What did you watch?
On 4/10/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Just soaps:
soaps: Both Tue's ep's.
DOOL - Doug III goads him, and so Tate slugs him (Doug deserved so
much worse than that!) just as dumb Holly walks in, and so she whines
about it to Tate who just leaves. Tate and NuSophia try to convince
Sophia's awful mom to restart the adoption talks with Chanel and Johnny
after EJ has been shot. Belle is all verklempt after Brady tells her
that EVOL! EJ has been shot. (Nu)Kristen and NuGabi effectively accuse
each other of shooting EJ.
GH - Ava railroads Ric into not having Kristina arrested but instead
planning to blackmail Alexis for money to keep quiet about it. (It's
fanciful that the cops aren't involved in this when people at the crash
scene clearly indicated the brakes had be cut - the cops would certainly
look into this!!) Kristina is already ready to crack and confess, and >pathetic Lucky tells her to go to her mother Alexis admit the truth.
Alexis interviews the new guy (who turned out to be Natalia and
Sidwell's son), and is all happy that her daughters have reconciled...
until Ava shows up! Olivia sandbags Brook Lynn by bringing Lois back to
town; Chase tells Brook Lynn that she has to bury the hatchet with her
mom or confess publicly the truth. NuNuLulu confesses to Cody that she
duped him, which Dante overhears, and she and Dante argue about Dante
never telling Lulu about his teenaged affair with Brook Lynn; at the
end, Cody is outraged at Lulu.
What did you watch?
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:11:14 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>I'll stop reading there.
wrote:
On 4/10/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Just soaps:
soaps: Both Tue's ep's.
DOOL - Doug III goads him, and so Tate slugs him (Doug deserved so
much worse than that!) just as dumb Holly walks in, and so she whines
about it to Tate who just leaves. Tate and NuSophia try to convince
Sophia's awful mom to restart the adoption talks with Chanel and Johnny
after EJ has been shot. Belle is all verklempt after Brady tells her
that EVOL! EJ has been shot. (Nu)Kristen and NuGabi effectively accuse
each other of shooting EJ.
GH - Ava railroads Ric into not having Kristina arrested but instead
planning to blackmail Alexis for money to keep quiet about it. (It's
fanciful that the cops aren't involved in this when people at the crash
scene clearly indicated the brakes had be cut - the cops would certainly
look into this!!) Kristina is already ready to crack and confess, and
pathetic Lucky tells her to go to her mother Alexis admit the truth.
Alexis interviews the new guy (who turned out to be Natalia and
Sidwell's son), and is all happy that her daughters have reconciled...
until Ava shows up! Olivia sandbags Brook Lynn by bringing Lois back to
town; Chase tells Brook Lynn that she has to bury the hatchet with her
mom or confess publicly the truth. NuNuLulu confesses to Cody that she
duped him, which Dante overhears, and she and Dante argue about Dante
never telling Lulu about his teenaged affair with Brook Lynn; at the
end, Cody is outraged at Lulu.
What did you watch?
I finished up THE BONDSMAN season 1. I say season 1 as that ending was
the perfect setup for a season 2,
Oh I also watched SURVIVORI have this saved for later.
What did you watch?
On 4/10/2025 7:27 AM, shawn wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:11:14 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>I'll stop reading there.
wrote:
On 4/10/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Just soaps:
soaps: Both Tue's ep's.
DOOL - Doug III goads him, and so Tate slugs him (Doug deserved so
much worse than that!) just as dumb Holly walks in, and so she whines
about it to Tate who just leaves. Tate and NuSophia try to convince
Sophia's awful mom to restart the adoption talks with Chanel and Johnny
after EJ has been shot. Belle is all verklempt after Brady tells her
that EVOL! EJ has been shot. (Nu)Kristen and NuGabi effectively accuse
each other of shooting EJ.
GH - Ava railroads Ric into not having Kristina arrested but instead >>> planning to blackmail Alexis for money to keep quiet about it. (It's
fanciful that the cops aren't involved in this when people at the crash
scene clearly indicated the brakes had be cut - the cops would certainly >>> look into this!!) Kristina is already ready to crack and confess, and
pathetic Lucky tells her to go to her mother Alexis admit the truth.
Alexis interviews the new guy (who turned out to be Natalia and
Sidwell's son), and is all happy that her daughters have reconciled...
until Ava shows up! Olivia sandbags Brook Lynn by bringing Lois back to
town; Chase tells Brook Lynn that she has to bury the hatchet with her
mom or confess publicly the truth. NuNuLulu confesses to Cody that she
duped him, which Dante overhears, and she and Dante argue about Dante
never telling Lulu about his teenaged affair with Brook Lynn; at the
end, Cody is outraged at Lulu.
What did you watch?
I finished up THE BONDSMAN season 1. I say season 1 as that ending was
the perfect setup for a season 2,
I have this saved for later.
Oh I also watched SURVIVOR
What did you watch?
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3
of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took
notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a
little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about
making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had
forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of
some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had
heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the
producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take
off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone
took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there
still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept
filming.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show.
Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of
the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing
away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion
dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products,
selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
It
was a non union show which had its' own list of horrors they put the
actors through. One of the actors said Disney bought the show, then it
went union and suddenly they cared if they got hurt or not and they
brought in stuntmen to the dangerous scenes.
Then there were all the deaths, suicides, murder. The murder they
talked about could be it's own documentary. A lot of this fans of the
show will already know about, but it was still an interesting watch and
had several things I wasn't already aware of, in particular details >surrounding the suicide of Jason David Frank, who was the most popular >ranger.
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>: >>4/10/2025 7:27 AM, shawn wrote:
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:11:14 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>:
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3
of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took
notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a
little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >>teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about
making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had
forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >>interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of
some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had
heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >>insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the
producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take
off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone
took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there
still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept >>filming.
Sheesh, sounds like the producers should have been arrested for that.
They didn't even need to stop filming to get the guy proper medical >attention.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show.
Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of
the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing
away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion
dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products,
selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if
someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is
always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
. . .
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>: >>>4/10/2025 7:27 AM, shawn wrote:
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:11:14 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>:
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3 >>>of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took >>>notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a
little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >>>teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about
making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had
forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >>>interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of >>>some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had >>>heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >>>insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the >>>producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take
off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone >>>took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there
still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept >>>filming.
Sheesh, sounds like the producers should have been arrested for that.
You say that like there are producers who shouldn't be arrested.
They didn't even need to stop filming to get the guy proper medical >>attention.
Seriously, it's not always a matter of criminal law if someone fails to >render assistance. Yes, there's liability and industrial hygiene >requirements, but that's civil law. Refusing to stop filming doesn't
prevent anyone else from rendering aid. If someone is physically
prevented from rendering aid, then it could be a crime.
In this case, unless someone ceasing to perform his job would create a
hazard on its own or make the emergency worse, like a grip in the
process of securing a piece of equipment, there are plenty of P.A.s and >actors not needed for the scene just standing around. Fuck all of those >people for refusing to assist.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>>documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show. >>>Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of >>>the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing >>>away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion >>>dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products, >>>selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if >>someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is
always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
How is that a problem? We have a word for performing labor and not being >compensated. Don't contractually engage in slavery. Let someone else do
it. Famously, Disney isn't allowed to use Giselle (Amy Adams) from
Enchanted (2007) in displays of Disney princesses as the actress refused
to sell rights to her likeness. It wasn't conditional on casting.
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:47:14 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>: >>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3 >>>>of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took >>>>notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a >>>>little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >>>>teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about >>>>making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had >>>>forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >>>>interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of >>>>some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had >>>>heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >>>>insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the >>>>producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take >>>>off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone >>>>took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there >>>>still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept >>>>filming.
Sheesh, sounds like the producers should have been arrested for that.
You say that like there are producers who shouldn't be arrested.
They didn't even need to stop filming to get the guy proper medical >>>attention.
Seriously, it's not always a matter of criminal law if someone fails to >>render assistance. Yes, there's liability and industrial hygiene >>requirements, but that's civil law. Refusing to stop filming doesn't >>prevent anyone else from rendering aid. If someone is physically
prevented from rendering aid, then it could be a crime.
In this case, unless someone ceasing to perform his job would create a >>hazard on its own or make the emergency worse, like a grip in the
process of securing a piece of equipment, there are plenty of P.A.s and >>actors not needed for the scene just standing around. Fuck all of those >>people for refusing to assist.
That's the thing. Since there are quite a few people involved in any >production like this I find it unlikely that no one was willing to
help unless otherwise being ordered not to bother.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>>>documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show. >>>>Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of >>>>the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing >>>>away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion >>>>dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products, >>>>selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if >>>someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is >>>always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
How is that a problem? We have a word for performing labor and not being >>compensated. Don't contractually engage in slavery. Let someone else do
it. Famously, Disney isn't allowed to use Giselle (Amy Adams) from >>Enchanted (2007) in displays of Disney princesses as the actress refused
to sell rights to her likeness. It wasn't conditional on casting.
It's a problem if you are wanting to pay your bills so you need this job.
I agree they shouldn't have signed the contract. That said many
people sign bad contracts the first time around because they just want
to have some rent money and either don't know what to look for or
aren't given the time to review the contract. Hell, even Taylor Swift
ran into some issues because of her first contract and she's proven to
be a savvy businesswoman.
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:47:14 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>: >>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3 >>>>>of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took >>>>>notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a >>>>>little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >>>>>teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about >>>>>making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had >>>>>forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >>>>>interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of >>>>>some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had >>>>>heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >>>>>insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the >>>>>producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take >>>>>off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone >>>>>took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there >>>>>still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept >>>>>filming.
Sheesh, sounds like the producers should have been arrested for that.
You say that like there are producers who shouldn't be arrested.
They didn't even need to stop filming to get the guy proper medical >>>>attention.
Seriously, it's not always a matter of criminal law if someone fails to >>>render assistance. Yes, there's liability and industrial hygiene >>>requirements, but that's civil law. Refusing to stop filming doesn't >>>prevent anyone else from rendering aid. If someone is physically >>>prevented from rendering aid, then it could be a crime.
In this case, unless someone ceasing to perform his job would create a >>>hazard on its own or make the emergency worse, like a grip in the
process of securing a piece of equipment, there are plenty of P.A.s and >>>actors not needed for the scene just standing around. Fuck all of those >>>people for refusing to assist.
That's the thing. Since there are quite a few people involved in any >>production like this I find it unlikely that no one was willing to
help unless otherwise being ordered not to bother.
If you are in a position to render aid, what does being ordered not to
bother have to do with whether you render aid? If you could assit but
choose not to, that's on you, not some other asshole.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>>>>documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show. >>>>>Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of >>>>>the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing >>>>>away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion >>>>>dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products, >>>>>selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if >>>>someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is >>>>always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
How is that a problem? We have a word for performing labor and not being >>>compensated. Don't contractually engage in slavery. Let someone else do >>>it. Famously, Disney isn't allowed to use Giselle (Amy Adams) from >>>Enchanted (2007) in displays of Disney princesses as the actress refused >>>to sell rights to her likeness. It wasn't conditional on casting.
It's a problem if you are wanting to pay your bills so you need this job.
You seem to be ignoring the main point that performing work for no >compensation doesn't get the bills paid.
I agree they shouldn't have signed the contract. That said many
people sign bad contracts the first time around because they just want
to have some rent money and either don't know what to look for or
aren't given the time to review the contract. Hell, even Taylor Swift
ran into some issues because of her first contract and she's proven to
be a savvy businesswoman.
The contract she signed may have been unfavorable to her -- she didn't
own the master recordings of her earliest songs -- but she wasn't >uncompensated. When she decided to re-release her earliest songs, she
made new master recordings in order to do so.
These actors were agreeing to give up something of value -- commercial >exploitation of their own likenesses -- for no compensation. They were
also performing stunts for which they had no training and I'll bet the >producers wouldn't have paid for rehab if they were injured.
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:32:36 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:47:14 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>: >>>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>>>>>documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show. >>>>>>Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of >>>>>>the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing >>>>>>away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion >>>>>>dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products, >>>>>>selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if >>>>>someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is >>>>>always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
How is that a problem? We have a word for performing labor and not being >>>>compensated. Don't contractually engage in slavery. Let someone else do >>>>it. Famously, Disney isn't allowed to use Giselle (Amy Adams) from >>>>Enchanted (2007) in displays of Disney princesses as the actress refused >>>>to sell rights to her likeness. It wasn't conditional on casting.
It's a problem if you are wanting to pay your bills so you need this job.
You seem to be ignoring the main point that performing work for no >>compensation doesn't get the bills paid.
They were getting paid, just not for the use of their faces. They were
still getting paid to make the content.
. . .
On 4/10/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3
of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took
notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a
little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about
making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had
forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of
some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had
heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the
producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take
off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone
took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there
still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept
filming.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show.
Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost >immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of
the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing
away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion
dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products,
selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money. It
was a non union show which had its' own list of horrors they put the
actors through. One of the actors said Disney bought the show, then it
went union and suddenly they cared if they got hurt or not and they
brought in stuntmen to the dangerous scenes.
Then there were all the deaths, suicides, murder. The murder they
talked about could be it's own documentary. A lot of this fans of the
show will already know about, but it was still an interesting watch and
had several things I wasn't already aware of, in particular details >surrounding the suicide of Jason David Frank, who was the most popular >ranger.
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:47:14 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
10 Apr 2025 08:18:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
Hollywood Demons (HBOMax) - "Dark Side of the Power Rangers" - Episode 3 >>>>> of this documentary series. This episode is the reason I even took
notice of this series, it focused on "The Power Rangers." I was a
little older when the show came out, but still enjoyed watching it as a >>>>> teenager. I've only ever heard horror stories from the cast about
making this show, and this documentary was no different. I had
forgotten they shot the pilot with a different "Yellow Ranger." They >>>>> interviewed her about the pilot. She said they were in the middle of >>>>> some dessert in heat when one of the stuntmen in a rubber swimsuit had >>>>> heat stroke. She said the guy was on the ground flopping around and she >>>>> insisted they stop filming and get the guy an ambulance. But the
producers refused to stop filming and offered $100 for anyone to take >>>>> off the costume and put it on so they could keep filming, and someone >>>>> took the $100, took the costume off the man, and left the guy there
still shaking, but now in the his socks and underwear, and they kept >>>>> filming.
Sheesh, sounds like the producers should have been arrested for that.
You say that like there are producers who shouldn't be arrested.
They didn't even need to stop filming to get the guy proper medical
attention.
Seriously, it's not always a matter of criminal law if someone fails to
render assistance. Yes, there's liability and industrial hygiene
requirements, but that's civil law. Refusing to stop filming doesn't
prevent anyone else from rendering aid. If someone is physically
prevented from rendering aid, then it could be a crime.
In this case, unless someone ceasing to perform his job would create a
hazard on its own or make the emergency worse, like a grip in the
process of securing a piece of equipment, there are plenty of P.A.s and
actors not needed for the scene just standing around. Fuck all of those
people for refusing to assist.
That's the thing. Since there are quite a few people involved in any
production like this I find it unlikely that no one was willing to
help unless otherwise being ordered not to bother.
If you are in a position to render aid, what does being ordered not to
bother have to do with whether you render aid? If you could assit but
choose not to, that's on you, not some other asshole.
And that's not even close to the most shocking story they told in the >>>>> documentary. There were so many shady things happened on that show. >>>>> Giving them contracts to sign, but telling them they had to sing almost
Sing for their supper. :)
immediately with no time to let an agent review it first. The terms of >>>>> the contracts had the actors working for almost nothing while signing >>>>> away their likeness. Keep in mind, Power Rangers is a mutlibillion
dollar franchise. They were putting the actors faces on products,
selling the products, and not giving the actors any of the money.
Though the problem is how many other actors did they have lined up if
someone demanded to get paid for the use of their likeness. Which is
always a problem if there aren't legal protections in place.
How is that a problem? We have a word for performing labor and not being >>> compensated. Don't contractually engage in slavery. Let someone else do
it. Famously, Disney isn't allowed to use Giselle (Amy Adams) from
Enchanted (2007) in displays of Disney princesses as the actress refused >>> to sell rights to her likeness. It wasn't conditional on casting.
It's a problem if you are wanting to pay your bills so you need this job.
You seem to be ignoring the main point that performing work for no compensation doesn't get the bills paid.
I agree they shouldn't have signed the contract. That said many
people sign bad contracts the first time around because they just want
to have some rent money and either don't know what to look for or
aren't given the time to review the contract. Hell, even Taylor Swift
ran into some issues because of her first contract and she's proven to
be a savvy businesswoman.
The contract she signed may have been unfavorable to her -- she didn't
own the master recordings of her earliest songs -- but she wasn't uncompensated. When she decided to re-release her earliest songs, she
made new master recordings in order to do so.
These actors were agreeing to give up something of value -- commercial exploitation of their own likenesses -- for no compensation. They were
also performing stunts for which they had no training and I'll bet the producers wouldn't have paid for rehab if they were injured.
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