As the SAG-AFTRA strike enters its second month with no end in sight, joining the WGA strike that began in May, some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have been taking to picket lines to support the unions.
16.07.2023 - 21:09 / etcanada.com
Kimiko Glenn has had many roles over the past few years, including appearing in several seasons of “Orange Is the New Black” as inmate Brooke Soso.
Given the show’s popularity on Netflix, it would be easy to assume that she continues to rake in big bucks in royalties as the show continues to stream worldwide.
That is decidedly not the case, something that Glenn demonstrated in a video she shared via TikTok.
In the video, she pans in on a SAG-AFTRA royalty statement, listing all the various episodes in which she appeared.
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“Oh my god, I’m about to be so rich!” she declares, just as the camera pans down to the grand total she’s being paid: $24.30.
“What?!” she shrieks in mock surprise.
In the caption, she explains that it’s this precise issue, of actors being paid pennies in royalties, that underlies the union’s decision to go on strike.
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Orange is the New Black alum Kimiko Glenn is standing with fellow striking members of SAG-AFTRA amid their contract disputes with streamers like Netflix.
Orange Is The New Black have claimed that they never received fair compensation from Netflix while appearing in the show.Released in 2013, the series initially followed Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) as she’s sentenced to 15 months in a minimum security women’s prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money.In a new interview with The New Yorker, the cast of the Emmy-winning series have alleged that they were paid a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) minimum wage of less than $900 (£690) per episode to appear in the show.Among those to appear in the article were Kimiko Glenn, Emma Myles, Beth Dover, Alysia Reiner, Diane Guerrero, Taryn Manning and Lea DeLaria, with Dover saying: “It actually COST me money to be in Season 3 and 4 since I was cast local hire and had to fly myself out, etc,” Dover added.“But I was so excited for the opportunity to be on a show I loved so I took the hit. It’s maddening.”She added: “They’re telling us, ‘Oh, we can’t pay you this much, because we’re pinching pennies’.“But then Netflix is telling their shareholders that they’re making more than they’ve ever made.
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Members of SAG-AFTRA are showing their support after the labor union failed to reach an agreement with studios over fairer wages, the use of artificial intelligence in media and other issues.
Fran Drescher fired up her base today in a speech outlining strike plans.