yeah man pay this succesful director/actor/some other fucking guy a couple hundred thousand not to show up, meanwhile the vfx guys had to pawn their computers

  • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    21·
    9 days ago

    Right, capitalism is bad. Rich people put up their (typically inherited/unearned) capital and get to extract the profit from the workers. This is how everything works under capitalism

    • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      10·
      9 days ago

      No other forms of art does this. Music doesn’t put the owner of the studios name in the songs! Well, not typically at least! The name on the painting isn’t an investor! We’re not pretending that poems are made by a patron.

      Yes someone getting paid for ownership is just capitalism. But separate things can be weird in different ways within capitalism

      • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        9 days ago

        another example is celebrity-owned restaurants where the celebrity name is more important than the staff. this includes restaurants where the celebrity owner is a “CHEF” but doesn’t work in the restaurant (or even create the menu probably) like the Gordon Ramsey chain

      • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        9 days ago

        Songs have credits too, you just don’t watch them on a screen or look them up. The publishing companies, the producers. One of the most famous music producers in the world is notorious for literally doing nothing. Ceos, bosses, investors etc get the credit for shit they didn’t do always, they just shove it in your face differently