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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Julie Taymor's Claim of Unpaid Spider-Man Royalties Will Be Heard in Arbitration
Playbill.com: An arbitration hearing between fired Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor and the Broadway show's producers will begin the week of Oct. 3, the New York Times has reported.
I'm torn by this article. If I were Julie Taymor, I think I'd be on the rooftops of NYC shouting, "Lion King! Lion King! Titus! Remember what I did in Titus??!!" and trying to distance my name and myself as far as possible from Spider-Man.
Then again, if I'm as convinced as Taymor seems to be that her career is over and done with, maybe I want to be sure I go down fighting and ensure I have enough to pay my morgage...
Julie Taymor should not be complaining. She created a catastrophe and used art as an alibi to justify it. Okay so she did the write the thing, so she probably should have some rights to it is some regard, but she was fired because she was doing such a bad job and she had spent too much money for no reason. There is a difference between art that is really expensive but it was necessary to spend that money art where it just was not necessary to spend it. Julie Taymore should have been more careful and she should have been less greedy and proud. If she had she would probably still be on the show.
I am surprised that Taymor wouldn't be more interested in distancing herself from Spiderman. Also, considering how far and deep the production is in the hole, how much would Taymor actually be making off of her royalties. How much is she potentially losing by fighting this battle instead of moving on to new projects and separating herself from her embarrassing removal.
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I'm torn by this article. If I were Julie Taymor, I think I'd be on the rooftops of NYC shouting, "Lion King! Lion King! Titus! Remember what I did in Titus??!!" and trying to distance my name and myself as far as possible from Spider-Man.
Then again, if I'm as convinced as Taymor seems to be that her career is over and done with, maybe I want to be sure I go down fighting and ensure I have enough to pay my morgage...
Julie Taymor should not be complaining. She created a catastrophe and used art as an alibi to justify it. Okay so she did the write the thing, so she probably should have some rights to it is some regard, but she was fired because she was doing such a bad job and she had spent too much money for no reason. There is a difference between art that is really expensive but it was necessary to spend that money art where it just was not necessary to spend it. Julie Taymore should have been more careful and she should have been less greedy and proud. If she had she would probably still be on the show.
I am surprised that Taymor wouldn't be more interested in distancing herself from Spiderman. Also, considering how far and deep the production is in the hole, how much would Taymor actually be making off of her royalties. How much is she potentially losing by fighting this battle instead of moving on to new projects and separating herself from her embarrassing removal.
Free4claims is one of the UK’s most leading personal injury claims expert - dealing with accidents such as road traffic accidents; Slip, trip and fall claim specialist.
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