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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW2 | 2 minutes walk from Argos
If the Ritzy were a cat, it would have used up most of its nine lives. The cinema started life in 1910 as the Electric... More
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211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9 | 3 minutes walk from Argos
This former cinema with its art deco interior, proscenium arch and 140ft dome is London's most celebrated venue for live music, winning Best Live Venue... More
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95 Effra Road, SW2 | 10 minutes walk from Argos
Hootananny Brixton is the sister venue to one of the Scottish Highlands' most successful venues, Hootananny in Inverness. Revamped and refurbished, it's fast-establishing itself as... More
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70 Landor Road, Brixton, London SW9 | 10 minutes walk from Argos
You're never more than three rows away from the action at the Landor Theatre where the audience never exceeds 60. Focussed on producing musical theatre... More
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
Bread & Roses pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 | 19 minutes walk from Argos
Resident comperes Leanne Scott and Sion James host monthly shows (usually on the first Thursday of every month) in this wonderfully friendly and intimate comedy... More
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Arch 17, Miles Street, Lambeth, London SW8 | 28 minutes walk from Argos
Above the Stag Theatre, one of London's most successful small theatres, re-opens in a brand new venue on 29th November 2013, in a renovated... More
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Havil Street, SE5 | 32 minutes walk from Argos
In the heart of Borough, behind Southwark Town Hall, the Peckham Theatre offers theatre workshops especially aimed at children and young people in the borough.... More
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Riverside Walk, Nine Elms Lane, Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, Battersea, London SW8 | 32 minutes walk from Argos
In the shadow of the Battersea Power Station, the Battersea Barge is a unique venue that's open daily for food, drink... More
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138 Kennington Park Road, Kennington, London SE11 | 32 minutes walk from Argos
It's easy to spot who's at the White Bear for the pints and who's there for the Pinter but somehow the two aspects unite comfortably... More
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231 Battersea Park Road, SW11 | 35 minutes walk from Argos
The pub - if it still fits within the confines of that definition - has a vast outdoor space that is semi-covered with... More
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Lavender Hill, SW11 | 2 miles from Argos
Carrying many of London's best fringe productions, the Battersea Arts Centre is one of the best off-West End theatres and art venues in the capital.... More
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133 Rye Lane, SE15 | 2.1 miles from Argos
Once an industrial powerhouse, one of the premier cricket bat makers in the country and an air raid shelter during the Second World War, the... More
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77 Bedford Hill, Balham, SW12 | 2.1 miles from Argos
It's worth venturing all the way to Balham for this comedy club - it's a class act. The legendary Banana Cabaret has run every Friday... More
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44 Lambeth High Street, Albert Embankment, SE1 | 2.1 miles from Argos
Once the fire engine workshops of the London Fire Brigade, The Workshop on Albert Embankment in Lambeth is opening its doors once again, as a... More
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The Exhibit, 12 Balham Station Road, SW12 | 2.1 miles from Argos
Based at The Exhibit Pub in Balham, the Rise of the Idiots Comedy Club runs monthly nights (last Sunday of each month) showcasing the very... More
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Elephant Road, Elephant and Castle, London SE17 | 2.2 miles from Argos
Repositioning refurbished shipping containers as retail spaces and offices for creative startups, The Artworks Elephant turns Elephant and Castle into "the new Shoreditch", according to... More
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503 Battersea Park Road, SW11 | 2.3 miles from Argos
Originally created by the team behind the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, the 503 is a well-designed theatre nestled above the busy Latchmere pub on... More
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28 New Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 2.3 miles from Argos
This 2600-capacity venue hosts some of the most rocking club nights and live music events in town. Starting out life as a Victorian theatre -... More
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Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P | 2.4 miles from Argos
Situated in the heart of Westminster, this stunning 18th century church was designed by architect Thomas Archer and completed in 1728. It is considered one... More
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42 Francis Street, Westminster, London SW1P | 2.5 miles from Argos
Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic church. London's only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky.... More
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77-85 Newington Causeway, Bankside, London SE1 | 2.5 miles from Argos
The Southwark Playhouse, one of London's best fringe theatres, has found a temporary home for five years at 77-85 Newington Causeway, a huge warehouse... More
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15 Eccleston Street, Belgravia, Victoria, London SW1W | 2.6 miles from Argos
A tartan clad jazz, cigar and supper club, Boisdale of Belgravia has an the old fashioned charm of a gentlemen's club. Situated in an elegant... More
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58 Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1E | 2.6 miles from Argos
Curzon Victoria is the chain's seventh London venue, providing a boutique cinema option in central London. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in a... More
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1 Launcelot Street, SE1 | 2.6 miles from Argos
The Vaults is a multi-disciplinary arts space located in underneath Waterloo station. The space features 30,000 sq ft of accessible, flexible and delectable Victorian... More
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Victoria Street, Victoria, London SW1E | 2.7 miles from Argos
The exterior of the Victoria Palace is among the most impressive of any theatre in London. Before the advent of air travel, the giant arch,... More
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42-44 Battersea High Street, SW11 | 2.7 miles from Argos
Hot Club Gypsy Swing is a bizarrely niche musical genre for a wine bar in Battersea. Live acts vary depending on which night of the... More
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10 Leake Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.7 miles from Argos
The Vaults under Waterloo are an intriguing venue that play host to a number of underground events.... More
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103 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.7 miles from Argos
With the exception of The Globe, the Old Vic has had a greater influence on the history of drama than any theatre standing today. From... More
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Sloane Square, Belgravia, London SW1W | 2.7 miles from Argos
Dedicated to putting on new work and discovering new voices, the Royal Court Theatre was seen as 'the most important theatre in Europe' by no... More
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County Hall, 5 Chicheley Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.7 miles from Argos
Situated in the heart of London at Southbank, and right in front of tourists' favourite the London Eye, The Slug and Lettuce is the perfect... More
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the third in a series of westerns (after A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More) featuring Clint Eastwood, whose career in Hollywood had been less-than-stellar up to that point, as "The Man With No Name." This film is widely viewed as the greatest of the three.
In terms of pure preference, I liked Once Upon a Time in the West a little more. Perhaps it was due to the presence of Claudia Cardinale. But there's no mistaking what a great movie this is, too.
This reissue of the film adds 18 minutes of footage that had previously been included as an extra feature on the last DVD release. Eastwood and Eli Wallach, now 89 years old, went into a studio to dub their voices, and another actor subbed for the late Lee Van Cleef. This restores the film to its full 177 minute length as Leone envisioned it, rather than the 161 minute version we've known in the U.S.
Eastwood's voice has held up somewhat, but let's be real. Wallach is almost 90 and sounds it. You will know which scenes are new the instant he opens his mouth. It's almost comical, but then again, the handling of dialogue in Leone's films is always the one hang up I've had.
He never recorded the voices with the film – they were recorded separately. The end result is lips out of synch with the dialogue, and in cases where secondary and minor characters were played by Italians, it sometimes looks like a Godzilla movie. Those always give me a chuckle.
Among the new scenes is Tuco, aka Ugly (Wallach) being beaten up in the Union camp by Angel Eyes, aka Bad (Van Cleef), plus one where three of Tuco's allies are introduced and a few other short scenes. Just listen, you will hear it.
For those who are unfamiliar with the film (and if you are, don't admit it publicly), Tuco is a criminal with huge record. His partner, Blondie, aka Good (Eastwood) turns him in to the local authorities for a bounty, and then sticks around to shoot away the rope around Tuco's neck while he's being hung. The two then split the reward money. Rinse, repeat.
These two go back and forth in a love-hate relationship (well, not really love), with the two trading the upper hand. While Tuco has the upper hand, he encounters a group of dead and wounded soldiers in a carriage. The last living soldier tells them about $200,000 in hidden treasure. Tuco learns where it is, but Blondie knows what grave it's in. So they are stuck together and can't kill each other or the knowledge is lost.
CLICK HERE to read the full The Good, The Bad and the Ugly review by Andy Patrizio.
Score: 10 out of 10
Video and Presentation
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen using the AVC MPEG-4 codec on a dual-layered BD50 disc consuming 45.2 gigs of disc space. This looks to be the same master used for the last restoration – which varied in quality quite a bit. Several notable dust and dirt specks peek into the print, distracting the picture while giving it a nice lived-in look. Much noise and film grain has been annoyingly wiped free thanks to the "wonder" of DNR (digital noise reduction). This creates minor ghosting issues and some posterization during wide shots. This process also removes some depth and texture to the print.
Still, considering the age of the film, this is an incredibly striking, bold presentation with stark contrast, a dusty palette and perfect black levels. I just wish Fox/MGM would have gone back and coughed up a fresh restoration. Things have changed in the years since the last one.
Score: 8 out of 10
Languages and Audio
Audio choices are English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish, French and Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, English and Italian Mono, German DTS 5.1 with Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai subtitles and English captions for the hearing impaired. I honestly wasn't expecting much, but this is a surprisingly aggressive re-authoring of the film's original mono track. Ennio Morricone's score is given an impacting thud thanks the mix's active LFE – effects get a similar boost, as well. Morricone's music sings and screeches into every channel, immersing the listener in one of cinema's best film scores.
But the redesign doesn't end there. Dialogue and sound effects have been rebalanced and restored. This isn't one of those 5.1 tracks where virtually every element is placed in the center. Effects are made discrete – so is dialogue in certain spots. The results are quite extraordinary. This is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly like you've never heard it before – a cinema classic given new life. A few elements crackle, and dialogue still sounds a little tinty, but otherwise, this is a nearly flawless mix. And if you hate the new hi-res track, there's always the original mono track to fall back on.
Score: 9 out of 10
Extras and Packaging
This single-disc BD release comes packed in a blue elite case. Extras have been ported over from the two-disc Collector's Edition release, though all of the packaged material (lobby cards, posters and essays) have been nixed. Features include:
- Fully Restored Extended Version
- Commentary with Film Historian Richard Schickel
- Commentary with Cultural Historian Christopher Frayling
- Documentary: Leone's West (19 minutes, SD)
- Featurette: The Leone Style (23 minutes, SD)
- Documentary: The Man Who Lost the Civil War (14 minutes, SD)
- Featurette: Reconstructing the Film (10 minutes, SD)
- Audio Featurette: Il Maestro (7 minutes, HD)
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers
Starting things off, we've got two commentaries, one from film historian Richard Schickel that's a sure to cure insomnia. Between his droning and the slow pace of the movie, this is the cure for consciousness. He relates some good stories from the film and offers lots of insight; he's just dull as dirt. Critic Roger Ebert, who's a huge fan of this film, and always someone who provides commentaries oozing with enthusiasm, would have been a much better choice.
The second track, featuring cultural historian Christopher Frayling, is a little livelier. Where Schickel is rich with knowledge about the production, Frayling is loaded with information about the film's look and style. Both tracks run dry, but I preferred Frayling's track just a little more – I like the angle he takes on the material.
Moving on, we have several featurettes and documentaries. First up is "Leone's West," a making-of documentary that runs 19 minutes. It features Schickel, translator Mickey Knox, Eastwood and Wallach talking about the making of the movie. Eastwood has a great story on the destruction of the bridge. Supplementing this is "The Leone Style," a documentary on Leone and his many works, running 23 minutes.
"The Man Who Lost the Civil War" is a fascinating Civil War documentary hosted by Morgan Sheppard. It covers the Sibley Campaign during the Civil War, where the Southern army attempted to do an end-run on the Union in the New Mexico area. Leone really did his homework.
"Reconstructing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" takes a look at the company that restored the footage of the film, including the addition of the new footage. Good for a technical education on how they restore old footage. This, too, is in widescreen video.
"Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is a 7:30 look at composer Morricone, hosted by film music historian Jon Burlingame. It's a general look at Leone's musical sidekick.
There are two deleted scenes. One is a longer version of the Tuco beating scene. The negative had some video quality problems, so they chopped segments out of the scene, although most of the scene is in the film. The second is a famous deleted scene that couldn't be restored, as the film negative was too badly damaged. It involved Tuco and Blondie in a town, where Tuco scams some money and Blondie makes some quality time with a Mexican girl.
Topping things off are two trailers for the film. There are no BD-exclusive features – what a shame.
Score: 8 out of 10
The Bottom Line
This is a great film by a great director, and this BD release is pretty great, too. If you're a fan, and you've got the cash to upgrade, I'd suggest picking this one up.


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Good points! The social media issue is a biggie. And people do want instant gratification. In this day and technological age, why not?
ReplyDeleteThis is resonating with me over and over!
One society I excitedly joined has turned out to mostly be focused on electing (or re-electing) it's committee.
Another, has a wealth of local artefacts that aren't scannable but is scuppered by technology.
One society, that I've known many years has finally embraced some of its issues, and I've been asked to join the committee. I've accepted, although keen to find out how best I can apply my skills and enthusiasm.Well done. I only renew those that give me some of those items suggested. Living for in CA and having most ancestors in Mn, Wi, and NH I need some of those things
ReplyDeleteYou're singing my song. What you have produced is a list societies can use as a tool for evaluation. Well done.
ReplyDeleteRepliesThank you, Jill. Your comments mean a lot to me. And, of course, I find it interesting to learn this is an international issue, not just in the U.S.
DeleteDefinitely an international issue! You've captured a number of my key frustrations with a couple of genealogy societies I am or have been associated with here in Germany ... being a member of a "Verein" here is so ingrained in German culture ... there has been a bit of snobbism in genealogy circles here which seems to say, if you're not a member of a "Verein", then you're not a "real" genealogist. But I've been doing a lot of head scratching lately and asking myself - hey, what benefit am I really getting from the payment of this membership fee - other than being "part of the club"? I am definitely becoming much more selective about which societies I choose to join and support with my (hard-earned) membership dues....
I totally agree with everything stated above. Technology is moving at a fast pace and the societies need to keep up. Constructive ideas of how to do this is definately needed.
ReplyDeleteI just hope that some of our Australian societies also read this great list of points for moving societies into the 21st century
ReplyDeleteA lot of truth there. I keep sending in dues and wondering what for? The help they gave me was many years ago.
ReplyDeleteBravo. You have articulated well what most of us think.
Also, some of us join societies to gain access to submitted pedigrees (etc) that might be relevant to us, in an area that our families originated from in the 'old country'. Please make these articles more accessible to us! I was happy to pay the 12 pounds for the information, but not being able to pay electronically or via PayPal was a massive pain. Banks charge $35 for a Pounds Stirling cheque, on top of the amount the cheque is written for!! Cheque books are going the way of the dinosaur. Thankfully I have a friend in the UK who could make the payment for me. Having items digitised that appeal most to far-flung members is crucial if they want us to pay money & join the association.And..........for societies who go to the trouble of producing webinars (for that I thank you), please record them so we can watch when it suits us, & have the ability to pause it, for eg. Putting them on YouTube is one way to go, maybe behind a paywall if necessary.
ReplyDeleteRepliesVery good point! We've become so used to time-shifting television viewing and I agree that webinars should be available for at least a week. No matter if they are shown during the day, evening, week or weekend, the schedule won't work for everyone and we need an option to view on our schedule. I am definitely retaining my membership in societies that offer webinars.
Yes! I keep my membership in my local society even though they have nothing to offer but fellowship. They are broke. The committee has made the very hard decision to turn the best of the library over to an historical society that wants to digitise their section and a public university library (it has a satellite campus with a new library building). The university is thrilled to have the collection and it will be in its own section. We'll have access to uni facilities, conference rooms, etc as well as online access to their extensive Native American holdings at their main campus. Win all around. It's further to travel but this was really the only place that was interested and the collection needs a home. We'll have book moving parties in a month or so.
ReplyDeleteAll are very excellent points Susan. I'd add one that is a pet peeve of mine -- the society that seems to be the personal property of that handful of recycled board members. That situation can lead to many of the problems you point out. The membership doesn't have input, doesn't get involved, and is ignored and bored.
ReplyDeleteVery well said, although I suspect those from societies who would most benefit from this advice are not reading blogs, and probably wouldn't recognise that it was their society that needed this advice.
ReplyDeleteYou know these comments break my heart. But I understand a great share of them from personal experience also. I guess it is why I try so hard to get inter active events to involve new people, Greeter at the door so they feel welcome, etc. I will say this at, least once a month a new attendee will come and later join but they are not into computers totally I think terrified of them. I met 5 last Sunday at a function that I did not even know they were doing genealogy and they said they kept it quiet so not feedback from people. I said, " I am the Educational Chairperson and a founding member of our society, Please come to some of our events and learn we are there to help and share and care." I am hoping at least three will.Would be tickled pink if they all did. But we had a bad incident one time that still leaves a bad taste in my mouth and serious regret it wasn't handled different. Keep up the good work and reach out. It can happen.
ReplyDeleteLike the idea of using this as a check list for societies to consider and act on soon. Tackling them head on, with a plan and a time frame in mind. Those like me who are not on the "committee" need to speak out, help and not just hide in the background moaning.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent thought provoking article. I know in my part of the world (Scotland), many organisations have problems getting members prepared to sit on a committee, let alone take office, which means roles are recycled and there is a dearth of new blood. So more members need to be more pro-active and noT just accept what they get, but push for change - more difficult I know when membership spans a wide geographical spread. But it needs to be done if societies are to survive and be effective.
ReplyDeleteYou have written what many people have been thinking Susan. It is important that societies/groups do not overlook the needs of their members. Groups should be prepared to adapt as time goes by, and be relevant to members, otherwise the next generation are not going to be interested.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl! I wrote an article for the FGS FORUM (vol. 25, no. 3), entitled "Revitalize Your Society," challenging societies to take a long hard look at their organization, determine what problems exist, and set goals to fix the identified problems. I talk about all areas of societies, from membership benefits to publications to leadership, and provide several possible solutions for them to consider. I've had a handful of people contact me asking to share a copy of the article with their board members (which of course I said a big YES); I do hope it has helped some societies identify and fix their problem areas and essentially provide a wonderful service to their members.
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting into words what so many of us think . . . and doing it in such a clear and logical way. If I didn't know better, I'd think that you were describing our local society here in central Ohio -- right down to the stale (and clunky) web page, the fortress mentality, and the absolute refusal to spend money to promote development and growth. The sad thing is that the group has a great deal of potential, including a very good library, and a decent funding base. I'm not optimistic that they will ever open up, and they have a reputation of driving away people who try to 'rock the boat.' But reading your post has somehow given me the encouragement I need to make another go at it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your message. As a Chair of a Branch of a larger Society - Your words have been and continues to be on our front plate. As volunteers for the branch, we continue to adapt to new technology and innovation to serve our membership and the Family history community. One goal we have is to develop relationships with other organizations or smaller groups in our area to assist in move them forward into the tech world. Keep talking the talk and you are are supported.
ReplyDeleteInteresting and useful ideas here. I used to belong to my state society but with the advent of so many online resources (and none of my family coming from this state), I haven't been able to see the point. I thought about joining an interstate society where lots of my family lived but it is expensive, I only get there once a year so can't see what the benefit would be for me at this time.
ReplyDeleteAs I read the blog and the various comments, I wondered how many of these folks had gone to their society and said that they would volunteer to fix the issue. Talk is cheap. If you want a better society, make a better society; don't sit around complaining and waiting for it to happen by magic. YOU are responsible if YOUR Society is not meeting your needs!
ReplyDeleteRepliesI served on the board of a local society as well as doing publicity and social media and teaching technology classes for three years. It took a toll because I was always going up against the old guard who were resistant to change.
I never would have posted this had I not tried to get things changed. After a while, the struggle was more than I wanted to face in a volunteer world.
I'm learning that I can do genealogy without being a member of some societies.This is very well thought out. There do need to be more pushers in this vein. So many of the groups you refer to are inordinately weighted by lack of imagination: "this is the way we've always done it."
One little caveat -- not all of us have access to fast internet connections that allow participation in webinars, google hangouts, social media and live-streaming. There is still much need for text-based instructional and insightful material on the web.
Bravo, bravo, bravo. Thank you for putting it all down and saying it so well! You got it right, Susan!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post Susan. I belong to several genealogy societies. The primary one, of course, being the San Diego Genealogical Society. I am proud of the progress being made in our society this past year. Many of the ideas you mentioned have been implemented. We still have a ways to go, but we are on course. Yeah for us. As to some of the others I belong to. Not so much progress and I too may not renew membership.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to read this blog as it makes me very happy to be able to "brag" about the progress we have made in the past few years. I've shared it with our board and brought it up during "Mondays with MYRT" on our weekly Google HOA. Our society is the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, established over 40 years ago. We're far from stuck in the past. First of all, we have extended our season from 10 months to a full 12, meet every month, conduct presentations with live speakers AND virtual presentations so that we can invite anyone in the world (yes...the world!), we're taking up a cemetery project and conduct research clinics twice a month. Once or twice a year, our meeting is a simple panel where our members can throw out any question whatsoever and we do our best to get them the answer. Some of those have been "lively!" Soon, we'll be broadcasting our meetings to our paid membership ala Legacy Webinars and archive them on YouTube. And there are a few other "modern" things that we've adopted such as electronic newsletters (we still mail 5 rather that 125!), a Facebook page and a Google+ Community. I thought we might lose some of our more senior members. On the contrary, we've grown! Happy to talk with anyone about how we did this all! By the way, this topic took up a full hour on Mondays with MYRT which you can see archived at YouTube. Just search for "DearMYRTLE" and you'll find dozens and possibly hundreds of the Dear Myrtle broadcasts.
ReplyDeleteRepliesThanks for letting me know about the discussion on the HOA today. I was able to listen to a good portion of the discussion. Glad to learn you are with one of the progressive societies!
During the discussion you mentioned you had posted a comment on the blog that hadn't appeared. I just double checked my emails and spam folders and the above comment from you is the only one that came through the comments queue.
While I agree with 98% of your advice, and have run across recalcitrant volunteers, it is not my experience that every society is dominated by this attitude. Such people and attitudes exist in the societies in which I'm most active, and while they may generate noise, attention and frustration, they are the minority, not the majority. (There are ways of dealing with such people, but that is a subject beyond the scope of this comment).
What is most concerning to me is that, culturally, we now seem to think more in terms of "what can the society do for me?" rather than "what can I do for the society?" This is not a new discussion. See:
Organizations cannot survive even if they add new blood and adopt modern technology unless more of us focus on how we can give back to the genealogical community. We each have different strengths and interests, and genealogical societies may not be for everyone. However, when we focus on building on the strengths of an organization rather than bemoaning the weaknesses, and think more about "we" than "me," we will all be better off.
I'm most taken aback by your comment that you're hearing the same stuff over and over again at conferences. We must not go to the same conferences! While I agree that conference planners must consider the needs of intermediate and advanced genealogists, I have never attended a class or lecture on even the most basic topic where I didn't learn something. I have been a student of genealogy since I was in my 20s, and have been researching for 25+ years, and the more I learn about methodology and other advanced subjects, the more I find myself needing to revisit the basics.RepliesThank you for your comment.
Let me be clear that I have donated hundreds of volunteer hours to genealogy society work. So I'm not bitching about things I know nothing about.I know well that societies face difficulties in getting volunteers to step up to the plate.
I'm looking forward to attending my first national conference next week. I, too, learn something from each workshop or conference I attend. From the sessions I've selected to attend, I'm definitely expecting some content that will be above the level I've experienced to this point.I agree with you, Connie. I, too, have been a long time researcher (began in England in 1973 and have continued here in Australia) and also founded my local family history society in 1979 which now has about 250 members. We try to keep up with modern technology with networked and internet computers & provide our members with free access to Ancestry, FindmyPast and the Brit.Newspaper Archive, also have bi-monthly meetings with interesting speakers (and provide a delicious afternoon tea!), and index local history projects, too. In the past year we have offered to man a table at local public libraries and give a free talk on family history and library staff have more than welcomed us.These have proved extremely popular and as well as getting our 'name' out there we have gained a few new members. I am the editor of our Peninsula Past Times, which gets mailed out to all members and also exchanged with other societies. We have recently digitised the newsletter and some people are happy to get it via the internet, however the majority still like paper copies.
While our committee has had few changes over the years, these dedicated committee members all have a job to do (roster of vols, genie trips, speaker co-ordinator, etc.etc), however we do co-opt members onboard to get new ideas - and we always try to be innovative.
With regard to conferences, for many years I attended the National Conferences here in Australia, many organised by professional conmpanies with accompanying high fees. I found with the long distance travel, accommodation costs plus conference costs, it was beginning to get out of hand. Older retired people just could not afford to attend and much as I enjoyed learning from guest overseas experts, decided I would make do with the smaller (and far friendlier) State conferences as these being organised by societies themselves, were far easier on the pocket.
Susan, it seems that many societies are in the rut that you describe so well. You have started a discussion that I hope will provide a wake up call to them.
ReplyDeleteRepliesFrom the feedback here and in other forums, apparently a nerve has been struck. From the discussion in today's Monday's With Myrt, I can really embrace the concept that Hangouts, webinars, Facebook forums and other online communities are better at serving the needs of many genealogists today than societies.
DeleteSusan, I hope you think that HCGS is moving in the right direction. Will I see you on Saturday?
I'm a relatively new member to the society where I belong; a little over two months. I had to look up how much was donated recently to the local library. I thought it was $1000, but just found the correct amount was $1800.
I was offered a ride to the first 'event' I attended about two weeks ago. The board member who I rode with requested that I step up to the plate and help out with some activity(ies). And I Will help out when I can. The board member was happy with my response. Since we were early to that seminar, I helped setup the reception table then staff the table along with a person who is apparently a long time member. She introduced me by name to all the people coming to pickup their badge by their name and position. I recognized a lot of their faces and remembered some of their names.
I noticed something else during all of these introductions. As is common in many groups such as this, 20% of the people are doing 80% of the work. It took less than 20 minutes to figure that out. Now, I am not a 20 %er doing 80%, but again, I will do what I can. I expect noting in return, I just want to be part of the solution. Soon enough, girlfriend will be introducing new members to me. I know our society is not the only one. As Susan stated above "What I've described is not necessarily representative of all of the societies..." I just thought I'd throw in 2 cents to help even up the players. Since we are going there, I am not much for social networks. I did create an account on The Facebook for a library class, will probably delete it soon. Don't have a twit account and only lurk on Pinterest when it lets me. Stepping down. Who's next? Oh one last note. My blog has been in hiatus for four years now. I'll get back on it soon.When I read this, I was so proud of my local society http://www.hcgsohio.org. We have made so much progress on many of these items over the past five years. It has been a lot of work, but very rewarding. One comment about the money in the bank: I was shocked when I initially became involved in the society at the amount of money in the bank. I was equally surprised when I found out that our society has many lifetime members and money has to be "kept" to serve them over a lifetime. A significant amount of the money in the bank is earmarked for lifetime membership obligations. I still feel like we could spend more, but I feel like we've spent a lot over the past few years on a new website, updating technology, etc. There is always room for improvement, but since implementing these changes, our membership has increased A LOT. Paypal is a significant improvement. So is our facebook presence. Thanks for writing such a fantastic post. I'll be sharing it with others. It points out what we've done right and where we need to move.
ReplyDeleteYes, apparently a nerve has been struck. One of the points stated was that the same individuals run the organization year after year. I know in organizations I belong to they do this because no one else will step up to the plate and take their turn. Many members just like to come to meetings for the social aspect and forget that the society has a mission. They forget that it takes work to keep a society alive. The programs, resources, and events that they enjoy don't just happen. Some don't want the society to grow. They are comfortable with things the way they are. It's a difficult task to change the mindset
ReplyDeleteYes, apparently a nerve has been struck. One of the points stated was that the same individuals run the organization year after year. I know in organizations I belong to they do this because no one else will step up to the plate and take their turn. Many members just like to come to meetings for the social aspect and forget that the society has a mission. They forget that it takes work to keep a society alive. The programs, resources, and events that they enjoy don't just happen. Some don't want the society to grow. They are comfortable with things the way they are. It's a difficult task to change the mindset


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A hearing in Manhattan on August 24 could significantly enlarge the class action suit two Black Swan interns brought last year against Fox Searchlight. In an order made public today (read it here), Judge William Pauley III has agreed to a conference next week on Alex Footman and Eric Glatt's request to amend their suit. "Plaintiffs will seek to broaden the scope of the case to include all interns who participated in Fox Entertainment Group's ('FEG's") internship program," wrote their lawyer Rachel Bien in an August 2 memo to the judge. The duo also want to separate the class of interns for their suit into "Corporate Interns," those who worked through the FEG program, and "Production Interns," those who worked on films that Fox Searchlight co-produced. To that end the amended suit will add two new plaintiffs, Eden Antalik and Kanene Gratts. The former worked through the FEG program and the latter worked on 2009's (500) Days of Summer, a Searchlight co-produced film. The legal documents also state that "Ms. Gratts would seek to bring classwide claims under California's Unfair Competition law for unpaid minimum wages on behalf of Production Interns who worked in California.
Fox had no comment today on the potential expansion of the suit. Footman and Glatt took their action on behalf of themselves and more than 100 Fox Searchlight interns last September to seek back wages for work that they did that they feel they should have been paid for. Then suit also aimed to cease what it says is the studio's incorrect use of students for what is supposed to be training similar to that provided by an educational institution, not getting coffee and other grunt work. Early last October, after the initial suit was filed, Fox fired back that the two were never actually Searchlight interns and were actually working for Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky's production company. "These are completely meritless claims aimed solely at getting press coverage for the litigants and their attorneys," Fox said. Fox Searchlight isn't the only company put under the intern spotlight recently. In March of this year, former Charlie Rose Show intern Lucy Bickerton filed a class action suit against the PBS show alleging it exploits its interns. Footman and Glatt are represented by Rachel Bein and Adam T. Klein of New York firm Outten & Golden LLP.
Fox Intern 'Black Swan' Suit Eyes Expansion
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Great. I'm sure they weren't told up front that they wouldn't get paid right? That's why it's called an unpaid internship. Those kids are so lucky to have an opportunity so many other would die for. If you don't want to be an intern don't be an intern. Get paid your min wage and work for Starbucks. This kind of lawsuit should have penalties against the plaintiffs for ruining it for their younger sibs,
I would hardly call Glatt a kid, as he is 42 years old.
What is it with you people? Just b/c it's the film industry, they can treat people like slaves? Slavery ended years ago.
I think it's great if this turns into a class action that exposes this disgusting industry wide practice and leads to more class actions against the studios and slimy producers.
Do you feel the same way about financial companies that do the same thing? Oh these kids are getting a great opportunity to work on Wall Street. They should work for free.
I commented on the guy being 42 years old, and you jump to 'I support studio slavery'. Also, thanks for letting me know that slavery is officially over – I wasn't aware of that.
These interns know it's tough to break in and thought an unpaid internship was one way to get their foot in the door. They also must have known that besides not getting paid, they are too inexperienced to do anything hands-on with production, so they would be relegated to other work. From the article —
Then suit also aimed to cease what it says is the studio's incorrect use of students for what is supposed to be training similar to that provided by an educational institution, not getting coffee and other grunt work.
I'm not saying this isn't a crappy situation, but these interns probably knew that going into this. Also, saying the practice of hiring unpaid interns only occurs in Hollywood is disingenuous. Financial services, healthcare, energy and manufacturing all have large companies that hire unpaid interns, who's job is to do grunt work that a secretary, analyst or associate would generally do.
Unpaid internships are NOT widespread in the other industries you mentioned. Hollywood and the music industry are by far the two biggest abusers of unpaid interns. Financial services firms, etc. of the same size and brand name status of these studios pay their interns.
This is 100% true. In every other industry, interns are paid, and often a decent wage. In the public accounting (finance) realm, interns will sometimes make MORE than associates because they are paid hourly and get overtime.
Hollywood is such a small system that they know that interns will never speak out, lest they be blackballed from their dreams of being a producer/director/writer etc.
I quit an internship on a big studio lot after a too big for his britches CE yelled at me and treated me like an idiot for not being able to read and comprehend 370 pages of medieval folklore in a day. I'm someone helping you… FOR FREE. Treat me with some respect.
you know what assholes? I am an out of work Production Assistant…thanks to producers giving my job away to interns in order to save a few dollars. good for former interns for risking their relationships with Fox and these producers in order to remind them that they are not above the law. reality check: pa's and interns are NOT the spoiled ones
Ha! Echo Joe's last sentence, x12!!
Sure, act flip and superior. You don't know the first thing about what you are commenting on. "Interns" in California have a strict legal definition. Among other factors, an intern cannot do work that a company would otherwise pay an employee to do. Clearly, the overwhelming majority of kids workingintel terms do not meet the legal definition. And while you gripe about being litigious, minimum wage Can't be waived, even by a person who wishes to consent. Hollywood should pay it's bills like everyone else. Just because these jobs can be a stepping stone, and there's a long history of The studios and pc's taking Advantage of folks who want to work in the industry does not make it right. Kids can still pay their dues with back-breaking work while getting paid minimum wage and overtime according to the law.
The dept. of labor has clear guidelines for internships that are seldom followed including: A clear end time of the internship. Not replacing the work of other (potential) employees. The work be educational in nature. The internship cannot be a trial period with the explanation that "hardwork" will lead to a job, aka an extended audition (most commonly violated). Most companies would not get interns without breaking this last one.
These laws exist for a reason otherwise, (among many effects), only the wealthiest people (who have other means of support) would be able to work in this industry.-
In general, only the wealthiest people (who have other means of support) ARE able to work in this industry. I know these interns are burning bridges, but it would be nice if they had some sort of impact. How many offices have we all seen where jobs that should be done by paid employees are done by interns? Just because it's possible to get away with it, doesn't mean it's legal or moral. I wish the interns well.
Awww. You had to get get people coffee? Boo Hoo.
More self entitled jerks. The generation who wants and deserves everything they want.
That's totally not the point. Paid jobs are being taken away from other people by the use of these interns. The issue is not that these specific people should have been paid to do this, but that they should have been doing things that fulfilled the legal definition of an internship while OTHER people were PAID to do the work they did. Internships were not designed to provide spendthrift companies with armies of unpaid employees. It's illegal.
I really do not understand the mentality here that someone is extremely entitled because they want to be paid minimum wage to WORK.
Awww. You had to get coffee for people, princess? Boo Hoo.
Self entitled jerks. Welcome to the generation that wants it all and deserves it all. After all, that's what their parents told them.
Well, at least your rewrite was an improvement…
The ageism in these comments is quite ignorant and ridiculous. Exploitation is exploitation. There's a reason why so many unions exist in the "fun" industry.
We want everything and deserve everything? Coming from a generation of men and women who destroyed our economy because their houses weren't big enough, couldn't stay married because their marriages weren't perfect enough. A generation riddled with greed and decadence. No, you didn't work hard for it, you exploited and borrowed too much money.
My generation has the highest unemployment rate in 60 years and we find it a hard pill to swallow when our boss's can't make a Microsoft spread sheet or a good movie yet are ENTITLED to extreme wages. Get out of the way old guys, it's time to retire.
This comment is amazing
I concur.
So many of you sound like complete idiots. This is not a question of paying Inez's dues. Minimum wage and overtime CANNOT be waived in California even of an individual wishes to consent you morons think the entertainment business is so special and rarified — "we tell stories!". Grow up. Little children tell stories, too, but it doesn't Mean you have to act like them. If this was any other business, you would not dream of claiming a person who adds value by breaking their back shouldn't get paid. How about unpaid "interns" at Best Buy, MCDonald's or KMart? What's the difference? California law is very clear — an "intern" is not exempt from wage laws if he or she adds ANY value to an organization and/or fills a role that an organization would otherwise have to hire a regular paid employee. Despite how highly you all think of yourselves, the the so-called dues you paid and the crappy "stories" you tell, your world has to follow the law like every other industry. Just because you werent paid doesn't make it right.
Now if only Satoshi Kon and Yoshikazu Takeuchi got paid.
1) interns will no longer be accepted into any studio production because of this suit. that's a fact.
2) there shouldn't be interns on studio projects. they should be paid. fact.
3) small productions try sketchy nonsense like hiring interns to be on set talent assistants or even worse, talent drivers. yet another fact.
4) every single one of these interns was worthless and useless. every single p.a. and intern that worked this project will testify to that.interns get hired as p.a.'s or considered for future jobs because they do what it takes without being asked twice or throwing a fit.
1) interns will no longer be accepted into any studio production because of this suit. that's a fact.
2) there shouldn't be interns on studio projects. they should be paid. fact.
BS. If they were paid then they would find something else to bitch about. They want life handed to them on a silver platter. Not all, only about 95% of them. I know this because I worked with many of them.
3) small productions try sketchy nonsense like hiring interns to be on set talent assistants or even worse, talent drivers. yet another fact.
In this instance the interns are equally culpable. Nobody stole them from their beds while they slept and sold them into the intern trade. They went (and stayed) their of their own free will. If the internship sucked they should have left.
4) every single one of these interns was worthless and useless. every single p.a. and intern that worked this project will testify to that.
So let me get this straight. How can you believe this and still write what you wrote in #2? If they're worthless and useless then why should the studios pay them?
Ehhh, the rise of internships is basically systemic exploitation. 30 years ago, did you do an internship before getting a job in the industry? No. You got a shit job in the industry, sure, but you got paid. The way the labor laws are set up, it's complete idiocy to rely on free interns for any kind of labor – I'm surprised there haven't been more of these lawsuits. Honestly, though, there's no reason not to pay them minimum wage – these are kids who all have college degrees.
You and I both have worked with a lot of mental midgets in this business. But what I'm saying in this instance, is that these two were in fact worthless interns, and it really is a fact. That being said, if a must hire can get paid, or anyone in 52 for that matter, then every intern should be paid as a p.a. P.A's are P.A.'s because you can fire them as I have unfortunately had to do. But I didn't feel as bad firing a P.A. as I would have felt telling an intern not to return.
The saving grace is that now studio flicks will hire more P.A.'s but unfortunately it will be harder to find and vett new blood through the same process we went through. Oh well, I made it, and you can bet everything you got that it is a point of pride for me and I wouldn't have done it any other way.
Maybe these interns should sue Phoenix Pictures (who produced Black Swan) too, because I'm pretty sure making unpaid interns that stay for months at a time and act as assistants is pretty illegal as well… lawsuit waiting to happen.
While it's standard human behavior to expect others to go through the same crap you went through, it doesn't make the system right. The unpaid internship is bullshit, pure and simple. It's a way to take advantage of free labor because supply and demand is so out of whack.
I hope these interns get millions and the system changes. Can you imagine if Hollywood was even remotely a meritocracy? Yeah, fat chance of that.
I wouldn't be where I am today if it hadn't been for unpaid internships. Sure the producers get free labor, but the interns get a chance to prove themselves.
Now that I've made it through and have a career after years of hard work, I don't look down at interns trying to break into the business, I see it more as the Darwinian way of weeding out the weak, privileged and entitled from those who are willing to prove their desire to be in a business that's so hard to break into.
These interns took a leap of faith and dedicated themselves to these projects in order to pursue something that would give them an "in" and all they've managed to do is blackball themselves from the industry and destroy the chances of future interns to do the same and in return what do they get? Maybe a payout or maybe, hopefully, NOTHING BUT SHAME. I guarantee you that they either feel horrible about what they did or they are sociopaths.
Actually, only the privileged and entitled can even afford to TAKE unpaid internships in the first place. No one is denying that you need to do grunt work, defer to those senior than you and certainly get put in your place in order to survive in the Darwinian world of entertainment – but there's no reason that multi-million and multi-billion dollar corporations can't shell out $8.00 an hour to attract those who ARE willing to work hard and understand what a minimum wage job really means. If these interns weren't expecting an "educational" experience for school credit as their employers have hammered into them to get the work for free, theyd have no leg to stand on.
You wouldn't be where you are today only because the system forces you to go through that. It's not a meritocracy. It's virtually a closed system that forces you to know people and have connections BEFORE talent is considered. If the system were more of a meritocracy you wouldn't have to do that. You'd break in because you were a talented writer, director, whatever. But it doesn't work that way. Because connections are key, people will work for free getting coffee and answering phones in the mere hope that doing so will get them some connections. And Hollywood will happily lead them on and take the free labor.
I don't expect the system to change, so to break in most people suck it up and go through it, and then some people like you convince yourself that the system SHOULD work that way. But it's still bullshit. That's where the true SHAME belongs.
To weed out the privileged and entitled, you say? Well, unpaid internships are definitely a great option for people who need to pay for their education. Cause all that pay they're not getting can be put towards their schooling!
The internship system in Hollywood is out of control. These companies are breaking federal law on a regular basis. Interns as they were meant to be are great– learn a skill, meet people who are doing what you're doing, and hopefully get hired. But these kids are being used as entry-level wage slaves for no pay. And that means that when they graduate they have nothing to move onto, just another illegal unpaid internship.
Sorry, but that's ridiculous. I'm now a production coordinator, which means I've moved up the ranks from intern to PA to production secretary to APOC to POC. I worked hard to prove myself, but I've also seen PLENTY of nepotism hat put undeserving people in positions higher than myself along the way (and now that I'm a department head, I've had to employ various "must-hires" who were a million times less efficient than some of my better interns).
The whole labor system in the production world is antiquated, ridiculous, unfair, and based on the same nonsense: "But I had to do this!" Guess what? I did it and I wish it on nobody. Ever worked a 90 hour seven-day week without overtime on a $15 million movie? I sure have. Does that mean I think anyone else should ever have to do that? Absolutely not.
I don't care about supply and demand. Labor is labor just like any other industry. It's not free.
Good to see someone in the system that recognizes that change would be a good thing, and does not feel that everyone should suffer just because they did.
And an addendum… I was recently on a project where I wanted to give an intern a day of pay since he worked a Saturday and went way above and beyond.
My line producer told me she just "didn't have it in the budget" and then proceeded to buy a $350 Cuisinart blender/juicer for the office (right out of my craft service budget). There were three weeks of wrap left so she essentially bought herself a little gift on the studio just because. The intern had been working for me since January and his day rate would have been $125.
The inequity is ridiculous.
I also would not be where I am today if I hadn't interned. Where I am today is still in New York, with a lot of great connections having established myself at not one but several for-profit institutions who brought me on as an unpaid intern to "prove myself" but never really had a job for me at the end of the term. I interned for two years after college, trying to break in, going from internship to internship based on glowing recommendations but in the face of the struggling economy and job market. As long as unpaid internships are an accepted practice, companies in the entertainment industry will continue eliminating entry level jobs, and widening the gap between the haves and the have nots who are able to AFFORD breaking into the industry.
Where am I today? In debt. The entitlement claim is being argued incorrectly here… only the privileged have the means to work for free.
Hollywood a meritocracy? I am living proof that Hollywood is a meritocracy. For years I struggled to be noticed, to have ideas that mattered, to be taken seriously. I slaved away. I got coffee. I drove people around. I picked up dry cleaning. I had my ass handed to me because of typos, dropped calls, and scheduling snafus. And I LEARNED from every single fucking experience. It doesn't come overnight, and it certainly doesn't come until you've paid your dues, but if you work your ass off (and I mean really work your ass off), and if you're smart (so many people claim to be smart, but Hollywood smart comes after years, if not decades of learning from those who came before you, and learning from your mistakes every single day, and not repeating those mistakes, and building relationships, and learning how to leverage those relationships… and myriad other intangibles that you can't learn in college, but you can begin to learn by getting the CORRECT coffee for those who desire it THEIR WAY, because life is in the details…), then you can be successful. See, even getting coffee is an important of any production, and if you want to know how to run the show, then you have to know what everyone does (including the interns) and how they function within the system. So go ahead with this suit, and ruin it for the others who genuinely have a legitimate passion to create, tell stories, and use their ingenuity to earn a living. The smart, hard working people will continue to find ways to work around your sense of entitlement, and will succeed while you rise swiftly to middle management. It is the people willing to toil and put in the hours, and sweat about the little things, and are willing to make SACRIFICES that will continue to run the show. Good luck with your imminent obscurity, and when your grandchildren ask how you made your fortune, you can tell them that you weren't tough enough to rise to the challenge, or that you didn't have enough belief in your ability to succeed, so you decided to sue instead, and took the easy way out – because in that, there's so much merit.
So, you LEARNED how to get coffee orders right? Your post reads as a lesson in the kinds of people who perpetuate this kind of exploitation, and the silly, self-indulgent, and self-aggrandizing attitudes that come with it. I worked as an intern, too. For an off-Broadway theater company. I learned a lot. Everything flowed from it. You know what? Even they could have afforded to pay minimum wage. The "no pay" pose is an affectation. There's no excuse for it on a motion picture budget.
Oh, and you left a word out of one of your sentences: "See, even getting coffee is an important of any production…". I guess you didn't get your ass handed to you hard enough way back when. Now, Go to Jail. Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Why is a want to get paid as laid out by law a "sense of entitlement"? Don't you think the law is there for a reason?
Just b/c it's the film industry, that gives producers a "sense of entitlement" to break the law?
Who the hell do these producers and studio heads who authorize this think they are?
"John Galt?" As soon as I read that I knew what you were saying had its origins in bullshit.
Unpaid internship is a sensible middle ground between outright education — where the student has to actually pay money to get an education — and outright employment, where the employee has enough skills so that he can be paid for them. There's nothing BS about it.
It doesn't even matter if they perform few if any actual relevent tasks. If all they're doing is picking up the culture, getting a chance to show it suits them, and even more importantly show others that they suit it, then the system is performing a valuable onboarding function for all concerned.
Now if they could show that none of the interns in these programs ever got industry jobs, they'd have something to complain about. But they wouldn't have to, because people would stop doing it on their own.
This is the epitome of what is wrong with out country. These kids had a great opportunity, one that I myself was fortunate enough to go through, an internship to gain experience and help get me a job in an industry I wanted to be in. These kids knew exactly what they signed up for. They are entitled brats who are contributing to the over litigeous nature of our society. The only winner in this will be the attorneys. Good luck Searchlight.
Didn't Fox Searchlight know that these children were special and unique snowflakes when they deemed Fox Searchlight worthy to intern for?
This comment doesn't even make any sense. There's no reason for debating the merits of the claimants as human beings here. They may be nice, they me be mean, they may be totally unremarkable. Doesn't matter. They're still legally required to be paid for certain kinds of work.
Yes, these interns knew they weren't going to be paid, but it still doesn't make Hollywood's indentured servant program legit. Students and recent graduates don't really know any better and if studio execs and their assistants were more honest about their actual "training," they would volunteer their time for actual worthwhile causes. It's incredibly frustrating when you stress out over coffee runs, don't get a paycheck and then see your company spend ten thousand dollars on Christmas party gifts.
Indentured servant program? I'm sorry but if all you want to do is make money then you've got no business trying to break into film (I hear there are openings at the bank, or at daddy's shoe store). Most people, such as myself, want to get into film because they have a desire to pursue something better for themselves and, yes, sometimes that means sacrifice. I lived on nothing for years and anytime someone took advantage of me I learned from it and never let it happen again. This is part of growing up. The problem is that some people don't want to grow up. Since when is the world fair?
Sorry if everything didn't unfold the way mommy told you it would when she dropped you off at film school. Maybe you're really not as special as you think. Maybe you're just a below-average, uninteresting person…
One thing I can guarantee you that if they had gotten on a job as a producer right after they interned they never would have brought any of this up. What does that tell you?
Please don't put "jew" in your screen name and then give a snarky response. Your opinion is valid, but you delivered it in an unnecessarily antagonizing way, and we don't need anymore bad PR.
"I'm sorry but if all you want to do is make money then you've got no business trying to break into film"
WTF are you talking about. Everyone needs to make a living. People get into the film business because we are sold as a society that we're all going to be rock stars and movie stars and make millions.
Bottom line, people should be paid for the work that they do that brings millions to the big wigs.
Sounds like someone is bitter and unemployed :(
"It's incredibly frustrating when you stress out over coffee runs, don't get a paycheck and then see your company spend ten thousand dollars on Christmas party gifts."
This is everything wrong with everyone born after 1985.
Ah, of course, because those people born before 1985 have done such a great job running things so far? Next.
"Students and recent graduates don't really know any better"? Are you kidding me? How condescending.
I interned at SEVERAL studios and production companies in my late teens and early twenties, and it allowed me to have an invaluable network of industry professionals and an unquantifiable understadning of the business from the inside, thus when it came time for me to get myself a paying job, and not just a seasonal internship, I was prepared.
Unpaid internships build character, and they allow for more opportunities. If all internships were paid, there would be far fewer of them, and they would go to the connected and the highly qualified, as opposed to schlubs like me. Without my unpaid internships, it's possible I would not now have a paid job.
And anyone who doesn't "know any better" is a damn idiot.
The problem is that (in general) only people with wealthy parents are able to work these unpaid jobs. I know, I know. You were the one dirt-poor exception who worked three jobs while you interned and walked uphill both ways with no shoes on in the pouring rain. Spare me. I've done PLENTY of internships to get where I am, and the VAST majority of the other interns did not care that they were not being paid because they were from rich families to begin with.
I totally agree with the interns and hope they get what is legally and rightfully theirs. When I was an intern at Google I was paid and nicely.if they can play by the rules then studios can.
You are a total idiot, sadly probably quite representitive of your generation. You are not "indentured" unless you can't leave. If coffee runs "stress you out" as an intern as others get lavish gifts, quit. Life and the world are not fair, at least by your childish definition. And showbusiness is so beyond not fair as to be essentially arbitrary in it's rewards, and punishments. Can't deal? Leave.
Didn't we do this argument a year ago? Free internships mean that people who have to work to live (the poor) are kept out of the hollywood system, and those who can rely on their parents money can make inroads. This works to keep hollywood white and privileged; it's hard to find a hispanic on some sets who isn't on the catering truck. Real talk.
yes, this is absolutely true.
The ugly truth nobody wants to admit. Unpaid internships are a way to make sure the industry stays (largely) an incestuous family business.
Supply and demand, if not tampered with by outside forces, are by defintion always "in whack". If the supply of idiots wishing to work for free getting coffee and lunch for the dream of being Speilberg or Rudin continues, then it will meet it's demand point. Econ 101 my friend.
And that is why society puts laws into effect to protect the most vulnerable. There had been a supply of children willing to work in factories and coal mines for centuries before society decided that was wrong and made it illegal.
Likewise, people doing unpaid office work like industry interns do, taking jobs away from legitimate employees, IS ILLEGAL NOW, it's just that the law is not enforced in any way.
The lesson here is that women named "Eden" and "Kanene" are a must to avoid in all circumstances and contexts.
Pathetic. The kids weren't given a chance to run Fox by the time they were 25 and instead had to fetch coffee and make xeroxes. Maybe they should have let them direct. The sense of entitlement is unbelievable and then to turn around and sue and ruin an opportunity for the next generation of interns who may actually want the experience of learning about production from the inside and out and networking and paying their dues. I hope like hell the studio doesn't settle and sees this to end and leaves these idiots with a mountain of debt that they have to pay off to their goldigging attorneys. Could you imagine how these idiots would have fared under Zanuck…either of them.
Daryl Zanuck made his son Richard studio president. Zanuck junior never had to work as an intern he was the golden boy who got it all by the time he was 25 until his old man fired him for losing too much money on bad film choices. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a father who runs a major studio. Next time don't use Zanuck as an example you moron.
In today's society, it is very difficult to survive without some form of compensation. In my opinion, anything is better than nothing at all. I firmly believe–and have seen–people work harder, are more dedicated, and appear to be more proactive when they are receiving some kind of compensation for their tireless efforts and long hours day in and day out. Interns and PAs are the first to arrive and many times the last to leave. While such positions could be and should be an impeccable opportunity to learn so much from as many people as possible, most of the tasks you are required to perform are unfulfilling and underappreciated, not to mention you aren't learning a whole lot grabbing execs coffe, doing lunch runs and taking out the trash.
This brings me back to my original point–something is better than nothing at all. If other industries in this crazy world we live in can afford to pay their interns, so can $15 million dollar productions who pay their executive producers and talent millions for hours on set that are far less than those who are doing a lot of hard work.
I get it–pay your dues. But in a society where living expenses in Hollywood are through the roof, something is always better than nothing at all.
They are rightfully owed back wages. Fox changed their policy to pay these interns so I don't see what the problem is. Did any of you actually read the judge's order? Here's what it says:
"In or around July 2010, Fox Entertainment Group changed its policy to require all interns to be paid approximately $8/hour beginning in fall 2010."
This means that every unpaid intern is owed money for work they did. Hopefully the state legislature will outlaw all unpaid internships. They definitely deserve to be paid minimum wage for the work they do.
Those dumbass interns must not have learned about the studio/production company blacklists while interning on Black Swan. They clearly should have filed their claim as John Doe 1, John Doe 2, etc.
There is a difficult balance here. making money in the film industry is not a walk in the park …
many small companies (and even the large studios) offer internships not to save money but to create opportunities. we have anything from 3 to 6 interns in our office at any one time. they don't replace other hires nor do they carry out assistant work. it actually costs us to provide these positions and if we had to pay we would likely have no more than 1 or 2 if any. the program really doesn't add much to our productivity and in fact takes executives away to do training … something we are pretty committed to do but which we do not have the budget to do if we needed to pay to actually train people
on the other hand we are not blind to a number in the industry who do take on interns instead of hiring staff they need for their biz .. i truly believe that is the minority and that in my experience the major studios, in the main, do exactly what we set out to do – help train and create opportunities for students and recent graduates who would otherwise not get the training or opportunity
Hmm… Interesting. Not my experience at all. I interned at multiple companies before getting a job and have seen interns at various other companies. None of them received any training that cost the companies a dime. They were all used to do low-level office work that would have otherwise been done by paid employees. They did it, and I did it, because it was how one enters the industry. I'm not complaining about it. But I will say it's not like your experience, and it doesn't sound like it follows the intent of the law, even if maybe it follows the letter.
Um, boo freaking hoo. These interns' parents probably raised them to think that they were the best at everything and that they don't have to pay dues. Welcome to the entertainment business. We all worked or work for free to make our dreams come true…this includes drycleaning, coffee, taking animals to the vet, taking cars to get fixed, picking up lunch, picking up prescriptions. You name it, you're gonna have to do it.
That said, I do believe that many paid assistant and coordinator positions have gone internship in order to save money, and I do not agree with that.
You're joking, right? The vast majority of interns ARE the kids raised to think they're better than everything, because they have the rich parents who can support them while they work for no pay.
Glatt was a 45 year old looking to make a career change and he talked Footman into this. They both were worthless to this production.
These are not the people who deserve money. They are entitled pricks who lack the work ethic to succeed in this business. If the other interns from Black Swan are brought into this suit, these two dolts will be revealed as lazy morons who were given mundane tasks because they lacked the wherewithal to handle anything more complex than filling out a lunch order form.
Some interns don't make, some persevere, and some get lucky. These guys are just looking for a trophy they think they deserve. They'll only get money because of a settlement to end this. But if others testify, it won't be good for them.
Thank the maker for these kids and their fight. Hollywood should include people whose parents can't fund them through their twenties (i.e. almost everyone). (All they're asking for is $64 a day. You're objecting to that? Really!?)
I started my career with an unpaid internship at a studio and it was the greatest entree into the business anyone could ask for. There were some interns who scoffed at photocopying or getting coffee. They fell away and were never heard from again. I learned a huge amount and was groomed for my first job. What's a real shame is that internship programs are going to shrink after this, or disappear altogether, robbing thousands of young people the opportunity to get their foot in the door.
I dunno, I think a PAID internship would be the greatest entree anyone could ask for. So you succeeded by this route. Great. Doesn't mean it's fair. Doctors all go through a grueling period working days on end till they're exhausted zombies, and then force young doctors to go through it for revenge. Doesn't make that right either.
Nothing legitimate will shrink, the jobs that need to be done will still have to be done. Only people will be paid for them. If only half as many people get in, that's great. How many companies have we all seen with armies of interns working for free, only 1/3 of whom ever get a chance to do anything worthwhile. If anything, this would weed out the unmotivated loafers.
They are trying to change the system, and using the justice system to do it. Good for them. These kids might actually force moguls to pay up. And in the process open the doors for income and racial diversity in crewing. Much needed. All of you who spent all that time working for free—wouldn't you rather have been paid? At least minimum wage? I mean…really.
Exactly. I am interning right now and am the only kid driving a car made before 2000. The system prevents real people from entering the film market. I have a wealthy relative willing to pay for me to do this and without them there is no way I would be here. I look at my friends from home and know none of them could break into the film industry because of this system. This severely limits the perspective in hollywood.


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