Apparently, this is an essay that Jennifer Lawrence wrote about gender inequality in pay scale in Hollywood, even though she’s currently the highest paid actress in Hollywood, and we can all agree that actors as a whole, are all over paid and in the grand scheme of the world…that is the actual inequality…
What they do is not worth the money they get paid, the budgets are set and the pay scale high, so that the producers brokering and getting fiancning for their movie get their 10% of the budget off the top, so if dude is behind a 100,000,000 dollar movie, he needs to justify that 100,000,000 dollars so that he can take his 10 percent before production even starts…meaning just setting up the deal…makes him 10,000,000 dollars…before even filming…and that’s why they pay actors a ton of money…because it allows a movie that should otherwise cost a million, that they’d make 100,000 off the top…make them so much more…and I guess it makes sense because they make product and sell product and people buy into the product…so why not let the actors have a cut?….
I say, because they are all talentless hacks that are interchangeable, and that I would argue could be anyone in any given movie..
Anyway, to see a girl who gets paid too much complaining because the studios put more value on the male talent, like a male pornstar who complains because the studios put more value on the female talent…is just bullshit…even if she addresses just how it’s not relatable because she’s already made so much money…but still an issue for her because she’s not getting paid the same as the costars…
The fact is, we don’t live in communism, if the producer says “I have 1,000,000 for you, take it or leave it”…take it or fucking leave it…and if they say “I have 3,000,000 for Brad Cooper because he won’t take 1,000,000 and we really want him”….who fucking cares…
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ABSURD PAY DAYS…
Fuck these pieces of shit on all fronts, pay them 60,000 dollars which is SAG minimums….and still make great fucking movies, because there are equally talented people willing to take that and if it’s a good fucking movie…people will see it…
I say, take the money out of the actors hands…give it to the fucking writers…directors and the people who actually make the movie what it is…not the on screen bullshit..
Either way, here’s her opinion…that I think is worth reading because it’s a joke…on all fronts..shut the fuck up and act puppet with hot tits…
When Lena first brought up the idea of Lenny to me, I was excited. Excited to speak to Lena, who I think is a genius, and excited to start thinking about what to complain about (that’s not what she pitched me, it’s just what I’m gonna do). When it comes to the subject of feminism, I’ve remained ever-so-slightly quiet. I don’t like joining conversations that feel like they’re “trending.” I’m even the asshole who didn’t do anything about the ice-bucket challenge — which was saving lives — because it started to feel more like a “trend” than a cause. I should have written a check, but I fucking forgot, okay? I’m not perfect. But with a lot of talk comes change, so I want to be honest and open and, fingers crossed, not piss anyone off.
It’s hard for me to speak about my experience as a working woman because I can safely say my problems aren’t exactly relatable. When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, I didn’t get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn’t want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don’t need. (I told you it wasn’t relatable, don’t hate me).
But if I’m honest with myself, I would be lying if I didn’t say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight. I didn’t want to seem “difficult” or “spoiled.” At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realized every man I was working with definitely didn’t worry about being “difficult” or “spoiled.” This could be a young-person thing. It could be a personality thing. I’m sure it’s both. But this is an element of my personality that I’ve been working against for years, and based on the statistics, I don’t think I’m the only woman with this issue. Are we socially conditioned to behave this way? We’ve only been able to vote for what, 90 years? I’m seriously asking — my phone is on the counter and I’m on the couch, so a calculator is obviously out of the question. Could there still be a lingering habit of trying to express our opinions in a certain way that doesn’t “offend” or “scare” men?
A few weeks ago at work, I spoke my mind and gave my opinion in a clear and no-bullshit way; no aggression, just blunt. The man I was working with (actually, he was working for me) said, “Whoa! We’re all on the same team here!” As if I was yelling at him. I was so shocked because nothing that I said was personal, offensive, or, to be honest, wrong. All I hear and see all day are men speaking their opinions, and I give mine in the same exact manner, and you would have thought I had said something offensive.
I’m over trying to find the “adorable” way to state my opinion and still be likable! Fuck that. I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard. Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, and Bradley Cooper all fought and succeeded in negotiating powerful deals for themselves. If anything, I’m sure they were commended for being fierce and tactical, while I was busy worrying about coming across as a brat and not getting my fair share. Again, this might have NOTHING to do with my vagina, but I wasn’t completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a “spoiled brat.” For some reason, I just can’t picture someone saying that about a man.
Jennifer Lawrence is an Academy Award–winning actress.
I still think her best work is her SEXTS…