XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: rgormannospam@telusplanet.net   
      
   On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:27:12 GMT, Merrick Baldelli   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:57:04 -0700, "Jojo"    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>Wow, every reply has ignored my point that he should throw the fans a bone.   
   >>The fans put him where he is. Get it? If someone made me famous I would   
   >>paint their house for free... get it? Damn morons.   
   >   
   >	Actually, you don't get it.  Just because the "fans" made   
   >Shatner what he is, doesn't mean that he should give away his services   
   >-- this service being acting -- for free for "fans" sake.  There are   
   >some thing that an actor will do pro bono.  Cons, starring in a low   
   >budget movie/documentary, etc.   
   >   
   >	Sure, Shatner made for the Viacom/Desilu/Parmount to the tune   
   >of hundreds of millions of dollars -- but how much of that actually   
   >goes to him?  Surprisingly a fraction of that profit.   
   >	Something else you're missing in this is the question of "why"   
   >is Shatner asking for money?  Usually when an actor is asking for   
   >money for an appearance on the show -- it usually means that they   
   >believe it to be a risky venture.   
      
   What it really usually means that the actor in question is a   
   professional and expects to be paid for doing his job.   
      
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