![]() ![]() I wish I could say it would trickle down but America’s experiment with trickle down economics is a well absolute abject failure. That’s the entire point of the strike and that’s her entire point for speaking up for. The literal issue with taxes is we don’t trust “the powers that” be to spend the money that we “give.” Say they can afford to pay her half a million per episode, then let’s be honest how much money is that episode raking in, and not just on the front end. If you are grossly overpaid you’re not going to say no take some of this back. Unionizing at that job wasn’t considered by me because I never saw a future there and stupidly accepted crap.Įnough money is generated from the product for everyone who makes it to get paid more. If I complain you’ll never see it because I’m not famous, I have no platform. ![]() The store I helped manage consistently hit over $5 million dollars a year, I was never paid more than $30,000, if I even ever got to 30k. I worked in retail for one company for 8 years, there was no point of my working there that my contribution to the profit was ever reflected in my paycheck. I believe the same holds true for every industry. I talked about human being is getting paid fairly for their work. I didn’t say anything about actors being special. I didn’t read all that you wrote because you misunderstood me completely. That way when an actor becomes big they ar helping pay it back to actors who are in the place they were back in the day and it helps the money coming from the studios to be distributed in a fairer manner without a small percentage of actors taking almost all the money when they already make enough to ensure generational wealth The Networks/Services less, especially as all the streaming services are currently running on negative cashflows and Networks income is dropping). A better system would be something like having a fund that actors paid a percentage of their earnings into with the studios and networks/service agreeing to also pay an amount into (studios most likely at the current min rate for residuals based on SAG’s formula. It may work for people like her but for someone who may book a small one episode appearance in a show 1 or 2 times a year isn’t. If the likes of Ellen really cared about the ‘smaller’ actors they would actually be in favour of getting rid of residuals that if they were ever fit for purpose certainly aren’t now. Where as someone who appeared in a single episode of Facts of Life gets a $0.67 a year for that appearence. For example on SAG’s formula the Friends actors make around $10k per episode, so over $2.3million a year although its believed the principles worked out a deal with the studio that makes that closer to $20mill a year. The ones who were making bank from them were the ones who were paid tens or hundreds of thousands per episode (or for a movie perhaps millions) who really don’t need more. ![]() Now the idea of trying to provide a safety net for actors is fine but lets be honest here even before streaming most actors weren’t making a living wage from residuals. ![]() If a show or movie bombs the actors don’t lose anything, they have been paid but the studio does as they made the investment in that content that now may struggle to even break even. It’s the client that is taking the financial risk, they are spending money in the hope that that investment brings a return. The reason being that I’m not taking any financial risk by taking the work, I get paid for my time. Why exactly do you think actors are special? Like an Actor I’m a freelancer, when I do work for a client I don’t get or expect a cut of all future earnings that my work helps my client to make. Grey’s is slated for midseason (for now), but the longer the strikes continue, the fewer episodes we’ll likely see in Season 20… whenever we see it. The strikes are already affecting Grey’s Anatomy fans: The popular drama is nowhere to be found on ABC’s fall schedule, which is dominated by reality TV and game shows. They join writers’ guild the WGA, who went on strike back on May 1 after stalling in negotiations with Hollywood producer union AMPTP over many of the same issues. SAG-AFTRA officially went on strike on July 13, seeking an increase in streaming residuals along with other issues like AI and revenue sharing. (Some cast members of Orange Is the New Black voiced those complaints in a recent New Yorker story.) Grey’s Anatomy does stream on Netflix as well, but it should be noted: The streamer wouldn’t be paying those actors residuals those would come from the show’s producers like ABC Studios, who license Grey’s to Netflix. Pompeo’s comments refer to the heated negotiations surrounding the current SAG-AFTRA strike, with actors on Netflix shows claiming that they’re paid mere pennies in residuals, even if their show was a hit. ![]()
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