Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, some in the negative

Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by causality0 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:30PM (#36923668)

Mandy Moore has a net worth of $14 million. Kamil McFadden is worth $5 million. Kellee Stewart $3 million. William Stanford Davis $5 million. In fact Jana Schmieding is the only person in the article who isn't a known millionaire. The amount of privilege these people have is unreal.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by lapcat on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:36PM (#36923732)

What's the net worth of the film and TV studios, their executives, and their major shareholders?

Famous actors can use their fame to highlight the issue, and that's how it becomes a news story, but the issue affects all actors, especially the ones who are not rich and famous. They won't get their names in a news story.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by glimshe on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:14PM (#36924088)

I don't think the executive pay matters all that much in this discussion, and is a marxist argument ultimately.

If they are well compensated and have proper work conditions, what the shareholders and bosses are making is irrelevant. Market forces should determine their pay; otherwise, why do we think that they should make more money than anyone else?

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by lapcat on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:32PM (#36924249)

> If they are well compensated and have proper work conditions, what the shareholders and bosses are making is irrelevant.

So why does the net worth of Mandy Moore, et al., matter?

> Market forces should determine their pay

Residuals are due to market forces.

It feels like you should be arguing against causality0, not me.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by gorbachev on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:51PM (#36923881)

The producers and financiers of the films, and the companies who own the intellectual property of the films the actors made have net worth of billions.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by CPLX on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:57PM (#36923944)

Is this a rule that you generally use to determine who has the right to demand profit sharing in a joint venture? Can you explain the general principle you’re applying to thus specific situation?

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by gochi on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:04PM (#36923986)

Net worth estimations are never accurate. Even if they were, it's absurd and illogical to use their current net worth as to why they shouldn't have been paid fairly for the work they did.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by lotsofpulp on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:48PM (#36924408)

Why do you think those numbers are real?

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by nunez on Sunday July 30, 2023 @08:08PM (#36937422)

Just because you make a lot of money now doesn't mean you won't get fucked later by your industry. Gotta protect your interests.

Also, just because you've made a lot of money in the past doesn't mean you shouldn't speak up for the many many many many MANY people that don't or haven't (and might not in the future if the studios get their way!)

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