Jake McCormack

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

Still his pocket

[Fox Footy @FOXFOOTY]

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[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@Elbahrizakaria2 @cfcyusxf Saudi…

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@MaryStewart01 @laurennUTD Yanks are riddled with cope and denial

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@MaryStewart01 @laurennUTD Your fat American ass would say go get a snack

[Wisdom @paris_wisdom]

2010. South Africa. They said theft will be at an all-time high. Unsafe for world cup. Didn't happen.

2014. Brazil. Complained about some of the remote places the venues were. Unsafe for players. Didn't happen.

2018. Russia. "It's not a democracy". There would be marginalization. People would not even be free or allowed entry. Didn't happen.

2022. Qatar. " Slave built stadiums ". A morally bankrupt nation. " It cannot be fun". The tournament is horrible. No alcohols. Religious intolerance. Didn't happen.

2026. US. All the above happening.
We see.

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@FOXFOOTY maybe get Mark Ricciuto to watch a few games of footy before commentating one. He has no clue about what’s happening this season and doesn’t know about any of the players on the field…. #AFLPowerSwans

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@MTrain61 @mxdric What did the US win in cricket? A single game?

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@flagswans2026 Pushing Dattoli into the ones prematurely will ruin him. You keep Dattoli playing vfl for a little while longer for mine. Agree Cleary isn’t at the level though

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@kylekirms I’d love for Americans to disappear from my feed forever

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

You can’t have Ken Hinkley commentating a port game this is just fucked to listen to. Ricciuto isn’t much better #AFLPowerSwans

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@Ts7705421096234 @Thomas_Chadwick You can cope however you want but it’s absolutely so dumb Americans could put in dumb American ads into their broadcast

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

Today I feel Paraguayan..Praying on USA’s downfall 🙏🏼🙏🏼 #FIFAWorldCup

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@Lupi33z @MJEagle23 @SBSSportau @SBS It’s not part of the cultural experience it’s bullshit and like nails on a chalkboard

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@_0xShunya @DiscussingFilm The art director still ain’t getting shit btw

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

Sally Choi is cutting off her nose to spite her career.

She may have had a real point about crew pay on OBSESSION, but the way she is handling this is foolish. She says she made about $6,700 after taxes as art director on a 22-day shoot, while the movie reportedly cost under $1M, sold to Focus for $15M+, and is now blowing up at the box office.

I get why that sucks. Nobody wants to watch a movie they worked on become a massive hit while their own payday stays locked to indie day-rate math.

But also? That was the deal.

The producers took the risk. Focus bought it, marketed it, distributed it, and turned it into a hit. The box office is not a community tip jar everyone gets to reach into after the fact.

Maybe she is making a labor argument. Maybe she is trying to publicly pressure someone into cutting her a check. I don’t know.

But it sure reads like the second one.

OBSESSION should be a career-making credit for her. Put it on the résumé, take the meetings, negotiate harder on the next gig, and use the success as leverage.

Instead, she is making herself the story.

Hollywood remembers that. Producers remember that. Crews remember that.

A hit indie credit is leverage.

A public grievance campaign after the movie explodes might just be a warning label.

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@zakfilm A24 hasn’t been an indie studio for some time now. That’s not a bad thing either

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@zerowontmiss She got paid $10k, when you tell someone your wage you say it inclusive of the tax you’ve paid. She was well compensated for the job at hand lmao

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@gothgfdotrip Yes

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@Ovalfps @calebgamman Below the line crew never get bonuses that is literally just not how it works nor should it work

[Jake McCormack @jakeemccormack]

@TheDougFiles Bait for the love of the game bro doesn’t even have a blue tick

[Jeremiah Lewis @fringeblog]

Art directors risk nothing for their work. They get paid and they can move on to the next project. If the movie blows up they can leverage that massively or complain and make themselves a byword for industry insiders.

But the producers are the ones holding the massive bag if the movie bombs.

Is the art director going to surrender her salary if that happens? No.

Is the cast and crew willing to defer their fee in hope the movie does well? If so, let's have that conversation, but most wouldn't.

So why should they get an upside if the film does well? They don't deserve it, unless they negotiated for it and it is in their contract.

You can agree to the offered salary or not. But if you take it, and then the film makes a ton of money and then you complain about being exploited, you've shown your hand, and no one will want to play poker with you because they see how you operate.

Pay is a proxy for effort, but also risk. The risk you take as BTL crew is zero. The effort is compensated fairly (consent to the contract is agreement to fair, equitable trade).

But you don't deserve upside while also offloading all the downside to the producers.