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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Laura Dern. Didn’t realize that until the NYT crossword puzzle a week ago.

I think there are also two levels of nepo babies. The first is just having connections in the industry that give you a leg up on how it works, who to talk to, how to break into the industry. It’s sort of the equivalent of being full pay and having your parents hire great college consultants. You still need great stats to get into good schools, but you know how to navigate what can seem like a black box to those on the outside. I wouldn’t say those got in on nepotism, but that they have opportunities/insight that aren’t available to most that give them an enormous advantage.

The second is getting an audition or even a role based on your parents. For that, I think your parents need to either be a very big deal or close with someone influential on a particular project. [/quote]

I think there’s less distinction between these groups than you think.  I think it’s a lot like DC, in that there are the famous political figures that everyone knows, and then there are the important behind the scenes people who actually make everything work, and in the “industry,” everyone who matters knows who they are. Their kids have a leg up as much as the kids of the famous people. Maybe more, since they aren’t as obviously Nepo babies and can fly under the radar a bit more. A friend of mine on the Hill used to refer to them all as “celebrity children,” but no one who wasn’t in the business would know who their parents were. [/quote]

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