Post by featherhat on Oct 20, 2023 15:57:02 GMT -4
I don't necessarily mind Nepo babies when they have talent and Gwynnie is not the only one to point out that a lot of people follow their parents into other professions/family businesses. It is true and it's not always easy to break free, even if you want to. However so many seem to not just get a foot in the door or a brief leg up but are actively given project after project when it has been proven they have no talent and the public aren't even that interested in them.
It's also not a new phenomenon as she herself proves (heh) but it's easier to see these days via the internet and SM and the bar for "being famous" has been lowered so dramatically that any famous person's kid seems to get labelled and "influencer" for being on SM.
Carrie Fisher is probably my favourite "Nepo Baby" and I think she was extremely talented, although acting was not her best gift, she was so incredibly witty and had a knack for making people howl with laughter at incredibly horrific things that she had been through. Her childhood was so Hollywood that she was probably never going to be "average", even if she didn't need to have ECT (and she made that both poignant and funny). I thought her daughter was pretty great in Scream Queens so I have no problems with the her getting the role despite her entire family history. And she keeps a low profile.
But if people complaining about nepotism is the worst thing you have to deal with, you know you have a pretty sweet life. It's not a polite term but it is something you can work towards getting people to shut up about by improving your skills.
It's also not a new phenomenon as she herself proves (heh) but it's easier to see these days via the internet and SM and the bar for "being famous" has been lowered so dramatically that any famous person's kid seems to get labelled and "influencer" for being on SM.
Carrie Fisher is probably my favourite "Nepo Baby" and I think she was extremely talented, although acting was not her best gift, she was so incredibly witty and had a knack for making people howl with laughter at incredibly horrific things that she had been through. Her childhood was so Hollywood that she was probably never going to be "average", even if she didn't need to have ECT (and she made that both poignant and funny). I thought her daughter was pretty great in Scream Queens so I have no problems with the her getting the role despite her entire family history. And she keeps a low profile.
But if people complaining about nepotism is the worst thing you have to deal with, you know you have a pretty sweet life. It's not a polite term but it is something you can work towards getting people to shut up about by improving your skills.
