Crazy Rich Asians showed the world two things.
One is that Asians can be the star of a Hollywood film and succeed; grossing S$238 million which is the highest-grossing romantic comedy in a decade.
The other is putting Singapore on the map, and giving me fear that foreigners will think I am rich even though I am a Cai Png man and know no pleasures like Marina Bay Sands or Raffles Hotel.
Simi is MBS? Microsoft Business Solutions? Cai Png at Marina Bay Sands can buy me 2 Cai Png elsewhere you know or not? Raffles Hotel? Only know Raffles Place MRT lah.
But anyway, with the achievements that the movie got, you would think that the writers for the show would have become Crazy Rich themselves.
At the very least, you’d think that the writer Adele Lim, who co-wrote along with Peter Chiarelli, would have gotten some sweet sweet stuff to put on her resume and would have some potential to at least be a little bit crazy rich.
As it turns out…
Starting Offers For Crazy Rich Asians Sequel 8 To 10 Times Less For Adele Lim
No official reports are out there, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, sources have it that Warner Bros offered S$800,000 to S$1,000,000 for Peter Chiarelli, while it’s only about S$110,000 for Adele Lim.
Whether the figures are accurate, we don’t know, but considering that she quit over the pay, it’s probably pretty close.
And in her own words, “Being evaluated that way can’t help but make you feel that is how they view my contributions.”
She also believes that women and people of colour were often thought to be like “soy sauce”. Meaning, it’s just a condiment that adds a little additional flavour and not the main contributor.
Considering that she’s the co-writer of the previous work…
Warner Bros Say It’s Based On Industry Standards And Experience
So here, Warner Bros make a potentially good counterpoint.
Except, just comparing Peter Chiarelli‘s and Adele Lim‘s page, it doesn’t even look like Adele has less experience than Peter.
The difference here is that Adele’s experience is mostly comprised of TV.
As far as I’m concerned, TV shows can be equally good or even better than movies, so let’s hit up the Thomas image again.
As far as I am concerned, the two people with the longest experience of writing a Crazy Rich Asians sequel are Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, because they wrote that film. Anyone else should be considered less qualified.
Peter Chiarelli Offered A Pay Split
So while the studio people might be a little dubious in their offerings, Chiarelli actually offered to split his pay with Lim.
She rejected it.
“Pete has been nothing but incredibly gracious, but what I make shouldn’t be dependent on the generosity of the white-guy writer.”
“If I couldn’t get pay equity after CRA, I can’t imagine what it would be like for anyone else, given that the standard for how much you’re worth is having established quotes from previous movies, which women of color would never have been [hired for]. There’s no realistic way to achieve true equity that way.”
Color Force Spent 5 Months Searching For Another Writer
They were trying to find another writer of Asian descent. Considering that after those five months they came back to Lim in February with an offer closer to parity with Chiarelli, the assumption is that they couldn’t find one.
And she rejected them.
If you’re wondering why the sequel might be a bit slow, the above is probably the reason why.
So for the real sequel, there’s probably still some time to go and is expected to be released at the end of 2020.
From what Jon M. Chu, the director tells The Hollywood Reporter,
“There’s too much responsibility and too much precedent from the first movie that the last thing I want to do is just hit a date and release the movie.”
“There’s still too much work to do. Our focus isn’t on the timeline, it’s on getting the story right.”
As for the work that Lim is working on, you can look forward to Raya and the Last Dragon on 25 Nov 2020.
See lah, this is what happens when people are not given proper compensation or recognised for their work. Later people say the sequel is shit how?
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