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mainer

(12,039 posts) Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:33 PM Jul 2017

Asian actors paid less than white actors on Hawaii Five-0. So they quit.

Stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park have departed CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0.” Their characters, Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua, will not appear in the upcoming eighth season. The characters’ absence will be referenced in the season premiere.

Sources tell Variety that Park and Kim had been seeking pay equality with stars Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan, but were unable to reach satisfactory deals with CBS Television Studios, which produces the series. CBS’s final offer to Kim and Park was believed to have been 10-15% lower than what O’Loughlin and Caan make in salary. O’Laughlin and Caan each have deals that also provide them percentage points on the show’s back end.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/daniel-dae-kim-grace-park-hawaii-five-0-1202484329/

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Asian actors paid less than white actors on Hawaii Five-0. So they quit. (Original Post) mainer Jul 2017 OP

The same old crap. What is it that they think POCs should be paid less than white actors? brush Jul 2017 #1

Yeah, same old crap. On a show called HAWAII five-0, no less. mainer Jul 2017 #2

Yep. It never ends. brush Jul 2017 #3

CBS Mother Julie Chen to the rescue? miyazaki Jul 2017 #4

brush

(54,000 posts)

1. The same old crap. What is it that they think POCs should be paid less than white actors?

Reply to mainer (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:43 PM

Jul 2017

Well, we already know the answer to that.

mainer

(12,039 posts)

2. Yeah, same old crap. On a show called HAWAII five-0, no less.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:10 PM

Jul 2017

I lived in Hawaii for over a decade. Almost never saw a white cop. But on TV, it seems that only white people inhabit the islands.

brush

(54,000 posts)

3. Yep. It never ends.

Reply to mainer (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:13 PM

Jul 2017

miyazaki

(2,269 posts)

4. CBS Mother Julie Chen to the rescue?

Reply to mainer (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:14 PM

Jul 2017

I think not.

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