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   "bllbickel"  wrote in message   
   news:1160180056.441440.153760@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > Alison Hopkins wrote:   
   >> "bllbickel"  wrote in message   
   >> news:1160112442.245865.227630@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...   
   >> >   
   >> > Alison Hopkins wrote:   
   >> >> >   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Wrong. They got less. They were told to accept less, and had no   
   >> >> choice.   
   >> >   
   >> > Sure they did.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> Well, they could have chosen to be without any money at all. Hardly a   
   >> choice, is it.   
   >   
   > Choice 1: Reject the contract and work elsewhere. Probably wouldn't   
   > have meant being "without any money at all," unless they'd gone   
   > overboard spending their first four seasons' pay AND for some reason   
   > could never find work again.   
      
   I think you have a very inflated idea of how much they got paid for the   
   first four seasons.   
      
   >   
   > Choice 2: Accept the contract and earn more than you or I will ever   
   > earn.   
   >   
      
   Speak for yourself on that one. I suspect I earn more in a year than the   
   actors did - other than Bruce.   
      
   Ali   
      
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