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re: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck’s “Project Greenlight”
“I only got paid to make the movie; I never got paid to do the series — ever. That’s exploitative. Sometimes I see it playing when I get on a plane and I haven’t seen a single penny.” http://thr.cm/WUdyMI6
“I only got paid to make the movie; I never got paid to do the series — ever. That’s exploitative. Sometimes I see it playing when I get on a plane and I haven’t seen a single penny.” http://thr.cm/WUdyMI6
Here's some addition context.
This is probably the best known moment from that season of "Project Greenlight" because it showed us what we've always known. Now here was proof.
The way they so talk down to her & shutdown the convo is revealing as hell.
This is probably the best known moment from that season of "Project Greenlight" because it showed us what we've always known. Now here was proof.
The way they so talk down to her & shutdown the convo is revealing as hell.
Surprise, they go with a white dude to direct the thing. The movie was terrible. So was the way this guy interacted w. Effie Brown. 
Btw: He refused to shoot on digital so they (Affleck & co) magically found an extra $300K to shoot on film — but they couldn't pay Effie Brown??
Btw: He refused to shoot on digital so they (Affleck & co) magically found an extra $300K to shoot on film — but they couldn't pay Effie Brown??
The misogynoir in this interview from Pete Farrelly should have received more notice.
Same guy who got up to accept his Oscar for "Green Book" last year and basically said dismantling racism is just a matter of “loving each other despite our differences” https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/peter-farrelly-project-greenlight-quitting-1201860168/
Same guy who got up to accept his Oscar for "Green Book" last year and basically said dismantling racism is just a matter of “loving each other despite our differences” https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/peter-farrelly-project-greenlight-quitting-1201860168/
This is Farrelly on camera: “I can see that Effie wants drama and I don’t want to engage with it."
No. She was doing her job and trying to keep the movie from falling apart — despite the best efforts of the smug and difficult just-outta-filmschool director they had hired.
No. She was doing her job and trying to keep the movie from falling apart — despite the best efforts of the smug and difficult just-outta-filmschool director they had hired.
This is Farrelly's recollection two years after the fact: "I just wanted to work with some young filmmakers, and then I realized very quickly it was turning into, like, a ‘Housewives’ type show. And I wanted out.”
All the fucking dog whistles here.
All the fucking dog whistles here.
Guess who gets to fail upwards in Hollywood? https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/peter-farrelly-project-greenlight-quitting-1201860168/
Here's Effie Brown on the effect this had on her career: "I suffered a huge backlash. I didn’t work for a while. People didn’t want to work with me because I spoke truth to power."
Meanwhile Pete Farrelly was bending over backwards to get the director Jason Mann some work.
Meanwhile Pete Farrelly was bending over backwards to get the director Jason Mann some work.
People leave entire careers because of this crap; I'm so glad Effie Brown is still making projects.
For what it's worth Jason Mann doesn't have any credits listed on IMDb after "The Leisure Class," the movie he made for "Project Greenlight."
For what it's worth Jason Mann doesn't have any credits listed on IMDb after "The Leisure Class," the movie he made for "Project Greenlight."
