NY Mag: The Year of the Nepo Baby - She has her Mother’s Eyes & Agent

[Michael196]

 

 

 

 

https://www.vulture.com/article/what-is-a-nepotism-baby.html
 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Michael196

[TaylorNation]

have we read the same article? it doesn’t drag Dakota  

 

here for the Ben Platt lashings tho 

[Bimbo]

Wait this cover is so good 

[crf13]

Whack Ben Platt again! 

[Cannon]

Here for the lashings. 

[Hephaestus]

Oop 

[Universo]

ctfu

[XAMJ]

the cover is iconic

[Junlin]

Ben deserves a solo cover 

[Khal]

I feel like when dragging nepo babies, we should focus on the talentless ones, not the ones who are actually good at their jobs. 

[PoisonPill]

I don't really get the purpose of dragging the performers themselves. They didn't choose their parents or their opportunities. More useful would be calling out the industry and casting directors for not trying harder to discover talent outside Hollywood, and instead just reaching for their friends' kids.

[James_Dean]

3 minutes ago, PoisonPill said:

More useful would be calling out the industry and casting directors for not trying harder to discover talent outside Hollywood, and instead just reaching for their friends' kids.

That's just too reasonable!! 

[chris1991]

 Not them choosing violence right before the holidays. The writer is coming for blood!

[Gui Blackout]

Why do people care so much about if an actor comes from a poor or rich/famous family? Getting cast in a movie is not a meritocracy  If they're good at the job that's all that matters. 

 

The whole tone of this piece is really weird take-down-y for no reason.

 

 

[Dark Miracles]

Ngl this article gave me a few good chuckles. But I wish he took the chance to roast the Landis clan

[AccioMiley]

I knew maya hawke would be on the cover 

But i dont see the problem with nepo babies as long as theyre talented 

[Cain]

I thought the article was well balanced

[mathekr]

There's no draggin in the article though? It's more of a case study of nepo babies in Hollywood and Tiktok's obsession with them as if it was some burried secret that only Gen Z was able to crack the code.

It's a great article.

[Virgos Groove]

The cover and the title are iconic omggg

[Dark Miracles]

I wonder which nepo baby the author refers to that gave the widely acclaimed performance? There really aren't that many who give that

Edited December 19, 2022 by Dark Miracles

[popmusicisdead]

this part is about Dakota isn't it?  

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The casting director puts it bluntly: “A lot of the children of famous people are not good.” How often are they meeting with them? “God, there have been so many over the course of my life.” They once met with an aspiring actress who was the daughter of two movie stars. “There was something else that walked in the room with her,” they say. “Like, ‘My parents are famous, and I’m here because somebody told me to meet you.’ A lovely person but definitely a sense of entitlement. She left, and I was like, That person doesn’t excite me. The struggle isn’t there.” This is not always a deal-breaker. Afterward, the daughter booked the role that made her a household name

 

anyway i don't mind nepo babies. other than the straight up talentless ones like Brooklyn Beckham, Haley Bieber or Chet Hanks 

[sunbathinganimal]

[Mitsouko]

Hilarious article. I love bitchy, mean spirited pop culture journalism.

[Bimbo]

The writer really loved doing this

 

[sunbathinganimal]

they really hate Ben Platt