| Fighting for pay equity is nothing to be ashamed of! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:43 pm EDT 08/07/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Why Leslie Odom Jr. nearly didn't do the 'Hamilton' movie - Singapore/Fling 04:22 pm EDT 08/06/20 | |
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| But needlessly denigrating a colleague is. Whether or not their situations were at all parallel, Messrs. Odom and Tveit are brothers in the theatre. Name-calling is below the belt. Leslie Odom, Jr. is an incredibly gifted performer who is possessed of an incredibly big ego. I say this from listening to him on many a talk show discussing his career. No doubt his confidence and swagger add to his appeal onstage and this conundrum has been a dilemma in Hollywood and Broadway for years: in the past performers strove to "appear" humble and self-effacing in public. It's fine to say we should "own" our swagger, but it makes for tiresome dinner party companionship and equally irritating talk show etiquette. And if any white actor's salary might have been germane in this discussion, surely it's Jonathan Groff's? He was in the position of having to re-learn his track- admittedly much simpler than Odom's Burr track- and he has a much higher TVQ, I would think, than Aaron Tveit, having starred in at least one or two series since his Broadway career bloomed. Say what you want to your agent or your wife or your friends around the table at Joe Allen's, but when you're talking a public forum, be nice. You're brilliant onstage and next time I see you in something I don't want to be fighting the nagging suspicion you are a douche. |
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