so I was mulling over the discourse over scarlett johanson vs. disney and talked to someone who, while not a lawyer, does have a lot of experience with contract law because they did work contracts a ton. apparently “this case will set a precedent” isn’t...exactly true, because the things scarjo can do with all her money and all her lawyers has fuck all to do with what extra #6 on the CW show of the week can do.Â
even if there is some new industry accepted definition of “theatrical release” that either includes or excludes streaming services, and even if every actor making a shit ton of money off disney movies will now know to be hyperspecific about this issue in their contract negotiations...that really only helps people who like. GET to negotiate their contracts with disney and all the others, instead of what most people get to do, which is take what disney gives them with a smile and a “thank you.” this case will not, in fact, help those people.
that being said, disney should still cough up whatever scarjo is asking because I don’t have to like scarjo to agree that she got shafted, contractually, for this movie. victims don’t have to be completely innocent uwu for me to recognize that someone fucked them over. disney did indeed pull some shit this time, and they should answer for that.
