I legit had no clue who Scott Caan was. Had to look him up. What movie career are you referencing?
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CBS refuses to give Asian stars in Hawaii Five-0 equal pay, they leave
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Frozenprince
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And Masi Oka was a lead on another network hit on a network that hadn't had a blockbuster hit since.
I just don't get it, these guys have earned their money. Nobody is watching this stuff because of "generic white detective x", they watch procedural's for the entire cast.
At least that's why I've always watched them and I fucking love that shit.
Old man I just said that.
Masi is also just an all around great guy.
It's still mostly those two, but the others are in almost every episode and a couple times a season they'll have stories focused on them. I wonder if they'll kill them offscreen or have them transferred out.
It's still mostly those two, but the others are in almost every episode and a couple times a season they'll have stories focused on them. I wonder if they'll kill them offscreen or have them transferred out.
B1gg_Randall
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excelsiorlef
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Yeah that's what Frozenprince was alluding to.
StopMakingSense
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Dude, you do not recognize one of the leads to the David Arquette Wrestling vehicle Ready to Rumble (which is a shockingly an okay movie)
(also he was in Ocean's 11 as a fairly memorable character paired with a hilariously young Casey Affleck, Gone in 60 seconds as the fuck up brother, also his dad is an extremely famous actor)
lightskintwin
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Asian Americans unfortunately need an ally in the system, because nobody is looking out for them. It reminds me of when a Black actor (can't remember which one) commented about how shocked Tyler Perry was in how much a lot of the Black actors were getting paid in Hollywood.
Frozenprince
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Honestly out of the whole cast, I think vastly more viewers would recognize Jin from Lost than whatever crap O'Loughlin and Caan have been in.
Sunster
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Frozenprince
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As fucked up as it is. And I hate to admit this cause his Jesus nonsense and what a shit person he is bothers me to no end.
Without Tyler Perry, we're not looking at a Black led, majority Black cast big budget superhero movie.
He was HUGE in opening the door and showing it was viable to general audiences. And I will forever respect him for that.
excelsiorlef
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Watch the studio force the story to be they betrayed the 5-0 for more money somewhere else
Mighty Chin
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Those two were my main selling points on watching the show in the first place.
Mighty Chin
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Dammit Slayven I just may love you.
Frozenprince
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I'm looking at Wikipedia now.
They for real don't have ONE SINGLE native Hawaiian main character?
Not one?
That's just as fucked up.
They for real don't have ONE SINGLE native Hawaiian main character?
Not one?
That's just as fucked up.
Angelus Errare
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Yea sorry but I honestly don't know either of them outside of that last season of Entourage. I know Daniel from Lost and a few Korean movies, and I know Grace from Battlestar Galactica
Honestly I don't understand the rational here at all. Surely they can see that the reason Hawaii Five-0 has been running for as long as it has is because it offers something different in terms of the diverse cast. The setting and the Asian team members gave it something different. No one is watching the show for the Subway ads.
Can't fucking pay them more? I don't get it. Sigh.
Can't fucking pay them more? I don't get it. Sigh.
The shrimp truck will blow up while they are eating lunch there.
I hope Will Yun Lee's horrible accent dies in the explosion too.
StopMakingSense
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Also DDK is most importantly Johnny Gat from Saints Row.
Frozenprince
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There are legit 15 other solid to good police procedural's at any given time going on that people could watch.
You watch these things for the ensemble, it's not just removing the AA leads that's the issue, you're gutting two of the MAIN CAST, two of, from what I'm reading, the more likable and beloved characters.
That's just stupid, that's bad management and bad production.
Netflix ought to make a complete rip off of 5-0 starring those two. Call it HPD for Honolulu Police Department. Grab loads of viewers.
Isn't Johnny Gat/DDK also back in Agents of Mayhem?
It is pretty much a 4 way tie, when i was last watching it. Park's character had a huge multi season arc dealing with the Yazuka
newtypepilot
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CBS will just recast the characters with white actors
That's assuming they won't replace them with other diverse actors who are desperate for the work.
Frozenprince
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Hollywood is damn nasty.
Maggie Q got a job
Ah, okay. It's bullshit then.
I mean it'd still be bullshit if they weren't because pay discrepancy on TV shows is ridiculous (like how much Fox earned on Lodt when each week literally focused on a different character.)
CBS will just recast the characters with white actors
Last racial draft, we traded Emma Stone for Tila Tequila.
Emma Stone, official Asian.
Tila Tequila, alt right something something.
I think we had to take Jon Gosselin and his wardrobe as consideration.
excelsiorlef
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lightskintwin
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Tyler Perry did a lot of things, but I don't think a Black Panther film existing has anything to do with him. Black films have been making bank for a while.
Despite all the major Hollywood films Taraji P. Henson has starred in, in her book she commented how she got paid by far the most starring in a Tyler Perry Film.
Angelus Errare
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This is true
Fixed2BeBroken
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You dont short change Johnny Gat
Not to mention her full time gig in your fantasies eh Slay?
Life is harsh for most people, it's not just Hollywood. I imagined with more information at our fingertips than any point in our history the human race would be more accepting... Maybe it's just me but things just seem to be getting worse.
firehawk12
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I just remembered that near the end of the last season, they wrote a storyline where DDK's character got a job offer. I assume they'll just use that as a way to write off the two characters.
spiderman123
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Lol Cann doesn't hold that show together. I expect this to be the final season then.
Frozenprince
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And he pays people pennies on the dollar to keep his shit cheap and cost effective.
Think about that, Taraji P. Henson, who studied theater at fucking Howard, who was in 12 major motion pictures before being in a D-grade Perry movie even by his standards made on a budget of less than $10M dollars.
Made more money doing THAT than all her work combined.
That's how fucked up Hollywood is for people of color, shit's beyond disgusting.
After seven years (contracts expiring) both actors knew that playing hard ball could mean getting cut, and IIRC CBS has a history of not negotiating. Not too familiar with the show but apparently both characters were in potentially series exiting circumstances too. For an 8 season show, this move isn't actually uncommon, but they probably should've pay equality years ago.
Dae Kim has the show he co-created on ABC, he can probably shift to working on that full time.
And Scott Caan is the least memorable main cast member in the Ocean's films.
Really? It was big in the cultural discussion of the time, but in sheer viewers it's not even close to one of the most popular of all time.
Dae Kim has the show he co-created on ABC, he can probably shift to working on that full time.
And Scott Caan is the least memorable main cast member in the Ocean's films.
Really? It was big in the cultural discussion of the time, but in sheer viewers it's not even close to one of the most popular of all time.
pretty much.
esepcially since he hasn't evolved past "I am a new yorker with a new yorker accent that complain about island people's funny ways"
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