Eat the Rich: Classism in the UK Entertainment Industry, Pt. 3 [ONTD Original]

[jdnightghobhadi]

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[sparklytootsie]

ye. growing up with so many mainstream "funny" examples of blackface was quite the experience

[sparklytootsie]

pardon? how does the mask make it not blackface? how can white people parody a racist thing they created?

[rainstormraider]

I went to an elite private school where I was surrounded by extremely pretentious assholes who paid other people to write their GCSEs or had tutors at home that spoon-fed them every A level English essay they ever wrote.
Luckily I started at this school when I was a baby so I didn’t face it much but so many people who got into it based on merit later were bullied relentlessly if they weren’t rich, sporty and hot.
It was the worst and I am glad I escaped it and moved back to Canada permanently before I could graduate from it.
Though those same people are now all over Facebook and IG getting drunk at polo matches and having extremely lavish tea parties at their private clubs like they’re going out of style.
It’s nauseating.

[jellycar]

love these posts OP! but i wish the tom hardy mention was much bigger bc the whole world needs to understand he’s a posh twat who puts on an accent for a living

[sparklytootsie]

his accent has mellowed, i remember when he was first popping up on here and his accent was so mangled from trying on different working class accents that it would flit from cockney to an approximation of patois at points. and that's when the thirst for him was strongest.

[benjersthefish]

I would love an entire post on this

[jdnightghobhadi]

Thank you, love! I'm glad you appreciate it and despite everything, I love that icon of Florence. That scene is so beautiful looking! <3

Man, I'm sorry! lol I can make it bigger? Maybe a different colour? I would like to talk about him sometime in the future (bc he PISSES ME OFF), but you know, I'll see if my schedule permits me to. There were so many people I wanted to talk about, tbh it was difficult to cherry pick. I really wanted to do a post just dedicated to the Oldies, like Julie Andrews and Cary Grant, but who knows if I'll ever find the time to write it? We'll see. Thanks for enjoying these!

[thebadunkadunk]

Omg OP I loved part one and I missed part two!!! Will go back and read it.

I think with all child stars it’s a crapshoot unfortunately. Fame can really change people for the worst, and you have to have level headed adults all around, family and in the industry.

I think about what Ariel Winter went through and how she sometimes still struggles very publicly when she had the support of people who works on Modern Family who would try to feed her when her mom wouldn’t let her eat, and Julie Bowen was really supportive too...if people weren’t trying to protect her, if she hadn’t done therapy at a young age, and her sister hadn’t set up some structure for her, it would be really sad

Also the British tabloid press is ruthless

[jdnightghobhadi]

Aw, thanks bb! <3 lol That's all right! I kinda posted that part on a weird day (bc I was free ofc and didn't want to delay it). It was a Free For All and full of news about the royal drama, so I figured most people wouldn't see it

[thebadunkadunk]

So I always mind of wondered how hiring at British tabloids goes, because they can’t all be plebs like people who work at TMZ right?

[jdnightghobhadi]

They could very well be, tho? Maybe that's the kind of aggressive traits employers look for

[nomorefrostbite]

Another STELLAR post OP, automatic post/s of the year 2020 winner tbh

[jdnightghobhadi]

Aw, thanks bb! <3 Sorry, I'm seeing this late, too lol. Of course, I remembered your love for Patrick Stewart and HAD to do him justice!

I hear from a lot of people that private education is kinda miserable. And I get the impression that the environment and/or education is... lacking, I guess? Idk if that's right or not.

Like at weekends some of the girls in my class would 'take daddy's jet' to New York......