I went to the Star Trek Convention last week - it was my first time there and I had a blast. Overall a great experience and it’s safe to say I have some new friends that I’m looking forward to seeing again next year. At the same time, I found all of the cash-only photos and signatures with the actors to be pretty sad/disappointing in a lot of ways.
I wrote an article about my experience, curious to hear what people think about it.
That’s totally fair but in this case all the actors signing autographs are multi-millionaires. Totally different I agree if it’s a much smaller actor but the Star Trek Convention definitely didn’t provide a platform for smaller actors, only the big ones.
I think you sorely overestimate how much working actors make. Lots of actors, even those on Star Trek, fall into the middle class and that’s if they’re working regularly. Very few actors, percentage wise, are multi-millionaires.
I don’t known if you’ve been paying attention to the SAG strike, but it’s been really eye opening for me! Of course it sucks to pay 10$ for an autograph from a millionaire, but I wouldn’t assume to know how much they all actually make from acting gigs.