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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it humorous to hear a speech on wage equality come from a person who makes millions.  [/quote]

Are you under the impression that female actresses are paid equally to their male counterparts?

You might want to go back and look through some of the hacked Sony documents.[/quote]

Actors whether male or female are paid for their box office draw.  Patricia Arquette could never carry a film like Benedict Cumverbatch does and would be paid accordingly.   That said, I don't think she was referring solely to Hollywood but to jobs where the difference between $80 an hour and $90 an hour is significant rather than the difference between $1 million for a film versus $1.2 million.    [/quote]

No one is comparing Cumberbatch and Arquette. Again, people are allowing themselves to be distracted from the larger point.

In American Hustle, we have 2 female stars with more star power and box-office success than their male counterparts (FAR more, where Jeremy Renner is concerned). Yet the women were paid more than 20% less. So this isn't about star power or box-office success. It isn't about the number of hours worked. [b]It's not about negotiating skill, since the actors aren't negotiating for themselves, but instead rely on attorneys, managers, etc. [/b]

Now, ask yourself, why is your reaction that Adams and Lawrence should be thankful they are making millions? Is it because the little women should be thankful they get whatever crumbs they are thrown?

Why is your reaction that they should have taken even LESS, so that lower-wage people below them could make more? And if that IS your reaction, why you aren't saying that Cooper, Bale, and Renner should have taken less so that the lower-wage people below them (ahem, including Adams and Lawrence) could make more?[/quote]

Perhaps they need to get better attorneys, managers, etc.  Perhaps their male counterparts pay their attorneys, managers, etc., more so they work harder for a bigger contract.
There is A LOT we don’t know about how these contracts are formed.  Sorry, I am not buying the wage gap argument.  And, I am a woman.  [/quote]

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