Things Are Tough All Over

Shifting market patterns and the recession devastate yet another industry:

Less than two years ago, Stern earned close to $150,000 annually, sometimes turned down work and drove a Mercedes-Benz CLK 350. Now she's aggressively reaching out for jobs and making closer to $50,000 a year.

As for that Mercedes? She's replacing it with a used Chevy Trailblazer -- from her parents.

"The opportunities in this industry really are disappearing," Stern said. "It's extremely stressful."

And she should know about stress.

Comments

[M. Möhling]

Tough titty, Ms Stern.

[M. Möhling]

Following the link provided, I found this:

During production of the 1997 movie "Mimic," American Humane Assn. representatives wandered through the Los Angeles set, ensuring that a herd of cockroaches was well taken care of. Licensed animal handlers were to follow state and federal anti-cruelty laws designed to protect the insects, which had been trained to swirl around actress Mira Sorvino's feet. The roaches had to be fed at a certain time. They could only work a few hours each day. They could not be harmed.

At the same time, in studios in the San Fernando Valley, scores of other actors and actresses were working on movies. They put in long hours, commonly without meal breaks. They often worked without clean toilets, toilet paper, soap or water. More importantly, they were exposed to a host of infectious, and sometimes fatal, diseases.

O tempora, o mores. Then again, speciesism is ugly and not becoming diverse and vibrant societies. (Un?)related: ranting still in the works, impact soon.

Said Paul Watson of Greenpeace fame:

Curing a body of cancer requires radical and invasive therapy, and therefore, curing the biosphere of the human virus will also require a radical and invasive approach.

Yep, the roaches will survive us, the Humane Assn. will see to it.

[Don S]

Perhaps she should consider working in Germany or Nederlands? Less pay but more security.