Monday, January 22, 2018

Mo'nique calls for Boycott of Netflix over Gender and Racial Pay Differences


The comedian, Mo'Nique, (Real name Monique Hicks)  posted a video on Instagram accusing Netflix of gender bias and racial bias. She claimed she was paid $500,000 for her show while Amy Schumer was paid $11 million.

While we believe the bias is true, it's true, this type of accusation is very hard to prove. Also an entertainers appeal is linked to biases in the larger world not just the entertainment industry.

Obviously Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Amy Schumer are bigger than Mo'Nique. But how much bigger ?? And how about Wynda Sykes ?  What is a fair amount these artists should be paid?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeIg0TUFgJ0/

You would want to regress the artist Pay, Sex, Race and Age against studio earnings or some measure of popularity. You might want to check over time and at different career points.  Definitely worth a quality economic research paper for someone.

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