Ah I’m not in love with the other comments so far. Those commenters are all complaining class based wealth and wage disparity. That’s 100% a problem. A really big one! But the actress’s statement is about gender discrimination. And that is also a big problem.
We should never use the existence one problem to diminish or ignore others.
When she is out earning the other women in her field, she can speak up on this topic.
Sandra Bullock landed 70 million out of a single gig more than 5 times this ladies’ net worth. Last I checked, Sandra Bullock identified as a woman.
Margot Robbie is salaried at this ladies’ lifetime earning off of just Barbie.
Actor pay is not anything comparable to working class wages.
Her complaint isn’t happening in a vacuum, it’s happening in an economy that has single working mothers earning 10 bucks an hour while she’s a fucking millionaire.
When she is out earning the other women in her field, she can speak up on this topic
“Only the highest paid women in their occupation can discuss the gender pay gap”
This is literally the fucking stupidest take I can conceive one may have on the topic. I quite honestly can not even imagine a worse one, because any “worse” one at least would more honestly betray the sexism of the holder. You’ve managed to hit peak bad faith argument before slipping into overtly championing sexism.
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For those of us with the capacity to have two non-competing ideas in our heads at once, it’s extremely easy. The mental gymnastics you have to do here in order to maintain exactly one concept in your head at once honestly looks painful to me.
Yes, she has earned more money than most people ever will. That’s problem #1.
Yes, there is a wage gap. That’s problem #2.
Any person with a shred of mental capacity doesn’t have to make a choice between these two ideas.
And like, Sandra Bullock made bank, so there is no gender pay gap? Fucking sweet. There was a black president, so racism is done too, right?
Err, wait, sorry… By your logic, since I’m a member of a race that isn’t generally discriminated against, I’m probably not allowed to acknowledge that racism exists for others?
JFC
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See, that’s my exact point. You can’t keep track of even two things.
By your logic, she is simultaneously:
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Not well paid enough to speak on the issue, (because Sandra Bullock?)
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Paid too much to be able to speak on the issue (because she needs a second yacht?)
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I go out of my way to watch things she is in because she is such a good actor. I have heard the same from at least a few other people when discussing stuff she is in. She is consistently the best actor in anything she is in. I suspect that most people view her this way considering all the awards she wins. That kind and of dismantles the argument that she doesn’t bring in viewers like her male counterparts do.
It doesn’t matter that she is filthy rich, injustice is injustice. If we built a broken system that stratifies wealth, it’s still MORE broken if it also advantages some people over others.
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Sounds easy. Why don’t you go do it?
We don’t have generational wealth to fall back on when we don’t succeed, thus making it more difficult or impossible for someone in the lowest class to make it as a top billed actor.
Neither did Olivia Colman: Her mother was a nurse, her father a surveyor. Decidedly middle class, but she was not born into wealth, nor the children of famous people. She studied to become a teacher, before she got a few small roles in British TV and build a career out of that. She went the long way.
She is not from the lowest class, or a top billed actor, to be fair.
I don’t have generational wealth like many of these actors do. There’s also a lot of nepotism and if you are not an industry insider, it’s near impossible to even meet people who have connections in the industry.
Saying ‘for playing dress up’ discredits you, since acting is actually really hard.
" Paid a lifetimes worth of money.
Complains about it.
Never change, people . "
is better
As long as she doesn’t sing Imagine.
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How many blockbuster movies has she been the lead in? Because I have a strong feeling being a woman isn’t the reason she makes less like she’s trying to paint it as.
Last movie she did was Wonka. Whose name is on the poster…? I’m seeing $628 million box office
Movie before that 'Wicked Little Letters" were her name is on the poster. $10 million at box office
She should just go ahead and be Oliver Coleman in order to prove her point. She’s completely capable of portraying “him” convincingly, and making him lovable as well. I’d watch anything he was in, just like I watch whatever she’s in.
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Fucking who? Whatever
