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tinrobot

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5. Working in the Los Angeles film industry has always come with an expiration date.

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:40 PM

Mar 30

A quote about Hollywood from Steve Martin in "Bowfinger" (1999) always stuck with me:

BOWFINGER: I'm 49 years old. Admittedly, I could get away with 44, 41, *maybe* 38. But when you hit 50 they don't hire you anymore. It's like they can *smell* 50.

Ageism in Hollywood is not a new thing. My wife and I have both experienced it.

However, what is a new thing is the extreme loss of film jobs here in LA. We got hit by a perfect storm of pandemics, multiple strikes, and the collapse of both movies and broadcast in favor of streaming. It's completely turned Hollywood on it's head. Even those who are older and still well-connected are getting slammed.

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The Gen X Career Meltdown [View all] dalton99a Mar 30 OP

Our generation faced discrimination based on age JCMach1 Mar 30 #1

How much does AI have to do with this? SheltieLover Mar 30 #2

Right now, not much. tinrobot Mar 30 #6

AI is just purely toxic imo, esp where arts are concerned SheltieLover Mar 30 #7

I know, i wish everything was concentrated in LA. that way we could get more political power Nimble_Idea Mar 30 #8

Remember when Schwartenegger denied credits to the media / film industry flamingdem Mar 30 #13

Motion picture and TV production in Atlanta is also dead Sedona Mar 30 #9

This feels like an article from 20 years ago... Journalism as I knew it died in the 2000's FirstLight Mar 30 #3

I was a journalism major at a well regarded journalism senseandsensibility Mar 30 #4

couldn't you have stayed in journalism but not focus on print? LymphocyteLover Mar 30 #10

I was only interested in/good at print senseandsensibility Mar 30 #11

fair enough! LymphocyteLover Mar 31 #16

Working in the Los Angeles film industry has always come with an expiration date. tinrobot Mar 30 #5

Ageism...its everywhere. Xolodno Mar 30 #12

This is seriously nothing new flamingdem Mar 30 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 30 #15

Nah Johnny2X2X Mar 31 #18

nice that you can speak for an entire generation Skittles Mar 31 #19

American society is becoming a creative black hole. Oneironaut Mar 31 #17