realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.film · 1 year agoOverworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvelwww.vulture.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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On Monday, a group of more than 50 on-set employees filed a petition for an election to be represented by IATSE.
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSo the writers are underpaid, the actors are underpaid, the VFX people are underpaid… When they blow $200M making a movie, where does the money go?
minus-squareMetal Zealot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTom Cruise has to get to his next Scientology level SOMEHOW, stop thinking of only yourself
minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThose shell companies on the Caiman Islands set up to account away all the profits don’t pay for themselves, you know?
minus-squareZellith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoInvestors, bigwigs and big name actors I would guess.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHollywood accounting is almost as notorious as Louisiana politics for being crooked, labyrinthine, and nigh arcane. Seriously, it’s a fucking crazy web of financial fuckery.
So the writers are underpaid, the actors are underpaid, the VFX people are underpaid…
When they blow $200M making a movie, where does the money go?
Tom Cruise has to get to his next Scientology level SOMEHOW, stop thinking of only yourself
Those shell companies on the Caiman Islands set up to account away all the profits don’t pay for themselves, you know?
Investors, bigwigs and big name actors I would guess.
Hollywood accounting is almost as notorious as Louisiana politics for being crooked, labyrinthine, and nigh arcane.
Seriously, it’s a fucking crazy web of financial fuckery.