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Highest Paid Actress Scarlett Johansson Says Women Are Underpaid in Hollywood: ‘Still Fighting that Damn Fight’
Breitbart ^ | 9 Jul 2021 | ALANA MASTRANGELO

Posted on 07/10/2021 5:20:26 PM PDT by conservative98

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To: Secret Agent Man
Not every actor has the same following and drawing power.

Liberals don't seem to be able to grasp that truth.

Some time ago I read where a lawmaker wanted a law that says WNBA players must make as much as NBA players.

41 posted on 07/10/2021 6:02:32 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: conservative98

She gets millions per movie. Why does she need more? What value does she bring to society that justifies even the amount she already gets? It’s not like she’s a real superhero saving lives. And there are tons of people who could do what she does. You could replace her with someone else and the movie would still turn out just fine. Cut her pay, divide it up, and give it to all the lesser paid people who worked on the movie.

That’s the standard left argument about rich people in general, right? And she’s a leftie, so…


42 posted on 07/10/2021 6:02:52 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: conservative98

Actresses complain about how few roles there are and how little they make. It gives them something to talk about, something they don’t have to think about much. And the reporters who interview them are responsive, because it saves them from having to think of other questions to ask. They are mostly urban women with similar complaints about their lives. In the end you have something that looks like a meaningful interaction, but is just empty filler — something that we’ve all read a hundred times before.


43 posted on 07/10/2021 6:03:41 PM PDT by x
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To: Huskrrrr

all 57 of them :)


44 posted on 07/10/2021 6:04:29 PM PDT by xp38
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To: conservative98
Highest Paid Actress Scarlett Johansson Says Women Are Underpaid in Hollywood: ‘Still Fighting that Damn Fight’

That's actually not true if they count all of the actresses that are not in SAG.

45 posted on 07/10/2021 6:06:26 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: conservative98

I don’t really know where I stand on this issue. If you make widgets, and people love your widgets, then you will (or should) be well compensated for the widgets.

The movie business is, it seems to me, all about getting people into the theater. So if they get can get butts into the seats, they should be compensated commensurately. Regardless of sex, race, orientation, heritage whatever.

On the flip side as a person who grew up in Los Angeles, I have been told that more often than not “the man” decides which films they, as a couple, will go see. So perhaps women are slightly under-represented as far as getting people into the theaters. I mean, you take a date out for dinner and a movie, maybe you pick a film that is more male-centric or somewhat ambiguous.

As for Johanssen, not much sympathy specifically for her. She has done extremely well and featured as the star of action films that drew a wide audience. Maybe she was “underpaid” I don’t know the specifics of her deals.

But as ever, the free market reigns. You get paid what you’re worth to whomever pays you. Don’t blame Hollywood producers for society. It is show business. Emphasis on business.


46 posted on 07/10/2021 6:06:44 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: qaz123
"lost in translation"
good film, she was young and duetted along side bill murray

"jojo rabbit"
great insightful ww2 film , unlike any other by Taika Waititi

the black widow role?
fun and sexy but basic hollywood fodder..

hate her politics and yap...

47 posted on 07/10/2021 6:08:03 PM PDT by xhrist ("You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. " - C.S. Lewis)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

So, you know the number of her films from memory?

Google isn’t your friend in this one.

So, other than The Prestige and Avengers you had to do research. Don’t count.


48 posted on 07/10/2021 6:09:52 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She wasn’t in Kill Bill.


49 posted on 07/10/2021 6:10:21 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: conservative98

I wonder how much she pays her cleaning staff and landscapers?


50 posted on 07/10/2021 6:11:21 PM PDT by logitech
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To: conservative98

Outside of Whoreywood, this mouth-breathing moron would be lucky to be making minimum wage.


51 posted on 07/10/2021 6:11:23 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: qaz123

Uma Thurman was in “Kill Bill.”


52 posted on 07/10/2021 6:11:33 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Jonty30
Re: they can have any woman placed in a part and it wont affect the movie overall.

I agree.

There are dozens of male actors who bring unique qualities I will pay to see.

Off the top of my head...

Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda...

Among female actors, my list is very short...

Julia Roberts, and...hmmm, I might think of a couple more after I post this.

53 posted on 07/10/2021 6:12:23 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: conservative98
She was alright in Lost in Translation, but what else has she done, other than the comic book movies? Has she really shown herself to be that good or that versatile an actress? She may compare herself to Robert Downey Jr., but she doesn't have his comic skills.
54 posted on 07/10/2021 6:12:40 PM PDT by x
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Hollywood women who have passed their ingenue date (ie: are no longer offered roles that require extreme femininity) have united to prevent young women from taking their place by doing the roles they used to get (very selfish IMO).

That’s “Feminism!” in a nutshell.


55 posted on 07/10/2021 6:13:24 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: xhrist

Answer honestly....what did you look up?

I know of two....Avenger stuff and Lucy

Black Widow is her character in the Avenger series. Already brought that up in my original post.

As for the others, Lost In Translation, I remember but only because Murray was in it. Never saw it.


56 posted on 07/10/2021 6:13:42 PM PDT by qaz123
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I counted them on IMDB.

It’s an astonishing list of ho-hum tv shows and movies. No wonder she’s only worth $165 million. Even that seems high - probably the majority of it from The Prestige and Avengers.


57 posted on 07/10/2021 6:13:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: conservative98

Anyone who ever listened to this women speak about her political and moral values is wishing they could was their ears out with soap. She is really nasty.


58 posted on 07/10/2021 6:14:53 PM PDT by Revel
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’d say the very large majority of it was made with the Avengers. She’s in all of them, I think.

Good for her that she made that money. I think she’s fine as hell and has amazing boobs.

Outside of that, who cares.

None of us are going to feel sorry for someone worth $150,000,000 and counting.


59 posted on 07/10/2021 6:16:02 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: qaz123

Well I liked her in Lucy but not really familiar with her other movies. Not a world class movie but watchable


60 posted on 07/10/2021 6:16:12 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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