By "dumb" elections, you mean exploited by labor unions and cartels for political gain? What is this smug Reddit take? Organized crime has run amok in California for decades and that's somehow our fault? Normal people can't stop this.
SEND IN THE FUCKING MILITARY
@IsabellaIsMoody One time in LA I was out picking up dinner, pushing my baby in the stroller, and I passed by a restaurant. She was dining out front. She’s always been in my top hottest actresses so when we locked eyes for a moment obviously I made note of it. Anyway my point is I inspired this.
@FeelsGuy2003 Will make intentions for him but also kid is like 15. I don’t envy the spot he’s in that these totally normal thoughts are public for whatever reason.
"Art director making $300 a day is a livable wage."
One thing people don't understand about the film business is it's feast or famine. You may not work for weeks or months so that money has to be saved and amortized.
Then the Obsession crew lives in LA, so they're paying the highest rents, highest gas, highest utilities, highest insurance (to be fair they keep voting for it, but that's another story).
A 14 hour day doesn't account for 1 hour of traffic each way. Indies can routinely go 12-18 hours.
Art department is an especially brutal crew. They are the first to get on set, the last to leave. No set, no shoot.
Then crew heads don't really get paid for their time. Reading the script? Free. Thinking about it? Free. Talking with the director? Free. Creative discussion, creative obsessing, detail planning on weekends. Free free free. The time on the clock is not the time on the job.
$300 a day on an 18 hour day, before gas or any other expenses, is $16 an hour. The off the clock work is double that. So $8 an hour. Now save that to survive the next actor/writer strike.
Is it a livable wage? Sure. In Iowa if you're a mid level stripper. Not a film crew in LA.
@JosephKahn This was a really good explanation but it’s crazy that people don’t understand this. When I tell people I was a freelancer for years they only think of the great gigs I had not all the times I was fucked for months or years on end.