What do you think about income inequity in the entertainment field ?

[olddots]

this includes sports , music , art and anyrhing you pay for that you find entertaining .

[randys1]

1. I think it is a distraction from the real problem

[Bluenorthwest]

10. I can list several Unions that would take issue with that statement.

It's a very important issue to people who work in those industries and rely on them for health and retirement benefits as well as for food and a roof. As real as problems get.

[randys1]

11. I was not talking about working people, I assumed the OP was meant to cause derision over

highly paid actors and athletes, when in fact these are the exception.

I also know people who work in that world and so on so I dont think I meant what you think I did.

[el_bryanto]

2. I think that the people I enjoy should be paid more

while those I think are "dumb" or "lousy" should be paid less, even if they are very popular with other people. Other people are wrong.

Bryant

[Hoyt]

3. I think I should be paid millions for the crummy songs I record on Friday nights.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Depends, do you use autotune? n/t

[Hoyt]

14. LOL. Naw, I sing folk, so singing in tune is not a prerequisite to success.

[KamaAina]

4. It became quite an issue here after our Women's World Cup triumph

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026946534

[underahedgerow]

29. The Women's World Cup Champions made $15 million. The men's champs made $575 million.

Got disparity much?

What a world, what a world!

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Well, it's obviously just fine for some actor...

to fly his dogs out of Australia on his private jet.

But, the chairman of GE should fly coach.

[philosslayer]

15. Why should the Chairman of GE fly coach?

[TreasonousBastard]

17. Because all 1%ers are spawn of the devil...

and deserve nothing more than the bare minimum for survival, except maybe for sports and entertainment stars. At least that's what I hear around here.

Now, I realize that the original question was more about discrepancies within the arts and sports worlds, which do indeed suck, but why not expand the territory....

[philosslayer]

18. You're generous

I think the Chairman of GE should have to take Greyhound.

[Starry Messenger]

7. The gap should be closed.

There should also be opportunities to bring more diversity to entertainment & arts fields.

[yeoman6987]

27. I think they are trying at least in TV

I mean empire proved that everyone will watch a great show.

[hifiguy]

8. That is one area it doesn't bother me that much.

People vote with their money to pay to see certain entertainers. If I don't like some actor, team, or musician I don't buy their product.

And athletics are exceedingly meritocratic. The skills required to star in a major professional sport are very rare, otherwise everyone could be a Serena Williams, LeBron James, Peyton Manning or Mike Trout, and their careers aren't for a lifetime. People who do something extraordinarily difficult or demanding at the highest possible level are worth what they earn, whether it's the aforementioned athletes, Leonardo DiCaprio or Lang Lang.

Overpaid corporate schmuck leaves Yutzcorp with a golden parachute and the business keeps rolling right along with another overpaid corporate schmuck in his place; there's nothing rare or special about those "skills" and you get rewarded even for fucking up colossally and in every way. See Carly Fiorina and Clownstick Trump as Exhibits A and B. Athletes and entertainers can't do that and keep getting the big bux. Take James off the Cavaliers and they're a below-.500 team. That illustrates the difference between entertainment and the corporate world.

[philosslayer]

16. There are corporate superstars as well

Contrast Apple before Steve Jobs showed up (after they kicked him out in the mid-80's), and when he came back in the late 90's. Apple was limping along before he showed up and turned it into the largest company in the world. Yes, it wasn't a one-man effort, but using your L. James example, Apple was an also-ran without him

[hifiguy]

19. A businessperson like Jobs

comes along about as often as a Michael Jordan in sports. Most top corporate managers are schmucks with connections. And didn't Jobs send most of Apple's manufacturing to Foxcomm in China, a business that is about half a step up from actual slavery? That will blow up the bottom line very nicely.

[Kalidurga]

9. Back in the 40's iirc they had a division of the WPA that paid actors to do plays.

It would be great if they brought that back. So when an actor/actress is out of work and people that can't pay 300 dollars for a theatre seat can afford to go for a much lower amount say under 20 bucks.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. 1935-1939 The Federal Theater Project employed about 15,000 people and contributed greatly to

the American theater. This link to the Library of Congress section on the Federal Theater Project contains all sorts of amazing material, images, posters, plays....it's pretty amazing.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/ftp.html

[Kalidurga]

21. Yes

I would love that to come back. It allowed people to see very good plays for very little money. It employed a lot of actors that became household names as well. It could improve our culture a great deal if we had this kind of thing where writers, directors, actors, and actresses something like a training ground a place where they could really hone their skills.

[seveneyes]

12. It's a smashing indictment of character

[ileus]

20. Most entertainers tend to be more liberal, so why not give them a pass and trust

them to do what's right.

[snooper2]

22. Have you seen the new Terminator movie yet?

[raouldukelives]

23. For me, its hard because circumstances have changed drastically.

Over the years.

I generally have no problem with someone gaining extreme wealth, as long as it doesn't harm others.

You take your average athlete. I mean, first off, it is a game. Putting the ball in a hole is fun, I get it. And some people get really, really good at putting the balls in the holes.

But when you start thinking about the carbon footprint of say, the past time of playing with balls, the stadiums filled with people driving to them in cars, the air traffic of teams zigzagging across the world, the networks loading planes and following them around, all to determine, year after year, who the best is at putting the ball in the hole. In the face of AGW, is either insane or incredibly ignorant and selfish, at best.

I feel much the same about Hollywood and music. As long as you aren't harming others, I am all for you. I am really excited by the developments of green screen technology and digital music. We can create amazing movies never leaving a studio, the same with music, with art. The footprint can be very small while at the same time providing great enjoyment.

I wish it didn't have to be this way, but this is the way the world is. All we can do is try to ease the assured future suffering of others and not continue to heap that pain upon them playing games.

[Snobblevitch]

24. Income inequality?

Do you mean like when some actors are paid $20 million to be in a film while other actors are waiting tables and living with five other actors in a two bedroom apartment?

[Initech]

25. Kylie Jenner can buy a $3 million fucking mansion at 17.

All for having contributed absolutely nothing of value to society except for being the sister of a famous reality TV star that is famous for taking selfies for a living. And then there's people like me who can't afford the monthly rent for an apartment. Something is very wrong with this picture.

[Man from Pickens]

26. none of them should get a dime

modern entertainment is recycled suckage created for one reason only: to sell to idiots who don't realize how every last song and every last movie that hits the broadcast waves is a sexually oversaturated rip-off of something done better in a previous era

[bemildred]

28. It is a symptom of the decadence and corruption of our culture.

That's what I think of it.