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

[Komet]

LOVE this

[PoisonPill]

52 minutes ago, Gui Blackout said:

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.

 

 

Welcome to modern journalism. The only way to get clicks and engagement are with negative and salacious hit pieces, so they're only incentivized to write those.

[James_Dean]

25 minutes ago, sunbathinganimal said:

they really hate Ben Platt

As they should

[sunbathinganimal]

1 minute ago, James_Dean said:

As they should

exactly

[Frozen99]

35 minutes ago, Bimbo said:

The writer really loved doing this

 

that's the difference, they're def praising dakota (confidence to take down ellen  i need to watch that interview again) while dragging ben, rightfully so

had no idea Tippi from Birds is her grandmother

 

"she has her mother's eyes. and an agent"

[Starchild]

1 hour ago, Gui Blackout said:

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.

 

 

Because the industry has just a select few people that they push? How is that not a problem?

And yes most are untalented as much as atrl loves some of these hacks 

[Vermillion]

Something about this took me OUT

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For those not ready to commit to one profession, the industry can provide a buffet of opportunities. In August 2020, Ísadóra “Doa” Bjarkardóttir Barney, the then-17-year-old daughter of Björk and Matthew Barney, was cast alongside her mother in Robert Eggers’s The Northman on the plausible basis that the role called for a specific type of medieval Norse singing that only someone related to Björk could pull off. In February, Doa received her first magazine profile in the British quarterly The Face, which highlighted the avant-garde video diary she shot in lockdown (current views: 8,100) and the Joanna Newsom cover she recorded to benefit refugees. In April, The Northman flopped, but never mind; in July, Doa signed a modeling contract with Miu Miu.

 

[est. in 90s]

This is the side of true pop culture messiness I miss the most

[Gui Blackout]

4 minutes ago, Starchild said:

Because the industry has just a select few people that they push? How is that not a problem?

How does that affect your life?  I'm sorry but that's such a silly thing to be upset about. It's a role in a movie/tv show, it's not a government position. The offspring of 'someone' have always and will have connections, it's not even something they can control, that's just how the world works. Again, I couldn't care less as long as they do a good job.

[BOOMBAYAH]

Great, now let's analyse the nepotism within the journalism and news worlds.

[Stellar1103]

I like this type of violence 

[BOOMBAYAH]

Also why are the most infamous nepo-babies (from whom the term was coined) the Hadid sisters and Kendall Jenner not on the cover?

[Zoe_]

I've always found Denzel Washington's son to be stale.

[Alex]

bring back this journalism

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Cannon said:

Here for the lashings. 

same 

[nathanspears]

3 hours ago, Gui Blackout said:

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.

 

 

[TheCheshireCat]

here for the lashings, these types are quick to say “just be good and work hard” as if daddy didnt already have a relationship with agents and managers who can get them in most doors before even needing to be “good” at their craft.

[Walk_Away21]

This sounds like it came straight from the “not like the other girls but we are on a gossip sub” Deuxmoi subreddit.

[Communion]

4 hours ago, Gui Blackout said:

Why do people care so much about if an actor comes from a poor or rich/famous family?

You must come from a rich family. 

[midnightdawn]

7 hours ago, PoisonPill said:

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.

Well part of the issue now is that these celebrity kids build up big followings on social media and get so much promo from being the kid of a celebrity that it is easier and makes more financial sense to cast them/hire them. They're going to get on talk shows and magazine covers far easier than an unknown.

[Dark Phoenix]

Surprised that they didn’t put Paris Hilton here or Lola, also Brooklyn Beckham.

 

Anyway I think that if they’re talented they shouldn’t be dragged, but if they’re only getting jobs and deals just for being the kids of famous parents yeah.

[Smarticle]

Ya it was really noticeable this year for some reason the way they all snuck through into getting popular roles

[LastKiss]

This is kinda funny

Some of y'all coming to defend these rich celebrities just because someone is critiquing something related to them, and not even in a mean or rude way,

like let the people laugh a little 

[Bubble Tea]

Absolutely love this. Spoilt brats being called out!

[Into The Void]

I honestly would've never known most of these were from famous parents tbh