OPINION: The idea of re-opening seemed like a distant vision but now, suddenly, the shutdown is almost over and a resurgence is at hand. But on whose terms?
The idea of re-opening seemed like a distant vision but now, suddenly, the shutdown is almost over and a resurgence is at hand. But on whose terms? Is this the moment for stars and working crews alike to demand new rules governing everything from working hours to rehearsals to meals to dressing rooms — to personal encounters in general?
When most of the nation’s 25,000 banks suddenly shut their doors, shell-shocked studio mavens huddled for weeks of meetings, then emerged with tentative offers. Limited production would start again on sharply reduced budgets, with stars taking 50% pay cuts as would minimal crews. The rejections were immediate. A few defiant stars like Clara Bow agreed to work for nothing on movies in mid-production, provided new deals with heavy profit participations could be carved out.
According to Robert Young, the studios were so paranoid about the formation of unions that stars skulked to meetings at midnight, “sneaking through alleys to avoid the spies and ex cops hired by the studios to keep an eye on us.” Roosevelt did not pretend that he had a magic pill to bridge the gap between rich and poor, but he succeeded in creating a sense of national unity which, ultimately, was reinforced by the incursions at Pearl Harbor and the Nazi aggressions in Europe. Today, of course, the gap between rich and poor is even wider, despite the well publicized pay cuts taken by CEOs.
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