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I guess you've all heard about the deal of the TV Sitcom "Friends"
$750,000 per actors per episode.
This add up to a astronomical 240 million American dollars by the end of the next two seasons, which is 44 episode!
This more then the study of the effects by Agent Orange on war veteran in Vietnam!
This is also more then the GDP of Dominican Republic!
Hell, it's more then these two combine!
When a nation spend so much money on entertainment(or ONE FREAKIN' SINGLE SHOW!) and cry about how they have crime, education, gun, and healthcare problems...
Personally, I can't think of a better word other then "sick"!
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So I guess what we need is a government agency to determine what Americans should really value? Lovely.
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FRIENDS SUCKS!!! they don't deserve that sort of money.
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However: "One of the surest signs that a society is in decline is that it begins to believe that its athletes and entertainers are people of importance." -- R.A. Heinlein.
Granted, I'd like to see our priorities change, but that's not likely to happen while we continue to allow the stupid people to control how things are done. Face it, we, as a nation, LIKE our mindless, escapist, all problems happily-resolved in 30 minutes or less entertainment.
"The T.V.... I've been... Hyp-No-Tized, by the T.V...." -- Zorak, SG,CTC
"Don't you know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry..." -- Don Henley
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Dude, all I'm saying is that it's just not fair when actors are easily making millions when teachers have a hard time keeping up financially with the society(vise versa for those who contributed far, far more and receive far less then they deserve!).
This is just nuts, I mean granted every job has its' uniquness and importance in our society(I totally respect actors, professional athletes and such). But man, if I'm one of those brilliant minds who is making space travel into a reality, working on medicines curing countless deseases, teaching our kids good moral values, keeping crimes out of the streets(need I go on?) PLUS busting my ass working more then 8 hours a day, kicking myself in the head every tax season, starving myself when my kids go to college, and I go home, feeling all beat up, turn on the tv, find out some cuties been making millions(and I do mean MILLIONS) by working 5 hours a day in a nice studio...
I'll tell you what I feel, I'll be f*!king pissed!(plus driving down to the NBC headquarter with a machine gun, but we won't go there...)
Who EVEN DARE to say that Tom Cruse worth more then Einstin, but damn, I bet Einstin not making millions!
Face it, If we blow up Holloywood(along with all those stars), nothing's gonna change, but, how about killing all the teachers in US?
Man, you decide!
------------------ Okey, okey, here's my question:
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Oh, that's it, I'm overreacting. Every time someone even breathes the word gun it's cause for an NRA campaign drive, but god forbid I should get a little cautious at attempts to objectively define cultural standards?
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I'd really love to argue with you, but I make it a policy to agree with anyone who routinely quotes Samuel L. Jackson, so...
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quote:Who EVEN DARE to say that Tom Cruse worth more then Einstin, but damn, I bet Einstin not making millions!
You're right. Einstien isn't making Millions. He's dead.
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Oh, the man who paved the way for us to blow ourselves up in bigger and better ways? He'd make a fortune.
Besides, the problem here isn't the cast. They asked for it. they got it. If you were in the same situation, you'd ask for as much money as possible too. And if you say "No, I'd donate all my money to the space-program, or to feed the poor starving potatoes in Ireland", then, quite frankly, bollocks.
NBC can afford to pay them that much. Why? Because advertisers give them that much money. Why? Because you lot go out and buy crap. Come on, is that Star Trek pillow-case and matching condom set REALLY worth it?
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Actually, I WOULD donate any surplus in my salary over $90,000 a year (enough to kep me and Julie comfy and support our book habits) to the Space Program or science educational funds like the NSF. Anybody who doubts me is welcome to fund me and find out.
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Incidentally, I read a journal article today on the dearth of pay for professional librarians. In a place like New York City, which, having a huge population, should need many libraries and well-trained staff to run them, the starting salary for a public librarian WITH an MLS is $35,000 a year. THIS, in a place where it's considered 'miraculous' to find an apartment for less that $1000 a month.
And out here in the boondocks, I'd do... um... well, probably some things I'd otherwise find morally repugnant, for such a high salary.
I mean, criminy! ONE member of the cast of "Friends" will make more in THREE episodes than our ENTIRE YEARLY BUDGET for a library staffed with 2 full-time professionals, 4 other full-time staff members, and two part-timers, plus everything from all our books for the year down to the replacement for the ink-jet cartridge.
America, your priorities are screwed. You've had your bread and circuses long enough. Change, or die.
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