Why don’t the rich actors give part of their money to poorer actors for the SAG strike?

Sounds like the whole system needs rearranging.

I agree. But in a union system, who the fuck gets paid millions while others scrounge. DOING THE SAME JOB!

OP = Bob Iger.

Bob, go take a dive off your yacht.

Fuck you for being so stupid, r3. ACTORS are pulling Iger money and not spreading it around.

This makes a fucking joke of “solidarity”.

You are irredeemably and utterly stupid, R3.

R4 Is clearly a right-wing troll.

Go back to reading your Gateway Pundit posts.

R5 is the racist who keeps saying shit about Megan Markle. I expect that defense of wealth and racism from the likes of R5.

And now she’s promoting her fascist websites too?

The fuck outta here, trash … Go.

Why don't the rich studio heads who don't really do anything but executive produce give more money to all the little people?

They're not the creatives.

I’m all for that, r7. TAKE it from all the $ people. ALL of them.

And give it to the workers.

Wrong R6

I’m as liberal as they come and don’t give a fuck about either of those two.

R7 has the right idea.

Most actors come from trashy backgrounds and don't know about the joys of philanthropy. Show people, you know.

Big actors make big money because, traditionally, they put butts in seats. CEOs make big bucks because....reasons? Remember, the CEOs of Netflix and Disney are not creatives, not producers in the way movie producers were.

Do not piss off Fran!

[quote] I agree. But in a union system, who the fuck gets paid millions while others scrounge. DOING THE SAME JOB!

Police officers. In big cities some can make nearly $1 million a year while others make $60k.

Fran Drescher is full of fire

100% agree, r13.

Now multiply $1 million by 10 (star salary) and cut that $60k in half (regular person) and … well you get it.

[quote]Why don’t the rich actors give part of their money to poorer actors

Well, inevitably they're going to. Only the very top tier - the 1% of actors - are going to be taking home huge checks. Salaries on the top end will go down to cover the writers and other actors.

Revenue is finite. The only way to pay some people more is to pay others less.

But, the bigger issues are the AI usage to replace writers and actors. Selling your image in perpetuity for the privilege of being cast in a bit part is absurd. All big name stars started in smaller roles. If they had sole their likenesses back then, why would anyone bother to pay them big bucks now that they've made a name for themselves. You should have to pay for each use of a likeness - whether its to create a younge Sean Young for Bladerunner, Luke for new Star Wars, or any other actor.

Even then, it's going to be difficult to police. DL's resident Midjourney pro has shown us that you can generate a likeness with sufficient differences for plausible deniability, but clearly draw from the original.

Does OP not know how unions work? She doesn't know how capitalism works, that's for sure.

Let's use small words for the billionaire bootlickers of this thread.

High-earning members of the SAG union pay *millions in dues. Low-paid actors get health insurance and 1000 other benefits and protections from the earnings of the Brad Pitts and the George Clooneys of the world (tho not from the James Woods any more).

So, yeah, OP. Go fuck yourself.

Fran Drescher is looking to win an Oscar. She’s a hated phony baloney who want to strike over union mandates and is a Trumper. She went on Fox News saying that she didn’t believe in government getting involved in health care or the government doing anything for people. She can go fuck herself.

R17, I understand capitalism as it’s practiced by the wealthy. See, eg, Pitt, Cruise, et al.

Take their money and give to the actors.

Take Iger’s money and give to all the Disney employees.

Reallocation is good. Seriously.

OP, here's the answer to your clever question:

For the same reason rich people don't give their money to homeless people.

Because they don't have to.

Exactly, r20.

That’s the rich. And they have the money the working class actors need.

r21/OP, you're saying this as if this is some sort of profound realization that has suddenly come to you. As if no one has ever thought of the re-distribution of wealth before.

Do you not understand how capitalism works?

[QUOTE] Why don’t the rich actors give part of their money to poorer actors for the SAG strike?

We do. It's called prostit-- mentoring.

R5 / R3 is why we can’t have nice things here. The rabid, mouth foaming Bernie’ites and their psychotic ranting make Datalounge nearly impossible to enjoy or have discussions anymore. Ironically, their heroes like Bernie, whom we have to thank for Donald Trump, Soros et al. Keep them all worked up while issuing commands from their lake home mansions in Vermont and villa compounds in the south of France. The irony is downright comedic.

OP, that is the dumbest thing I've read on DataLounge in over twenty years.

Please, don't become a labor negotiator.

OP doesn't think Union Dues are real but handing random actors cash is.

I assume she thinks that charity can solve homelessness but government built housing is bullshit.

SAG dues are cheap and don't apply after $1 million. These rich actors are raking it in at the expense of working class actors. So, yes, r26, I think union dues are real and ineffective. Take Iger's money? Yes. But take Brad Pitt's too.

And I do believe that government built housing is bullshit, but I grew up in a world where government built housing meant the poor in ghettos. Government-assisted financial support for housing, on the other hand, is a much better solution.

[quote]These rich actors are raking it in at the expense of working class actors

They are? So Brad Pitt gets $X million for getting a movie made and he's taking money away from...who? You?

Doesn't Brad's name on a movie make it so that working class actors (by the hundreds) can get work? Doesn't his union dues (and Clooney's and Damon's and Affleck's, etc etc) fund the union that runs their health insurance, retirement and workers protections?

It's amazing how people will run interference for billionaires.

I’m with you, r28. Take it from the billionaires, too.

I know a few performers who did find support through an Actor’s Fund after being injured and ill.

Why doesn't everyone make the same money on a universal credit system with population control so we don't have to randomly shanked by the crazy homeless. Why doesn't big brother surveillance everyone and eliminate crime.

We can carefully select those being born and eliminate crazy gene people and destroy the bad DNA! No one will better than anyone! We will be the same! Everyone will look the same! No individuals! No jealousy!

[quote]Hollywood mogul Bob Iger is worth $350 million & trying to crush writers

[quote]Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is worth $17 billion & trying to crush democracy

[quote]Corporate mogul Charles Koch is worth $58 billion & trying to crush SCOTUS

[quote]Oligarchs are parasites

[quote]Don’t say we didn’t warn ya

Maybe they do !