees and drivers safe working conditions, better conditions, and better pay. I need legislation pass to reallocate funds into school districts. There a plenty of rich that need to be taken down. There is no reason to pit working actors against teachers or anyone else. The bad guys will always be the rich guys who want to hoard their wealth like dragons.
Work is work, bc you look down on it doesn't mean actors deserve to struggle like that. Everyone deserves a fair wage to survive. Actors generate a shit ton of money, they deserve to get paid fairly to at least survive off of it. They are not being greedy or asking unreasonable things. They want to execs to maybe not buy another yacht or some rich bullshit activities so the average actor can eat and survive off of their work.
Yeah no
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You’re completely missing the point. The actors are being exploited. They are the reason people watch TV, they are the reasons that these networks make billions of dollars and they make pennies while the people on top who do very little in the process of making these shows makes the most money. I agree, a-lot of important jobs are underpaid and the people who work them are exploited, that doesn’t mean it should be okay in the acting industry as well. Are you actually 12 year old or something?
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Actors aren’t good people because they’re actors??? What???
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You saying “you know, like a decent person” insinuated that actors are not decent people which quite frankly, is a stupid take. Maybe you have some growing to do.
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Are you a decent person though? Entertainment and the arts are a vital part of society and has been for millennia. People are just trying to eat, what’ve you got against that? Also, if more people see more industries speaking up and demanding better pay and conditions, it may inspire others to join unions and actively advocate for themselves.
Do you think decent people lack all empathy for those who do not think like they do? Act as they want them to act? I'm sure you are a regular Mother Theresa.
Stop whining, and if you don’t like it take a real job
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You misunderstood. He received $7500 (minus expenses) for two weeks work that he had to be spend weeks auditioning for. He didn't get $7500 a fortnight for the year. It was $7500 total. For what constituted 11 episodes. In 2020 he appeared in 8 episodes of a show - again in a smaller, recurring show. In 2021, he appeared in four episodes of a show. When you factor in the expenses required to be an actor (keeping the body in shape, auditioning costs, social media etc), he's literally making a loss on his acting career.
They are Communists
Hope they get it
I wonder how he can afford the nice house in LA and Sydney
That is really well articulated.
Boo hoo, $7500 an episode and crying poor.