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She offered to renegotiate her contract at the point the decision to release on Disney+ was made, and Disney refused, that is what lead to the case.

The overwhelming majority of actors, even actor’s working for Disney are not millionaires, I know that because I am a jobbing actor, and I earn less in a year then either of my siblings, both of whom have office jobs.

When you get a film or television job, in addition to what you’re paid at the time you also get something that in the UK is called royalty fees, and in the US is called residuals. This occurs when the show or film is shown or licensed on another channel or network, almost always for a set period of time, although Netflix has started buying the rights to small indie films outright.

Royalty checks can be hilariously small. A friend I trained with once got one for £2.07 because their show had just been licensed to be shown on a Thai TV network, but more often they are a lifeline for actors. Most actors work minimum wage jobs in between acting gigs, and when you also have the cost of Headshots, Self Tape equipment, travel to auditions and lost wages whenever you have to take time off to prep and travel to auditions, you understand why equity wages are so high for individual jobs, because that one episode in a soap you got paid £800-£1200 for (minus 10-20% for your agent), could be your wage for 2 months and you would be considered a fairly successful working actor, even if it was your only acting job in that time period.

The case isn’t about a multimillionaire quibbling over how many millions she is being paid, although it’s likely that had Black Widow had a prepandemic release Scarlett Johansson would have been paid closer to 200 million than the 20 million she is being paid. Although Disney is pushing that angle hard so I fully understand why you’ve fallen into their propaganda trap. It is one of the very few opportunities for actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, directors, and all the other hundreds of creatives involved in the filmmaking process to challenge some of the status quo with streaming services and really ask questions about how royalties will work in the future.

There is a reason that the unions are backing the case and that’s because the other way around, breach of contract is a huge deal, there can be penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars for contract breaches, often on jobs where you are paid a fraction of that, and believe me, Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Universal all persue those payments, and in certain circumstances even go out of their way to blacklist the artist.

If breach of contract is a big deal when actors and other creatives do it, it should be just as big a deal when studios do it, but it isn’t because Capitalism is rarely about rewarding artists and all about bottom line profit.

Well that’s exactly what disney is doing with this “ScarJo is being horribly insensitive about the global pandemic we’re in” and their “we were merely being socially conscientious and kind to let people stream our new movies instead of having to go to the cinemas for them” campaign.

This suit isn’t actually about ScarJo. Quite aside from the fact that it IS a breach of contract to do a dual release and not hand over any of the profits from the streaming release (which she is absolutely entitled to), its actually about every single actor and writer and voice actor and etc that has similar contracts with all production companies, most of whom do not have the resources that ScarJo has.

Disney knows that if ScarJo wins this, they will be forced to equitably distribute income from their streaming service to those who have the right to such things. They do not want that.

They want you to pay your monthly subscription and your $36 early access fee, and they want to pocket all of that money, even though a portion of it should be going to the actors and creators of the film.

They know that if ScarJo wins, they will not be able to hoard as luck money. So they are running a discredit campaign.

“Oh look how heartless ScarJo is, for wanting MORE money even tho she already got $20m, and EVEN THOUGH we’re in a PANDEMIC and there are people DYING. Its so HEARTLESS of her.”

And guess what!! Its working!!!!!! People already aren’t huge fans of ScarJo, for a range of reasons, but mostly, people are falling prey to the propaganda campaign.

Don’t do that. Don’t be the person who thinks an old woman who wants her crazy high medical bills paid because she was handed a poorly secured cup of boiling water is actually just a money grabbing idiot. Don’t be the person who spreads Disney’s “we’re the good guys in this actually” bullshit. Don’t fall for it.

I just knew, I fucking knew, that people were gonna do this.

“OH, NO! This poor giant corporation. EVIL woman that we already hate!”

People still hate that little old lady bc she rightfully sued McDonald’s for their scolding coffee. All bc they didn’t want to shell out less money than they would make out on coffee sales alone, in one (1) day. Just for her medical bills.

And then they turned her into greedy woman picking on a corporation. The media fell for it. Basically everybody fell for it. And you still are. All those jokes about finding ways to sue company’s? Finding loopholes to sue them? All because of that.

And it’s happening here again.

Only this time it’s an A-List celebrity, who has power and resources, and who so many people already hate.

If you wanna know more about the ‘McDonald’s Coffee Case’ case, and what truly happened. I advise watching This Video on the case by Kendall Rae on YouTube.

This isn’t about the money, and even if it was, she still deserves what she worked for, no matter how rich she is. She was paid one third of her expected salary, and I don’t know about you, but that would make me pissed. Even tho the pay outs between me and her would be vastly different. No to mention that Disney released her pay without her consent, probably for people to consider her greedy (thanks to a friends for pointing that out to me), but we’ll talk a lil more ab that later.

It’s about giant corporations (in this case Disney) trying to rip anyone and everyone off, and expecting things to just go their way.

Yes. I am for Disney releasing movies on Disney+ when people can’t go out to see the movies bc of the pandemic.

What I’m not for?

Disney not reworking the contract. Even when Scarlett tried.

Disney trying to swindle money (from anyone).

Breaching a contract.

Using the pandemic as an excuse for their greed, then blaming her for being heartless.

(Bonus: I’m also not for ppl thinking that Scarlett is greedy for wanting money that is rightfully hers. When in fact, she saw a problem, pointed it out, and is doing something about it)

Bc let’s be honest, Scarlett is definitely not the only one that this is happening to. She’s just the one with big enough balls to stand up for herself and set an example.

I mean how many people are already following in her footsteps?

I can see many more coming out of the wood works soon enough.

Scarlett tried. Disney did not.

So, she’s doing the right thing.

And Disney is throwing everyone through a loop with their bullshit, and getting ppl to believe it already. Not to mention the fact that so many people hate her, so they’re already under the predisposition that everything she does is wrong.

And here we are.

Disney just skipped a big part of making her seem like the bad guy in this situation, even tho they’re doing that anyway… it’s just way easier for them.

The people of Flint are trapped by the legal system. And it is only the most high profile case out many cities with a similar problem. 

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

after losing control of the signal fire there’s a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyone’s hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and they’re still just kind of chilling!!!!

IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH

AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because

THERE’S AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING

AND A PILOT’S CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA

BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM

HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -

yes. yes he did. i’m also gonna direct you to the real life ‘lord of the flies’ which occured in the 1960s, when six tongan schoolboys got stranded on a desert island for over a year before being rescued by an australian fisherman (who, it should be noted, later took on all six as crewmembers because the reason they were out in the first place was because they wanted to see the world, and named his ship the Ata after the island they were stranded on). nobody died. the only injuries that occurred were accidental, and when one of the boys broke his leg falling down a cliff, the others braced it and looked after him so well that it healed perfectly. if they argued, then they would literally go to opposite sides of the island until they’d cooled off. after leaving the island, they remained friends for the rest of their lives. here’s a photo of them as adults, with their rescuer (who is third from the left) and other members of his crew.

A look at downtown Lytton, B.C., before and after a fire swept through the village on June 30, 2021.

Left: Tourism Lytton Instagram; Right: Submitted to Global News

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Tiny dirty stray kitten hanging out at the bottom of our stairs since yesterday. There are a lot of self-reliant ferals around our apartment, but this little thing was dirty & covered in burrs. We gave it some chicken but couldn’t catch it. I think it may have wandered over from the outdoor cat hoarder colony down the street; that house is awful & we saw kittens there last week.

This morning the downstairs neighbor managed to grab it for us, and I put it on this cozy towel & started combing and picking the burrs & sticks out of its fur. It calmed down immediately and has been chilling here with me in the kitchen ever since. Got a vet appointment in an hour to get my little buddy cleaned up & checked out. I hope it isn’t too sick; I think it might have a cold.