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twopoppies · 1 year

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Hiya, just read this about Lorde & cancelling tours. Seems like it’s more common than I thought?

https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-addresses-economic-realities-of-touring-things-are-at-an-almost-unprecedented-level-of-difficulty-3347062

Oh, that’s such an interesting article. Thank you so much for sending it. It does a really good job of laying out the myriad complication involved in staging a tour these days.

“Basically, for artists, promoters and crews, things are at an almost unprecedented level of difficulty,” Lorde wrote in her letter, citing factors like “three years’ worth of shows” occurring simultaneously, global economic downturn, and concertgoers’ “totally understandable wariness” around health risks.

She went on to acknowledge logistical factors such as widespread crew shortages, linking to an article from New Zealand news outlet Stuff about the issue. “Extremely overbooked trucks and tour buses and venues, inflated flight and accommodation costs, ongoing general COVID costs, and truly mindboggling freight costs” were also listed as factors.

“To freight a stage set across the world can cost up to three times the pre-pandemic price right now. I don’t know shit about money, but I know enough to understand that no industry has a profit margin that high,” Lorde continued.

“Ticket prices would have to increase to start accommodating even a little of this, but absolutely no one wants to charge their harried and extremely-compassionate-and-flexible audience any more fucking money.

“Nearly every tour has been besieged with cancellations and postponements and promises and letdowns, and audiences have shown such understanding and such faith, that between that and the post-COVID wariness about getting out there at all, scaring people away by charging the true cost ain’t an option. All we want to do is play for you.”

Lorde went on to say that she’s lucky because profits being down across the board doesn’t pose an issue for an artist of her stature, but touring has become a “demented struggle to break even or face debt” for artists selling less tickets than her – which in some cases, can make touring prohibitive altogether.

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She continued: “I wanted to put all of this in your minds to illustrate that nothing’s simple when it comes to touring at the moment, and if your faves are confusing you with their erratic moves, some of this could be playing a part.”

Full article here

#touring #fitf tour asia #fitf canceled shows #Lorde #This is the reality of the industry now #and Louis charging such an affordable amount for tickets #is wonderful #but I wonder if it’s making it impossible to afford to Mount the tour the way he wants to #It sounds like such a nightmare right now

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cainite-bite · 2 months

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Its hard to imagine that Akira Toriyama is gone. I never really watched/read the biggest thing he was known for but it was hard to deny its reach and pull. There was references to dragon ball everywhere- from how Cloud Strife was designed, to characters like Zach Bell or Luffy or Naruto being directly inspired by Goku. There were things in One punch man and Yugioh. Ffs that fusion dance was in so so many things.

But it wasn't just anime either cause the man worked on huge series like Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger. Mario wouldn't be the same without Arale from Dr Slump, Sonic even had some inspo from Arale too. And Pokemon had several designs that were so remarkably similar to what was going on in dragon quest.

And lastly there's a lot of artists I look at and even when their style has def moved far away, there's many you could tell took a lot of inspiration from him. So many getting their start tracing off the tvs while watching and playing his works when they were just little kids

Toriyama left quite a mark in so many industries that it's going to be difficult to imagine him not being there himself in any of them anymore. Him being gone is going to leave a big cleft in them too.

#not to mention when he came through he never even left the restaurant industry the same #the reality was everywhere you looked you had a good chance seeing him in it #just because he was so influential... and now he fades into a legend #Akira Toriyama #I hope the man rests in peace. I would say may his memory be a blessing but to so many it already is

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robotpussy · 8 months

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when you express your feelings to one of your parents and they take it as a personal attack..................

#like no because i was telling my mum for years that i cant just have a film degree and then walk into the industry #i kept telling her i have to make my own stuff to build up my portfolio cause the reality is they don't give af abt degrees #they just want to know if u can do what u say u can and she would constantly discourage me from making my own stuff #and now she wants to call me to say that shes encouraging me to pursue my dreams like... this always fucking happens #i will say i need to do something and she will disregard it or or shut it down and then years down the line she will tell me #to do what i was suggesting years before that... and when i tell her i said this years before she gets upset and starts yelling #when i told her shes been constantly discouraged me from making my own stuff for 3 years she started telling me its not true #because she helped me apply to a bunch of film residentials etc when that's not what im saying???? im saying when i #told her i wanted to work on personal projects. just because im excited she would shut it down immediately im not talking abt #you helping me find out about the bfi film academy??? but now she wants to push me to do it.... telling me about it like I've never #spoken to her about this before. she still has the mentality of no matter what age you are everything you say shouldn't be taken into #account because im older than you and i automatically know whats best. this happens all the time #all i can say is she actually apologised because in the past she used to never say sorry. i would just tell her im sorry and we'll leave #ot at that but atleast she said sorry. even tho she kept saying 'im sorry if u felt i discouraged you' like she still doesn't believe #what im saying. unsolicited advice but the advice is just shit i said to her years before..... its so infuriating #its why i rarely ever talk to her

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hyunebear · 11 months

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my top 3 rn are: collision, get lit, & hall of fame

#adri.fav #skz's #5-star #fnf and item are two close calls #no honestly this whole album is a no-skip like what they've put out since #i have so many favorite parts in each song that just tickles my brain in a very unique and distinct way #first of all. the TRUMPETS in collision han jisung u are fucking insane i need to kiss his brain and him on the mouth #also ever since the unveil for get lit i have never stopped obsessing w that bass drop i can't wait to own big ass speakers #so i can get mad w that track #hyunjin's SWERVE SWERVE part i HATE him #hall of fame. what more can i say the chorus sold me immediately #but the entire concept of it is just so genius and the fact that it's the intro?????? we love her i love her #so many lines and parts in that song are my favorite bc why is felix singing “Shaking the industry Quaking reality”#is the exact representation of what they've been doing now.#now we're gonna talk abt s-class. jisung's verse. the dance break. i have more. i needed a few days to recover from that and #it's actually the perfect tt for this cb #item. it's a song where no other group can recreate or do. period.#THE BINSUNG PART?????????? pussy part thank u i lost my shit entirely #superbowl. no i'm not gonna talk abt this song. NEXT #topline has met and exceeded all my expectations it's incredible. they way they talked abt multiple kinds of lines and #incorporating it into the song????????? god their lyricism is always on point #i had to like go back to see where was tiger jk in that song bc the transition from him to jisung was so smooth they sounded like one perso #dlc. changbin i love u #this song makes me wanna just be gay and do crimes. literally #fnf i love her so much she's a blessing #reading the lyrics to this was so bittersweet and like i watched the intro and having multiple interpretations to it #makes it even more heartbreaking #the bit towards the end w minho singing is sososososo beautiful #youtiful. my skz.................... she's such a pretty and healing song and so straightforward and sincere #nah it's no big deal i definitely did not cry over her like a baby

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seeminglyseph · 2 months

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Why is it that adaptations of “children’s” media for all ages or more mature audiences somehow involves “removing subtext” and “explaining everything in simple and plain dialogue to avoid misunderstandings by the audience”

It’s like the media targeted towards a more mature audience has even more hand holding and fewer mature themes than the media targeted towards children.

Like, yeah I watched Avatar when it came out as a young adult, and it has an adult fandom. But like many children’s media that has an all ages fandom, it was made with children in mind but was good enough that everyone could enjoy it. That’s the mark of good all ages content. Why are we making it more mature by like… taking *out* the messaging and subtlety and lessons and putting *in* really blunt dialogue that explains themes no longer present in the media and violence that enforces a message that runs counter to the theme that worked so well in the original media.

Like. Why is it that remakes targeted towards older audiences seem less mature in their storytelling? I know it’s technically “mass market appeal” but still, it feels like the assumption is that adult audiences are more ignorant and incapable of understanding media and difficult subject matter than children, so adaptations more likely to have adult or teen audiences need things explained and the lessons learned more explicitly family friendly and reductive.

#natla #atla #idk man I watched atla as it came out back in the day #and I experienced the disappointment of the movie live #but like… I know the movie was largely executive meddling in a film the industry didn’t believe mattered #and natla is… something someone believes in #but like… I feel like some of it is proof of writers showing things that are like… internalized biases #or missed points from the original series that were in the series for a reason and meant something for a reason #and it’s one of those things where if you change it without understanding why it’s there it fucks the whole production #Sokka had a misogyny problem because he was a boy with a lack of role models and maturity #as he gains those things and meets people and gains better scope on the reality of life beyond his village he grows into a good young man #take out his misogynist plotline and you create a plotline about a strong girl who just… stops everything to build up a sad boy #which is the same annoying plot line we’ve seen for warrior women over and over and over again #you didn’t know why it was in the soup and now you fucked the broth

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noisytenant · 5 months

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i need to be a costumed performer of some kind for my fucking health

#i found out one of my coworkers does part time as a mascot but the reality of it as a job sux #'yeah ive gotta go promote this nft now'#apparently you start getting gigs just by doing regular acting things and like man i hate The Industry too much #I want to do it for the joy of it all. This is why I would be a good fursuiter or doller #indexed post

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bunnysfarms · 9 months

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One day I will tell all of you about my ocs but for now you get the tag

#text #delete later #i have so maby of them and like. 4 different oc universes so itd be hard #one is overfishing dystopian future #the other is y2k meat industry reality breaking world #one is a reincarnation story about a group of friends who live alongside supernatural beings and forces #and the other is about a food truck that hosts a gameshow for a lifetime supply of sandwiches but its also abt society rebuilding after-#capitalism #all i will share for now

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cithaerons · 1 year

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[NOT a vague at anyone just participating in the conversation] also watching andor and being like well it’s still a disney show is like you’re right you’re not wrong but also the creators & artists involved in andor have done a ton of stuff that is NOT disney - diego luna has been doing work in latin-american cinema & theatre with an left-wing bent for YEARS, it’s just that his disney star wars work is pretty much the only thing that gets recognition, at least among the usamerican public - which is frustrating in itself. it’s just weird to choose to watch disney and then come out with the criticism of it being disney.

#i also think it's an unfortunate reality of the film industry right now that these evil major media conglomerates are running the show #and getting out there to the american public seems to almost inevitably require working with them #but frankly i'd rather they produce interesting and thoughtful work with talented artists than trash even if it is hypocritical #i also think it's rather sexy to use disney to produce something that implicitly sticks a hot poker in disney's eye

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puto-el-que-lo--lea · 2 years

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i have mixed feelings about the special. last one was pretty good and for the first half of this one i thought it was excellent and the part where randy becomes his 'old self' made me lowkey emotional tbh. i did miss the old randy.... but then they had to "bring karen back" and i think that means there is NOT going to be any real change for randy and that part was for dramatic effect only, especially bc the ending shot is him in his tedigry weed outfit.... the rest of the episode was funny but also really weird and all over-the-place at times, much like Post covid part 2. I wonder if that's gonna be a pattern for all future paramount specials.

#south park #theres also this going back and forth with cartman's character development and im fine with it but its odd #his character right now feels like hes just disconnected from reality instead of being malicious with a purpose #but butters and him as a comedic duo are still very funny #and i love that butters randomly dropped complex reflections about the streaming industry #tolkien just kinda took stan's place as the straight man this time #south park spoilers #streaming wars part 2

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yousaytomato · 2 years

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Y'all learn the word parasocial and then think you're immune to it. You are not. You have no critical thinking skills or self awareness.

#i am not vagueing anyone in particular but this is about ofmd and i am pointedly not putting it on my sideblog #this is about taika lol. like. god.#he makes neat art. he is attractive man. he is smart and funny.#you do not know anything about him. he is not your friend.#he has done many bad things. he will continue to do many bad things and you will be forced to either #publicly cancel him. or. pretend that you dont see his bad actions or that they don't matter #let me tell you now. theres a secret third option where you can just be normal about it from the start #is he a horrible person? probably not #is he perfect? definitely fucking not.#y'all pretend to this but in reality i can tell that you dont #and the backlash is going to be worse than ever whenever it happens because yall wont be normal about him now #I'm making less posts about this than i was at the start of the fandom #because im both jaded to it. and also less invovled in general #and it applies to a lot of people but GOD #at the same time do i think we should be scrutinizing every move of people who have had to fight to get where they are?#especially people who aren't rich white folks born to people within the industry #like obviously not !! and I'm not trying to do that either #it doesn't have to be - microscope on everything they do to try and find the fuck ups #and it ALSO doesnt have to be #microscope on everything they do because they're perfect and everything they say is so good and funny #actually it can be neither of these!!!#im scared of discourse and I'm not in the mood but. man #ajkda i read this back and fully it's incomprehensible....aaaaand post!#to be clear. nothing particularly has happened i mostly just keep seeing that quote again and again #where he says. i hate social media now. all i do is look at fan art!#and in the back of my mind i can't help but be like. look at fan art....and like j*hnny d*pps post...#and again! I'm not angry at anyone having fun with it but damn #but i really only try to follow people with critical thinking skills and i still see stuff close to worship #and I do it too sometimes probably! or atleast engage with it! it's fun to not be thinking about the ways in which people are probably #terrible all the time! like that's not healthy either! idk. i dont have the answers. I'm figuring out how i feel as i type it helps i think

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haztobegood · 1 year

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#it’s frustrating that Louis is actually getting good promo for a change and people still find reasons to complain #the promo he’s done for the two singles has been great and he hit a variety of different and smaller markets #and the weeks between the singles and the album drop we’ve gotten some industry focused pieces about him that have been incredible #it seems to me his team is trying so hard to shift the perception from reality tv pop star party boy image #into a credible intelligent and hardworking artist #my guess is we will get tons more promo geared toward fans the week of the album drop #but for now in the space between the singles and album they’re making headway on changing things from the inside #the industry that is so biased against him

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sainamoonshine · 10 months

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A note to all creatives:

Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn around and use it on somebody else’s industry.

No AI book covers. No making funny little videos using deepfakes to make an actor say stuff they never did. No AI translation of your book. No AI audiobooks. No AI generated moodboards or fancasts or any of that shit. No feeding someone else’s unfinished work into Chat GPT “because you just want to know how it ends*” (what the fuck is wrong with you?). No playing around with AI generated 3D assets you can’t ascertain the origin of. None of it. And stop using AI filters on your selfies or ESPECIALLY using AI on somebody else’s photo or artwork.

We are at a crossroad and at a time of historically shitty conditions for working artists across ALL creative fields, and we gotta stick together. And you know what? Not only is standing up for other artists against exploitation and theft the morally correct thing to do, it’s also the professionally smartest thing to do, too. Because the corporations will fuck you over too, and then they do it’s your peers that will hold you up. And we have a long memory.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking “your peers” are only the people in your own industry. Writers can’t succeed without artists, editors, translators, etc making their books a reality. Illustrators depend on writers and editors for work. Video creators co-exist with voice actors and animators and people who do 3D rendering etc. If you piss off everyone else but the ones who do the exact same job you do, congratulations! You’ve just sunk your career.

Always remember: the artists who succeed in this career path, the ones who get hired or are sought after for commissions or collaboration, they aren’t the super talented “fuck you I got mine” types. They’re the one who show up to do the work and are easy to get along with.

And they especially are not scabs.

*that’s not even how it ends that’s a statistically likely and creatively boring way for it to end. Why would you even want to read that.

#on the subject of AI

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digitalmagus · 1 month

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Am I the only one not surprised by how dark shit got at Nickelodeon? Is it just because I'm old enough to remember the feet thing and Amanda Bynes going off the rails for a while as a teenager and was like 'yeah somebody high up is totally fucking up at least one child' and not surprised when it got covered up only to blow up now and hopefully have consequnces?

#i am old now?#or jsut too jaded about powerful men in the entertainment industry taking advantage?#but also i feel liek we've known for a while now???#did everyone else jsut forget???#or did I just not fall for hte coverup?#amanda bynes is my childhood #but even I knew child acting was hurting her in reality

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itsays · 5 months

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you're so real for listening to firework by &team 250+ times, it's such an underrated song😩 also, what did you think of dean's new song?🤨📸

mind you 250+ plays in 5 months like something SHIFTED.... imagine my horror when i check out their discography and this is their only good song like why are boy groups always releasing the best song you've ever heard along with the worst discography you've ever heard...

i liked dean's single but idk i expected something more IMPACTFUL for a grand comeback like last time he was here was in like 1999 and this is a nice song and all but it's literally been 84 years i was expecting to be absolutely destroyed by this song idk! think about it. it's no instagram it's no love it's no howling.... but that's ok...... let's delude ourselves into believing this will be followed up by an album

#this man has been in the industry for like a decade now and all we have is an ep like he's just pissing me off on purpose....#and like. do you remember the newjeans ai cover like. why has he not made that a reality what is wrong with men everywhere

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