seven wrote:
I admire that he got everyone together, laid it all out for them and heard them out.
I used to be a stagehand for 7 years or so, worked with all kinds of famous people. After cross country move I encountered a completely different stage culture. the new environment felt less competent then a high school theater department.
Ive always wanted to know more info about this story, because of how annoyed I was with that. Ive seen people totally explode over dead batteries. Ive seen people go 15 hours without a bite of food. I cant imagine people just walking off without a word, Cameron reacted like a godamn puppy dog compared to the shit I have seen go down.
I think part of it had to do with the fact that there was great artisanal work, he just had a couple of issues with the culture.
The other deal was he had the money and they were not used to having a boss with final say and they did not believe his threats.
He also knew that he had once chance to go at it and if it failed he was done.
80s/70s had a different work ethic than now. The road and support crews are a different creature today then they were back then.