This is a good point, but I think assuming they’d use the money to improve the production overall is a bit generous. It’d go to profits. So at the end of the day it’s less people employed and lower quality for the consumer.
I mean I’m very pro-labor my guy but what exactly is it we’re defending here? They aren’t exactly busting ass at McDonald’s like you and I. They make almost 60k a year to literally stand around and do nothing while playing pretend.
A typical yearly background acting salary is around $58,588 for full-time work.
I don’t really blame the studios in this scenario since the technology has progressed enough to replace them here quite well, nor do I blame the background actors for being upset their golden goose is wanting to fly off.
Have you ever worked as a background actor? I feel like you’re just assuming it’s easy. Whether or not there doing physical labor, they are there for a set time period and have to do things with their bodies that they would not otherwise be doing unless it was for monetary gain. You can diminish the value of their labor all you want but if you ask me you might as well be taking a paycheck from Netflix at that point.
Edit: as someone with back issues, right off the bat I can tell you standing in one place for 3 hours “doing nothing” is incredibly hard on your body. Standing is more effort than walking.
This is a good point, but I think assuming they’d use the money to improve the production overall is a bit generous. It’d go to profits. So at the end of the day it’s less people employed and lower quality for the consumer.
I mean I’m very pro-labor my guy but what exactly is it we’re defending here? They aren’t exactly busting ass at McDonald’s like you and I. They make almost 60k a year to literally stand around and do nothing while playing pretend.
https://www.cityheadshots.com/blog/background-acting#:~:text=Most background actors earn between,%2458%2C588 for full-time work.
I don’t really blame the studios in this scenario since the technology has progressed enough to replace them here quite well, nor do I blame the background actors for being upset their golden goose is wanting to fly off.
Have you ever worked as a background actor? I feel like you’re just assuming it’s easy. Whether or not there doing physical labor, they are there for a set time period and have to do things with their bodies that they would not otherwise be doing unless it was for monetary gain. You can diminish the value of their labor all you want but if you ask me you might as well be taking a paycheck from Netflix at that point.
Edit: as someone with back issues, right off the bat I can tell you standing in one place for 3 hours “doing nothing” is incredibly hard on your body. Standing is more effort than walking.