On Monday, a group of more than 50 on-set employees filed a petition for an election to be represented by IATSE.

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    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?

    • Metal Zealot@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Tom Cruise has to get to his next Scientology level SOMEHOW, stop thinking of only yourself

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        1 year ago

        Those shell companies on the Caiman Islands set up to account away all the profits don’t pay for themselves, you know?

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      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.