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Jason Alexander says Seinfeld's cast demanded $1,000,000 per episode because continuing to play George, Elaine, and Kramer would hurt their careers “The million dollar figure actually first came out of Julia's mouth. It was not a wild I wish I got a million dollars. There had been actual research done. We knew that for the network alone, every episode of Seinfeld generated $14 million of profit. Sheer profit for the network alone, let alone Castle Rock and the syndication participants” “We had argued that after five years of being in Seinfeld, there was no upside in the long run for the three of us to continue doing the show. It had made us celebrities. It had made us some money. But if we were going to be actors with careers that extended where we needed to play different roles, continuing to put out the image of George, Elaine, and Kramer was actually detrimental to our long run careers. So why was there any incentive for us to be in this for the long run unless those shows were extremely profitable to us. We argued that we needed to be cut in on syndication. We needed syndication points. We were told, in no small terms, to go take a hike” “When we got into the bargaining chair and NBC so desperately wanted to have another season or another two seasons, we said again, syndication. Our salaries are fine, but you're making such massive profits in syndication, profits of $3 to $4 million per show into infinity, and you don't want to give us any of that. In order for us to feel good about doing this show, I want to leave the most successful half hour in the history of television knowing that I never have to work again. That is what I require, or you can't have my services” “Knowing what all the revenues were, what we would have made had they given us the syndication, what everybody was making upfront, we tried to figure out what percentage of the success formula of the show were the three of us. We came up with Jerry, Larry, the writers, us, and everything else. As one fifth of that, we said here's the number, $1 million an episode”

talk about main character syndrome

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Unpopular Hot Take: With the exception of the Bible*, nobody should read books anymore. Books are useful inasmuch as they are primary source antiquated reference material. But they an obsolete conveyance of information in the internet/AI age. Information should be categorized and presented more efficiently using these modern tools. Reading 100s of pages of books is wasteful and inefficient. Making more books is just a way for the publishing industry to monetize information. If the information was packaged for optimal information conveyance over monetization, it would be a sorted collection of articles, wikis, chats, etc. instead. This includes fiction. Fiction is simply the rehash of psychological archetypes which resonate with the human mind. The Illiad, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, etc. etc.: Their archetypes are immortal, and the brain’s way of mapping out meaning. They could be rehashed in any number of different settings, characters, media, etc. (and have been). The book is simply a conveyance system for the archetype. Storytelling can be done more efficiently, more vividly in modern times than with a mere book. At best, the text of the “book” would just be the bulky primary source encrypted code for how the archetype should be presented. Indulging in fictional archetypal presentations is understandable for a growing young mind. Indulging in fiction when older is a sign of a lack of a coherent worldview and spiritual impoverishment. A mature person should have mapped out meaning already, have a coherent view of morality, the progression of life and the cosmos, etc. The older one gets, the less fictional books one should read. *I’ll add that the “Bible” “Biblia” “Canon” is a collection of different writings: Chronicles, statutes, proverbs, monologues, poetry, songs, eyewitness accounts, correspondence, etc. thus proving my point. The Bible is not a “book” but itself a compendium of smaller more efficient writings. That the Word of God is assembled as such (being the essence of God and Jesus, per John 1) should make people stop and think.