Jennifer Spoiled Brat

Jennifer Lawrence is a no-talent goodie who blames her own failings on the perceived biases of others.  Let's just start with that.  Why would I say such an uncouth thing about a woman who has such an obviously high opinion of herself that she believes her own salary is a dramatic injustice to such an amazing human being?

In her rant for Lena Dunham -- wrongly labeled an "essay," Lawrence justifies her own biases by claiming "I wasn’t completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a “spoiled brat.” For some reason, I just can’t picture someone saying that about a man."  This is her trump card; it is how she concludes her rant disguised as a persuasive argument.  Is the use of "spoiled brat" an intrinsically sexist term?  NO.
Allen West recently referred to President Obama using that expression (Huffington Post, 10/12/13).  Last year, Hollywood Gossip slammed Justin Bieber with that label in a headline, claiming to have proven their case with 21 photographs of Mr. Bieber. Earlier this year, Miley Cyrus referred to Nicki Minaj that way; surely she wasn't being sexist. Online the expression appears to be used about as many men as women. She wants it to be sexist because that might be an indication that she is far more deserving of more money than she currently receives. The expression indicates someone who pouts and whines a lot -- rather like Ms. Lawrence's pity-party post.

When she saw the "Sony hack" in November of last year, Ms. Lawrence immediately thought of how much more the men were making than the women.  She didn't stop to consider whether some of them were more talented than she is, or whether they were playing more important roles in the film than she was playing.  She looked at no other factors -- not age, or skin color, or past experience.  Instead she instantly concluded that she wasn't being paid enough because she is a woman. She has starred in one immensely popular set of book adaptations, but Lawrence wasn't selected because she was the best actress on the planet. She was a virtual unknown who was attractive enough to bring the right demographics (young females and young males) into the theater. She is lucky to have been asked to play the role.  Most of her other work has been bland and uninteresting.  "The House at the End of the Street" and "The Devil You Know" feature sleep-inducing performances. Her whole career is hit-and-miss, and most of it falls squarely into the "miss" category.  She has been "hot" at times -- receiving awards from talentless people who enjoy giving them to other talentless people, but on the whole she is uninteresting.  Her portrayal of Serena only serves to make viewers wonder whether Angelina Jolie could have saved the film.

She rightly blames herself for not negotiating the same percent of the proceeds for "American Hustle" as Bradley Cooper, but it wasn't her anatomy that created the disparity.  In Hollywood, actors have to negotiate for every penny. Cooper said, "If you think that you only deserve a certain amount and that's not correct, it's about changing that mindset and sticking up for yourself the way that Sienna [Miller] did."  In other words, Lawrence settled for less, so they paid less.  That has happened to me and to quite a few others I know, but it's just the nature of the negotiation game.  It has to do with what kind of person you are, and about what motivates you, and about being able to judge whether the other side will pay more.  If those things are a priority for her, then she's no good at those things and doesn't deserve the additional money.

I just adore seeing rich people whine about how much richer someone else is. The truth is that she made more money on "American Hustle" -- the one for which she made less than Christian Bale -- than the average American worker will make in his or her whole lifetime.  Yeah, we should all feel sorry for her sad tale of misfortune. 
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/28/american-hustle-is-overrated.html

I noticed that nowhere in her complaints about what other people have made does she dare to suggest that all of them make far too much money.

Personally, I'd like to see a salary schedule for the whole industry -- capping out at $200,000 for someone with ten or more hit films and 30+ years of experience.  I'll bet they'd all enjoy making exactly the same as every other actor with as many years of experience. Would it surprise you to learn that these same Hollywood glitterati who complain about what "CEO's" make annually often make more than the typical American CEO. Remember Ben (Batman) Affleck saying this?
"It’s like it’s just about getting by, or people can like let people go if they can get away with it, that there’s no deeper sense of right or wrong. The banks shouldn’t — people shouldn’t make such a giant profit off just moving money back and forth. And CEOs’ pay shouldn’t be 200 times the average worker. It used to be nine times."
What do you think a lead actor makes compared to a member of the camera crew?  Hint:  a camera operator makes about $80K; and a lead actor makes ... well...
Jennifer Lawrence demanded $20 million for film recently.  The average CEO pay for a large US company is less than half of that.  These poor little rich kids who whine about what tiny fortunes they make every year are exactly what Ms. Lawrence concludes her letter with:  they are "spoiled brats."