Should entertainers and sport stars be paid such large sums of money? What are your views?

Should entertainers and sport stars be paid such large sums of money? What are your views?

10 to 15 million. That is the amount which famous Asian star Jackie Chan is paid per movie. In the two years 1997 and 1998, basketball star Michael Jordan was paid $33,140,000 each year. These astronomical figures reflect the high “salaries” celebrities and sports stars are paid. But should they really be paid so much?

Firstly, celebrities and sports stars are paid so much only because their audiences pay so much to see them. If the audiences decide not to give anything, what could they do? For example, movie star Lindsay Lohan was convicted and jailed multiple times. During her jail time, was she paid? No. If a sports star snaps a tendon, will anyone want to pay to see him? No. The large amount of revenue from say, DVDs and shows, largely go to the entertainers and sports stars because they are the ones who make their respective fields so interesting.

Secondly, the entertainers and sports stars are of high demand. They are each unique because of say, their brilliant acting skills or their excellent soccer stunts. Thus, to get them, producers or clubs pay good money because they would increase a show’s popularity or increase a club’s prowess. Also, because celebrities cannot do a show alone, and thus they need make-up artists and so on, they provide more jobs. Also, for the sports stars, they need nutritionists, etc. Thus, they deserve the large amounts of money there are receiving.

Thirdly, these entertainers and sports stars have to handle great pressure. Their job is not as easy as it seems. People think they have it easy, as they earned huge amounts of money for kicking a ball around or reciting from a script. For one, they have to deal with the huge crowd milling around them wherever they go. And they also have to mind what they do, as they are closely scrutinized by the public. If they walk into a hotel with friends of the opposite sex, there would probably be a scandal in the tabloids in the next day. This, thus, is the pressure these people have to face. Thus, they deserve the huge sums they are getting.

However, one cannot deny that even though these entertainers and sportspeople are among the elite, there are other elites in other fields. Hundreds of people apply to be US Navy SEALS each year, yet only a few make it. Why do they not get huge sums too? Consider this: thousands of people apply to get a three-line part in a movie, and only one can make it. Considering this success rate for such a small role, how many would then go on to be movie stars? Thus, these entertainers and sports stars are definitely the best of the best.

Ultimately, the high amount of money paid to these celebrated entertainers and sports stars is well-deserved by them, as they provide a large amount of entertainment, for without them, a lot of fun in life would be absent.

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A Day in the Life of Wladyslaw Szpilman at the outbreak of World War II

I was shocked. They sent a tank, a tank, kill us all. Yesterday I just saw them shoot a lady right between the eyes. They were absolutely merciless, they didn't care. She was just an obstacle. To them, she was nothing. At first, she was there. Then, she was not. They didn't care. Back to the present. They shot down the whole building. I barely escaped before the rubble made me one of them. I was shocked at the cruelty with which they treated fellow humans. I vow that if I make it out of this alive, I will treat everyone I see with compassion and do what I can to make everyone's life better.

-The Pianist

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I threw my only hope of survival. All around me, houses collapsed, and buildings crumbled like so much sand. The pin dropped, and the grenade took flight. Fires raged, and bullet chatter was everywhere. I grabbed on tight to my only other hope of survival, my rifle and fought on. "Fight on!" came the command. I raised my gun and fired.

My favourite TKaM character

My favourite character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus Finch. Why?
I feel that as a father, he has done his job well, as he, without a wife, has successfully brought up two generally rowdy children who respect their elders. He also wants his children to be able to face the world without feeling ashamed of their history. He demonstrates this in the last section of the book, as he knows that Jem was the one who killed Bob Ewell(albeit by accident), and even though Mr Heck Tate insisted Bob Ewell fell on his knife, Atticus wanted Jem to acknowledged as the person who did it, as he did not want people to speculate that he had somehow rigged it so Jem would get out of trouble. He wanted Jem to be able to go out without enduring whispers and mutterings about the corruption of his father or his murderous tendencies, and thus face the world without collapsing.

Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan(KKK)flourished as early as the 1860s. There were 3 parts of KKK, and the first developed their outlandish costumes, the second started the idea of the burning cross, and the third was generally associated with the opposing of civil rights movements. All three KKK incarnations have advocated the supremacy of the white, and their extremist views on racism have been expressed historicall through terrorism. It is currently classified as a hate group.

Lynching

Lynching is illegal murder of someone by a person or a group of people. It can be done in many ways, such as hanging, beating up or even burning the residence of a person. Lynching was done in the movie "Missisippi Burning" by the Ku Klux Klan(KKK) whom wanted to get rid of the Blacks who talked to the FBI, as they did not want the FBI to find three Civil Rights activists, whom they had taken away. Lynching is generally not condoned, but in the case of the KKK(they mostly killed by fire), the court, after some arsonists were caught, were very lenient towards them as the jury were made up od only whites, and they were very racist then.

Segregation

Segregation occurs in many ways. One of the most common examples(which I have experienced), is lack of a talking point. In such a situation, the other people in the group would igmore the person(or people) who do not say, play the same games or read the same material online. This can lead to further segregation, as the person or people might try to avoid the group altogether. Thus, segregation is a vicious cycle. Because of segregation in the first place, more segregation is caused and thus this affects in the person or people involved.