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The article reads more like an anti-union piece than anything else. Yet, Hollywood has been making TV shows in Vancouver for the last 20 years to avoid this uni

The article reads more like an anti-union piece than anything else. Yet, Hollywood has been making TV shows in Vancouver for the last 20 years to avoid this union overhead, so it's not really news to anyone paying attention. Lord of the Rings was famously filmed in New Zealand and brought accents to our movies. Now you'd be hard pressed to watch a recent film without a couple accents. Post-production is pretty much all that's left in Los Angeles. Edit: Sorry, in my quick commenting, I meant to imply that accents are more a symbol that Hollywood films its big blockbusters outside the US now. In re-thinking it, it was a bad form.

throwaway91111 10y ago
What do you mean by the accent remark? America didn't have a shortage of accents in movies before LOTR, that's for sure.
Shivetya 10y ago
with regards to being anti-union it merely highlights that the industry is artificially labor intensive in a day when it should not be. similar to how newspapers were chock full of people who were very limited in scope but wholly protected. the negative about unions is that protecting an overly narrow just eventually leads to loss of not only that job but supporting jobs as well. the only "industry" protected from this loss potential is within the realm of government employment especially in maintenance categories. hollywood was able to hide such largess when the money was flowing but this is low hanging fruit to pick on, the salaries of actors and actresses is where many need to go but are afraid to call out. People compare CEO to line employee pay all the time but compare the lead actor(s) to the set people, never.
yellowbeard 10y ago
New Zealand even changed labour laws to ensure The Hobbit would be filmed there. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/31/warner-bros-new-zealand-hobbit-film https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/31/warner-bros...
mmanfrin 10y ago
Lord of the Rings was famously filmed in New Zealand and brought accents to our movies wat

throwaway91111 10y ago

What do you mean by the accent remark? America didn't have a shortage of accents in movies before LOTR, that's for sure.

Shivetya 10y ago

with regards to being anti-union it merely highlights that the industry is artificially labor intensive in a day when it should not be. similar to how newspapers were chock full of people who were very limited in scope but wholly protected. the negative about unions is that protecting an overly narrow just eventually leads to loss of not only that job but supporting jobs as well. the only "industry" protected from this loss potential is within the realm of government employment especially in maintenance categories. hollywood was able to hide such largess when the money was flowing but this is low hanging fruit to pick on, the salaries of actors and actresses is where many need to go but are afraid to call out. People compare CEO to line employee pay all the time but compare the lead actor(s) to the set people, never.

yellowbeard 10y ago

New Zealand even changed labour laws to ensure The Hobbit would be filmed there. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/31/warner-bros-new-zealand-hobbit-film https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/31/warner-bros...

mmanfrin 10y ago

Lord of the Rings was famously filmed in New Zealand and brought accents to our movies wat