Same for journalists and writers
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Or more commonly:
His dad was a famous actor and his mom was a famous actress, he got his big break when he was born the child of a famous actor and actress
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Or more commonly:
His dad was a famous actor and his mom was a famous actress, he got his big break when he was born the child of a famous actor and actress
Nah, that's not fair, this is how it usually goes:
His parent was a famous actors/director, he got his break when his parent worked a project that needed a baby in shot, and brought him with them when he was 2 weeks, cementing his legacy from a young age.
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Nah, that's not fair, this is how it usually goes:
His parent was a famous actors/director, he got his break when his parent worked a project that needed a baby in shot, and brought him with them when he was 2 weeks, cementing his legacy from a young age.
Almost, but not quite:
His parents were a famous actors/directors, he got concieved because the producer said they wanted a baby in the scene to help audiences empathize better (unused footage; from the dvd commentary only). Unfortuately the government bent to protests from people that wouldn't allow the studio to warehouse him as a prop, cementing his legacy from a young age.
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Or more commonly:
His dad was a famous actor and his mom was a famous actress, he got his big break when he was born the child of a famous actor and actress
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I mean, a lot of those actors were WW2 vets. So no need to fret, we'll get better actors after ww3.
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Or more commonly:
His dad was a famous actor and his mom was a famous actress, he got his big break when he was born the child of a famous actor and actress
This sounds like a Norm Macdonald joke with the set up being the same as the punchline
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This sounds like a Norm Macdonald joke with the set up being the same as the punchline
Genuinely the best compliment I could have asked for
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Genuinely the best compliment I could have asked for
Ha! You’re welcome. I’m not one for celebrity worship but I miss him. Feels like not a day goes by that I don’t think of one of his jokes and cheers me up a little
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Escaping the daily grind of working-class life via a career in the arts is not really a thing anymore. Scratch the surface of anyone born in the last ~40 years making a living that way and you'll find either family connections, generational wealth, or a bread-winning life partner.
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And many "Musicians". Just look at Taylor Swift. Oh how convenient if Daddy is a big shot in the industry and makes you all the connections, so you don't have to do anything but look pretty with make-up.
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Today? More like in 90s?
Today most actor's Wikipedia pages have links to their parents' Wikipedia pages.
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Acting used to be a profession with low status and bad reputation.
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Acting used to be a profession with low status and bad reputation.
It still is for most acting gigs that are not large productions
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Are there even still some waitresses in LA hoping to make it in Hollywood? (Other than those that are method actors researching their thirtieth role?)
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I have noticed in the anglosphere that a significant percentage of mainstream reporters and journalists are what used to be called “independently wealthy”.
I guess it’s always been that way, but I think it’s more so now
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Given the large amount of sex abuse in the industry, it is likely that a producer or director plied young talent with promises of fame in return for sexual favors. Once the talent would start fighting back, they could go onto the next starlet.
Nowadays, you can't fuck the talent, so might as well hire those with industry connections to help get the movie made.
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And many "Musicians". Just look at Taylor Swift. Oh how convenient if Daddy is a big shot in the industry and makes you all the connections, so you don't have to do anything but look pretty with make-up.
Thank God the swifties are not on the best social media platform that is Lemmy!
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I can't speak for the US, but in the UK from the 50s all the way to the 90s there was enough social safety net, affordable housing and government sponsored arts grants for someone from a modest background to be able to hone their craft in acting, music, art, writing, comedy etc.
Nowadays all that's gone (shockingly a lot of it under Labour), and it's only trust fund kids that can afford to spend five years not working a full-time salaried job.
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Today? More like in 90s?
Today most actor's Wikipedia pages have links to their parents' Wikipedia pages.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think it was largely the same even in the '90s, the connections just weren't advertised as prominently. I was desperately in love with Kate Beckinsale after she appeared in Much Ado About Nothing, but I only learned recently that she was the daughter of a beloved British actor named Richard Beckinsale.
Edit: I'm still in love with Kate Beckinsale, but I used to be, too.
