PRINCE PHILIP IS WORTH MORE THAN THE QUEEN.
AT LEAST ON THE SHOW THE CROWN ON NETFLIX.
THIS WAS
BROUGHT TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, THERE WAS PUSH
BACK.
SUZANNE MACKEY, WHO IS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THAT
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SAYS:
PEOPLE WERE UPSET ON TWITTER LIKE THIS ONE WHO SAID:
BRETT, I AM A LITTLE CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS AND I WILL TELL
YOU WHY.
I'M NOT.
WE ARE NITPICKING EVERY SINGLE SHOW AND MOVIE, AND SO
THIS PERSON WAS PAID THIS AND THESE ARE CASE-BY-CASE.
LET ME EXPLAIN THIS WAY.
IF YOU ARE COMING OUT OF LAW SCHOOL AND YOU ARE A FIRST
YEAR, BASICALLY LAWYER GOING INTO THE MAIN FIRMS AND
PICK A CITY, SEATTLE, NEW YORK, DOESN'T MATTER.
IF YOU ARE NOT A LAWYER YOU PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW THIS,
BUT THERE IS A STANDARD RATE EVERYONE GETS AND IT MIGHT
DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE FIRM AND IT CERTAINLY DEPENDS ON
THE CITY YOU ARE IN BUT IT IS A STANDARD RATE.
IF FOR SOME REASON THOUGH STANDARD RATES WERE DIFFERENT
FOR
MEN AND WOMEN I WOULD BE LIKE, WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU PAY A MAN MORE?
THAT IS CRAZY.
WHY WOULD YOU PAY A WOMAN MORE.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AND IT USED TO
HAPPEN BUT IT DOESN'T ANYMORE BUT IF YOU FOUND INSTANCES OF IT
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO SOME THING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE IS
NO REASON FOR THAT WHEREAS ACTING JOBS ARE ALL
CASE-BY-CASE.
BUT THE REASON I'M CONFLICTED ON IT IS BECAUSE ON THE OTHER
SIDE THESE ARE NOT WELL-KNOWN ACTORS.
IT'S MATT SMITH.
HE WAS DOCTOR WHO.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COPRODUCTIONS THAT HAPPENED WITH
THE
BBC AND SO IT IS MORE THE LONDON-BASED COMPANY, I DO NOT
EXACTLY WHERE THIS ONE IS, IT IS A LONDON-BASED COMPANY
THAT ORIGINALLY FINANCED THE PROJECT IS LIKE, LET'S LOOK
AROUND ENGLAND AND FIND OUR FAVORITE ACTORS AND DOCTOR WHO
IS A
GIANT THING AND CLAIRE FOY, THEY JUST FOUND HER BUT EVERYONE
WHO HAS GONE THEIR FIRST BIG BREAK HAS BEEN ACTING FOR
DOZENS OF YEARS BUT HE WAS MORE EXPENSIVE, HIS QUOTE WAS IN MY
OPINION, MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE HE WAS DOCTOR WHO.
THAT IS IMPORTANT AND I DO NOT KNOW THESE PARTICULAR ACTORS
AND THEIR BACKGROUND WHICH GOES TO THE POINT I WAS MAKING.
THEY ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND SO THEY COMMAND A
DIFFERENT PRICE.
AGAIN, I WILL GO BACK TO WHY I AM CONFLICTED ON IT, NOT JUST
BECAUSE I DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW MATT SMITH, BUT BECAUSE IT IS
HAPPENING AWFULLY FREQUENTLY IN HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING IS THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT PEOPLE
MAKE ABOUT THE SKILL THESE ACTORS ARE GETTING MIGHT BE
BASED ON STEREOTYPES THAT ARE IN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS AND THEY
DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT.
THEY THINK THAT IS THE GUY WHO WAS THE LEAD ACTOR AND
SHOULD BE PAID A LOT.
ACTRESS, THAT IS EASIER TO FIND AND THEY MIGHT NOT REALIZE THAT
THEY ARE DOING DISCRIMINATION, BUT AGAIN, HAVING SAID THAT,
IT'S A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, IT'S NOT LIKE MEDICAL
SCHOOL OR LAW SCHOOL.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WHATEVER THINGS CAN WE POINT TO AND
SAY IS PROGRESS BEING MADE?
YOU SAW THE FRANCIS MCDORMAND
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE INCLUSION RIDER.
HOLLYWOOD TOOK A STEP FORWARD WITH
THE INCLUSION RIDER AND THEY ARE BRIE LARSON STEPPED
FORWARD, SHE IS CAPTAIN MARVEL, BEN AFFLECK WHO'S BEEN TOUCHING
GO WITH HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVED, THE GUY WHO DIRECTED
GHOSTBUSTERS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN WHO IS EVERYONE'S
FAVORITE RIGHT NOW AND ASHLEY JUDD CALLED OUT HER OWN AGENCY.
SHE SAID, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS AGENCY, THAT REPRESENTS HER, TO
BE
50-50 MALE-FEMALE INCLUDING ALL ETHNICITIES, RACES, AND
SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND THE 50-50
NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN ALL DECISION-MAKING LEVELS.
SHE IS TAKING NO PRISONERS WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADD TWO
FEMALES AT THE TOP OF HER AGENCY, SO SHE IS LIKE HERE IS
MY INCLUSION RIDER AT MY AGENCY AND IT IS THE SAME AGENCY THAT
REPRESENTED, THAT DID THE DEAL FOR ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
THAT GOT MONEY FOR MARK WAHLBERG AND NOT FOR MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
I THINK WE ARE BEING CONSISTENT HERE AND I THINK
IT IS A NUANCED ISSUE THAT WE PRESENTED IN THAT WAY.
WE SHOWED YOU BOTH SIDES OF IT BUT IF YOU ARE ON THE SIDE
OF, NO, THIS IS NOT REAL ISSUE AND HOW DO THEY DO THIS?
WAIT A MINUTE, THE RIGHT WING IS TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF
CAPITALISM, RIGHT?
THIS IS CAPITALISM.
PEOPLE WITH LEVERAGE ARE USING THAT LEVERAGE TO DEMAND CERTAIN
THINGS.
SOME PEOPLE USE LEVERAGE TO DEMAND BENTLEYS AND SPECIAL
COLORED M&MS, RIGHT?
THESE FOLKS ARE DEMANDING DIVERSITY.
CAPITALISM, IT IS A BITCH.
TALKING ABOUT NETFLIX, THE CEO OF NETFLIX REED
HASTINGS WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS INCLUSION RIDER ISSUES AND HE
SAID, WE'RE NOT SO BIG ON DOING EVERYTHING THROUGH AGREEMENTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS CREATIVELY, WHATEVER THAT
MEANS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME YAHOO REPORTS NETFLIX DIVERSITY
PROBLEM EXTENDS TO ITS OWN EMPLOYEES WITH NO BLACK NUMBERS
ON ITS MAIN BOARD WHICH HAS 70/30 GENDER SPLIT IN FAVOR OF
MEN AND ONLY 4% OF THE WORKFORCE MADE UP OF BLACK PEOPLE.
LOOK, I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE TO GET THERE AND WE
HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE ISSUES OVERALL.
WE HAVE TO BECOME IS A OF THE STEREOTYPES AND ACTIONS WE MIGHT
TAKE THAT ARE BOTH CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT IS POINTED OUT
IS CORRECT OR THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND I
DON'T KNOW, FIRING HALF THE PEOPLE ON THESE COMPANIES BOARDS
AND REPLACING THEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE, BUT NOW THE PENDULUM HAS
SWUNG IN TERMS OF LEVERAGE AND SO PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THEIR
RIGHTS TO DEMAND THAT TYPE OF DIVERSITY AND LET'S SEE
WERE THE CHIPS FALL.