This Hollywood Studio Is In HOT Water After How They Treated Homeless During A Movie Shoot…

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The upcoming Barbie movie, projected to be a summer blockbuster, has sparked controversy, shedding light on Hollywood’s hypocrisy.

Even with a staggering $100,000,000 budget, the filmmakers seem to have conveniently forgotten to compensate the real homeless individuals featured in their Santa Monica, California shots. Instead, according to Daily Mail, they opted to hire paid extras to masquerade as homeless people in Tongva Park, an area infamous for its homelessness issue.

Parents across America are keen to introduce their children to the new Barbie movie, set to hit theaters on July 21, 2023. Industry experts anticipate the film could rake in up to $1 billion at the box office. However, the creators of this seemingly glamorous movie deemed it unnecessary to pay the actual homeless people who were huddled in the corners of their shots, adding a dose of harsh reality to their fairy-tale narrative.

Instead, the production chose to spend money on hiring extras to underscore the homelessness issue in Santa Monica, highlighting a paradox of charity and stinginess.

Greta Gerwig, the writer and director of the Barbie movie, presents Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, her boyfriend. Gerwig seems to be tone-deaf to the irony of glossing over the real-life struggles of homeless people while portraying a fairy-tale world on the big screen.

A photographer with about fifteen years of experience in documenting movie shoots voiced his astonishment to Daily Mail about the film’s decision not to compensate the homeless individuals who made appearances in their shots. “I never observed any crew members approaching the genuine homeless to offer them compensation,” he expressed.

The production team displaced some, while others were neglected, shuffling in and out of the scene, adding a dose of authenticity to the movie’s backdrop.

The photographer could overhear conversations among the filmmakers about maintaining the presence of the homeless in the shots for a realistic depiction of Santa Monica. Yet, they refrained from extending any monetary compensation to these individuals, despite their evident need.

The real homeless individuals stayed throughout the entire shoot, revealing a stark contrast between the glitz of Hollywood and the grim reality of homelessness.

Gerwig was present during the filming, guiding her actors in a sea of unpaid extras, mirroring a sad tableau of real-world suffering. The photographer continued, “They devoted the rest of the day to establishing shots. Alongside the homeless situation, I saw nearly every type of woke ideology subtly infused into the scenes. Everything from gay couples, both male and female, to mixed-race couples, was featured.”

According to the radio chatter, the goal was to make the film ‘more real-world’ or ‘more diverse.’ Having been in the business for 15 years, the photographer found this level of forced inclusivity unprecedented, raising questions about Hollywood’s tokenistic approach to diversity and reality.

Source: AWM