and
http://www.mtv.com/news/2719851/chris-rock-jennifer-lawrence/
When
Sony got hacked a lot was revealed. One of the most shocking was how much less
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid compared to their costars for American Hustle. This brought to light
one of the biggest issues nowadays, the gender pay gap. This is not a new
issue, but it has been getting a lot more attention nowadays. But, the article
and Chris Rock pointed out two other major pay gaps, racial and stature. While
gender and race are commonly brought up, stature is one that many don’t
consider, but nonetheless is a major factor.
The gender pay gap has been a constant issue.
Women, who have constantly fought for equal treatment, have yet to achieve
this, which is ridiculous, but is nonetheless true. People usually think of
this as applying to regular jobs, but this also applies to high profile people
like actresses. Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, and countless other women who
have starring roles in movies are getting paid less than the male counterparts,
which, considering the size of their roles, is not fair at all.
Also,
race has always been a major issue when it comes to pay. Again, this also applies
to celebrities and actors. This has also been becoming a more well-known issue,
for good reason. Because there are now more parts available for people who aren’t
white, starring roles, they should be paid for the size of the role. But,
because of how the world works studios believe they can get away with paying
them less, which isn’t cool.
The
biggest issue though is paying people by how famous they are rather than the
part they play. Big name celebrities can have ridiculous salaries for a cameo
in a movie. It doesn’t make sense. Someone who is in ¼ of the movie shouldn’t
be paid $50 million more than its star. But, because of the nature of
Hollywood, they get paid a ridiculous amount more. Such was the case of
Harrison Ford in Star Wars the Force Awakens and Robert Downey Jr. In Avengers
Age of Ultron. Although Robert was in far more than Harrison was in in their
respective movies. If this issue were fixed and everyone was paid more or less
equally and in consideration of the part they play then studios would be able
to have a much bigger budget for films.
The fact
that there is a pay gap is wrong. And, the fact that gender, race, and stature
are causes of it are stupid. If there weren’t a pay gap, movies could make a
lot more money.
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