how well is "well"? Does it depend on the part of town you'd live in? Will 75K work for the part of town where an actor tends to live?
I agree with the statement do. less and less, real talent is valued in H'Wood. I think that's one reason where you do find quality shows--like on HBO, TNT, etc.--the shows garner almost too much praise sometimes. It's as if people are just happy to see a show where actors are valued. Having grown up in the days of TV shows where there were different guest stars every week, I do miss the days when character actors were more prevalent and valued. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:11:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] article: Hollywood's new middleclass You can live pretty well in LA for 75k. You won't be a big baller or be able to afford the $200 lunches chichifoofoo stores but you can live ok. All of the big bucks are going to hack fly-by-night stars. How much should talent make? Has Hollywood gotten so used to disposable shows and movies that the talent that makes the shows are disposable too? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: i was listening to that show as well. interesting. A lot of listeners responded the next day with disdain, basically saying how dare NPR try to show sympathy for someone "only" making 75K a year. I get their point, but it was about more than that--it was about how good actors--and those that support them--have been hit hard too. And, I must say, 75K a year probably doesn't earn one much of a living in L.A.! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:43:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] article: Hollywood's new middleclass I was listening to public radio on the way home today, and there was an actress (Beth Broderick) talking about how tough things had gotten in Hollywood in the last couple of years. She said that due to Hollywood signing on big name stars that they have resorted to cutting the salaries of actors on the shows down to near scale wages. She used to make $300-500,000 a year. Now for the same work (4-6 tv shows a year) she may pull in only $70,000 a year! All of the money is going to the execs and the big name stars. Here is the article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106366033 -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
