| re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS | |
| Posted by: boyartist 10:05 am EDT 07/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party - Al10chim 04:19 am EDT 07/14/18 | |
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| As someone who has been a member of several unions, and supports the concept of unions, I can also relate to some of the issues raised by Al10chim. Actors Equity has done a lot of very important things for actors. However, from what I have seen over the past few decades, it doesn't seem to be as strong/important as it should be. If you want the example of really strong unions in the area of entertainment, just look at the Musicians Union, and The Stage Hands Union, ( this might not be the correct name). Nobody tries to mess with those guys! FOR EXAMPLE...did "Harry Potter" really need the original British cast? I'd bet big money that this production could have hired an all American cast, and it would still be SRO for a very long time. When Sir Cameron MacIntosh threatened to cancel "Miss Saigon", just before it opened, unless a non-Asian Brit could repeat his West End role...Equity rolled over! MacIntosh was clever, Equity was dumb! My real puzzlement is based on all of the Non-Equity touring productions. What kind of union would allow this? A very weak Equity, that's who. If my union was paying six figures to any officer in the union, I would want the big issues addressed, not GYPSY robe names. Clean house my actor friends....CLEAN HOUSE ! |
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