Paula Jai Parker believes she's been blackballed after choosing to marry the bus driver instead of a bus owner
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I don’t know…she’s a black actress who’s not on the level of Nia Long/Sanaa Lathan/Vivica Fox/Gabrielle Union, etc and sometimes they complain about the lack of work so I’m sure there would definitely be even less for her. Maybe she knows something we don’t tho
Seems like she was typed cast.
She’s saying that either you are blackballed or you are sleeping your way into things 
Why the fukk would you be blackballed for NOT sleeping your way to things. You obviously did something wrong that you’re tryna deflect from.
Why the fukk would you be blackballed for NOT sleeping your way to things. You obviously did something wrong that you’re tryna deflect from.
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Hoodoo Child
The Urban Legend
I get what you're saying, but I just think we tend to overestimate how much these folks really make. I thought they all made bank, until I dated a few.Writers are different from actors. The actors are striking to support the writers.
Hollywood, like most industries in the new millennium, aint paying what they used to.
Look at how streaming is robbing recording artists, but the labels are getting hella paid because they cut the artists out of the revenue sharing.
Getting your music licensed used to be a great source of income. Now it doesn't pay like it once did.
Auto plant workers don't make as much as they used to anymore. They bought out the oldtimers and bought new workers in for much less.
The studios are getting in on the grift. They're also using streaming as an excuse not to pay.
They're thinking that they can use AI to automate scripts, voiceover work, and even actors in small roles.
They still have to pay the stars but they want everyone else to work for less.
The cost of living continues to rise and wages are stagnant.
In SoCal, where the industry is, the cost of living is exorbitant.
Aspiring actors work other jobs.
Waitstaff is popular amongst aspiring actors because they need their daytime hours free to go on auditions.
Professional actors don't work 9-5. They have agents that keep them working and they may have other revenue streams.
If you have a small role as a teacher on a Disney or Nickelodeon show, your pockets will be sitting nice.
With TV, they're really paying you not to take another job, which is why you rarely see soap opera actors leave that sector.
Black actors are not considered priority in Hollywood and it's harder to keep steady work.
Paula is not the only Black actor in her peer group to lose work.
Bokeem Woodbine, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tyrin Turner, Allen Payne, and Larenz Tate all went long periods without work.
Glynn Turman
or Joe Pantoliano
have never sat at the top of the heap in Hollywood, but they keep a job.
Fact is, the vast majority of actors don't make enough to sustain themselves on acting alone. That includes aspiring actors AND working actors. Most can't even afford SAG health insurance. They raised the premium by 44% after the pandemic, so now you need to make a minimum of $26k to qualify.
"Most of my members don't even meet the threshold to get health insurance, which is $26,000 a year, and in most jobs that would be considered a part-time job." - SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher told "CBS Mornings." Why are Hollywood actors on strike?
FeverPitch2
Superstar
Like I said, the key is steady work.I get what you're saying, but I just think we tend to overestimate how much these folks really make. I thought they all made bank, until I dated a few.
Fact is, the vast majority of actors don't make enough to sustain themselves on acting alone. That includes aspiring actors AND working actors. Most can't even afford SAG health insurance. They raised the premium by 44% after the pandemic, so now you need to make a minimum of $26k to qualify.
"Most of my members don't even meet the threshold to get health insurance, which is $26,000 a year, and in most jobs that would be considered a part-time job." - SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher told "CBS Mornings." Why are Hollywood actors on strike?
You can have your SAG card and not work.
There are a grip of actors out there. That doesn't mean they're working. A small percent are successful enough to make a living out of it.
But if you are acting for a living, you don't need to be the star of the show to make a decent living.
I read an interview with Kid from Kid N Play.
He was saying that he loved doing supporting roles on sitcoms because "you can be the fifth banana on a show and make $30K an episode".
From The Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Salaries Revealed: Who Makes What on the Lot and on Location
Newcomers can expect to earn just $15,000 to $20,000 per episode on a network or cable series. Experienced actors take home as much as $75,000 to $100,000 an episode, and bigger stars can earn $150,000 to topline a series in its first season. Raises (usually about 4 percent) come each subsequent season (James Spader made $160,000 per episode for season two of The Blacklist; Jeff Garlin made $84,000 per episode on season two of The Goldbergs), but the real money comes after contract renegotiations (usually for season 3). In breakout success, the stars of hit shows eventually can earn as much as a cool $1 million an episode (The Big Bang Theory's Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons).
So like I said, you get a small role playing the teacher on a Disney show and you make $20K an ep.
Those shows usually do anywhere from 12 to 24 episodes
$20K x 12 = $240K
$20K x 20 = $400K
$20K x 24 = $480K
About the streaming grift:
Qualifying for health insurance through SAG
Hoodoo Child
The Urban Legend
That small percent don't represent the majority. Kid, James, Jeff, Johnny and Jim are all Vets. The average actor isn't bringing home 20k an episode, nor do they have the resume to book those 20k-an-episode type projects. Other than that, I agree with you on the rest. Steady work is crucial
Yea she kinda came off like she had sense but at the same time she was booghie or however you spell it but was fronting like she was rich
OAN it’s wild how sitcoms used to have a person play multiple characters on the same show
She was in season one as Marlon girl one episode then she became a regular in like season 3 as their booghie home girl that got Marlon in the friend zone
A lot of shows used to do that
