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<p>TV 'celebs' in NZ are pretty much ghastly all round.</p>
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<p>When I was at Uni, my flatmate was a chef on the Xena/Hercules set, so we went to a few cast shindigs. The Americans were fun and friendly. The NZers (especially those also on Shortland Street) were complete fuckwits.</p>
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<p>Ditto when they are out and about at events like the races etc. Oh boy do they think they are gods. It's quite revolting.</p>
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<p>I don't know, maybe its cos its suck a tiny world, but the pedestal they place themselves on is ridiculous considering what they actually do. They whore themselves out at every opportunity, then swoon and say ahhh I can't bear the constant attention, I'm going overseas. So they do. And no one pays them any attention whatsoever, so they come home and find another show, desperate to be wanted again.</p> -
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<p>TV 'celebs' in NZ are pretty much ghastly all round.</p>
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<p>When I was at Uni, my flatmate was a chef on the Xena/Hercules set, so we went to a few cast shindigs. The Americans were fun and friendly. The NZers (especially those also on Shortland Street) were complete fuckwits.</p>
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<p>Ditto when they are out and about at events like the races etc. Oh boy do they think they are gods. It's quite revolting.</p>
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<p>I don't know, maybe its cos its suck a tiny world, but the pedestal they place themselves on is ridiculous considering what they actually do. They whore themselves out at every opportunity, then swoon and say ahhh I can't bear the constant attention, I'm going overseas. So they do. And no one pays them any attention whatsoever, so they come home and find another show, desperate to be wanted again.</p>
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<p>Fucken word to this post Mokes, an ex of mine was into theatre productions and such and was in a few ads back in the day and we got invites to parties where a few shithead street "stars" were known to attend. Stuck up cocks doesn't even begin to describe them, the thing that shits me most are the ones who went to Toi Whakare and have this strange "accent" ( the bloke who plays Chris Warner is a great example of this ) hard to describe but you know it if you hear it.....</p>
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<p>The worst one on earth who I never actually met was apparently Melanie Lynskey who actually somehow made it onto two and a half men and would have no doubt earnt a fair bit in that show ( or maybe they paid her fuck all cos she was a kiwi who could do a passable American accent ? Charlie Sheen would have drained all the funds I think ) . She loved to portray the whole "I'm just a low key country girl from the naki" schtick when in actual fact she was a colossal bitch with numerous famous "demands" when on set including tearing shreds off one of my exes fellow extras for daring to eye up a sandwich ( in a big group of sandwiches ) that the caterers had dropped off cos it was just for her and her friends and not the crew.</p> -
Classic , you two are telling the same sort of stories my sister used to tell . She worked on all those shows and lotr, she did say it was mostly the younger ones though , that guy who does the eqc ads is supposed to be a very cool guy in real life as is Geraldine Brophy .
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<p>That's pretty funny though! Rubbish boss gets the tin tack equiv and employees get amongst it!wailongs of</p>
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<p>Rubbish boss? I dont think we are in a position to judge that, especially not just based on the wailings of some contractors. He increased revenue and viewership. I am not buying the narrative around him because the social media lynch mob.</p> -
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<p>Yeah fair enough. You're right there will be KPIs and KRA's that the board will be following and I accept that the current media storm doesn't reflect this.</p>
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<p>Puzzling that news isn't a priority as it seems to be the platform that most TV stations the world over prioritise. I guess that's part of their vision for the future and time will tell if the lemmings feed at the reality TV trough - shudder.</p>
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<p>Departures of that many staff and the gung-ho CEO leaving in a whimper is not good strategy or management however you want to trivialise it. No company wants a CEO to come in and only perform for 18 months despite what spin they want to put on it - that's not effective governance.</p>
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<p>The board are to blame or the "contractors" (are they?) are to blame. I'd say the truth lies in the middle but no way are the Board and the company giving high fives and saying "we're right on track, all's good" </p>
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<p>They will be disappointed that he left I think, but no way of being sure. But I am fairly surely they now they had a toxic environment of under performing staff, and they needed to be cleaned out. The fact the CEO was hounded out, wont change the drive to turn things around.</p> -
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<p>Departures of that many staff and the gung-ho CEO leaving in a whimper is not good strategy or management however you want to trivialise it. No company wants a CEO to come in and only perform for 18 months despite what spin they want to put on it - that's not effective governance.</p>
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<p>The board are to blame or the "contractors" (are they?) are to blame. I'd say the truth lies in the middle but no way are the Board and the company giving high fives and saying "we're right on track, all's good" </p>
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<p>Gung ho? No. And the debate about wether it is a good strategy depends on the end goal. In this revenue and viewership.</p>
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<p>Rubbish boss? I dont think we are in a position to judge that, especially not just based on the wailings of some contractors. He increased revenue and viewership. <strong>I am not buying the narrative around him because the social media lynch mob.</strong></p>
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<p>The words (bleatings if you will) of say, 8 people versus the actions of about 12 leaving their jobs</p>
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<p>The words (bleatings if you will) of say, 8 people versus the actions of about 12 leaving their jobs</p>
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<p>Interesting priorities</p>
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<p>What? I am not talking about posters here, if that is what you mean. I am talking about the social media lynh mob, MSM and assorted others in NZ.</p>
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<p>Classic , you two are telling the same sort of stories my sister used to tell . She worked on all those shows and lotr, she did say it was mostly the younger ones though , that guy who does the<strong> eqc ads</strong> is supposed to be a very cool guy in real life as is Geraldine Brophy .</p>
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<p>Classic , you two are telling the same sort of stories my sister used to tell . She worked on all those shows and lotr, she did say it was mostly the younger ones though , that guy who does the eqc ads is supposed to be a very cool guy in real life as is Geraldine Brophy .</p>
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<p>Yeah I met her, she seemed decent as is Peter Elliot. Many, many years ago over Summer I did lighting for quite a few shows at Circa theatre, volunteer work in exchange for a few beers afterwards. Really, really fun times, much of said fun was observing some of the prima donna shit from the "cream" of NZs acting talent, Ray Henwood, Dais Dad, could throw a fucken tanty like no one I've ever seen.....problem is that he's not Laurence Olivier, Oliver Reed or Richard Burton, he's the guy you vaguely remember from a few ads here and there. </p>
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<p>Of course ya can't label them all the same, The Chris Warner guy might talk funny but apparently he's a decent joker. It's definitely the young ones ( when I say that most are older than me ) who were on the cusp who were the biggest dickwads.</p> -
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What? I am not talking about posters here, if that is what you mean. I am talking about the social media lynh mob, MSM and assorted others in NZ.<br>
People leave jobs all the time, particularly f they have huge egos and are told to change how they operate.</p></blockquote>Yup, I've worked for an organisation that decided to completely change the way they operate, and changing the culture was a big part of that. Before they started they predicted they would lose up to 50% of staff that would not adapt to the change and leave, probably disgruntled. How many staff they lost was not an indication of the success of the change, and in fact they are now a far more efficient outfit as they hired people that fit the new culture and mindset much better. Basically got rid of the fat, and are leading the industry at what they do now.<br><br>
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<p>Yeah I met her, she seemed decent. Many, many years ago over Summer I did lighting for quite a few shows at Circa theatre, volunteer work in exchange for a few beers afterwards. Really, really fun times ( much of said fun was observing some of the prima donna shit from the "cream" of NZs acting talent ) </p>
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<p>Of course ya can't label them all the same, The Chris Warner guy might talk funny but apparently he's a decent joker. It's definitely the young ones ( when I say that most are older than me ) who were on the cusp who were the biggest dickwads.</p>
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<p>Yeah she said the Michael Galvin is a good sort and the difference between a soap and movies is they don't really have time to do many takes of a scene and he's apparently an absolute pro and nailing it first time around. The last show she worked on was with John Clarke [fred dagg] in Melbourne, she ended up hanging out with him and his wife a fair bit she says he's probably her favourite of all the people shes worked with. I met that guy that played Judd on outrageous fortune and he seemed like he came across as a good bugger, he was filming Dark Horse at the time but it had a different title.</p>
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<p>This silly cow</p>
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<p> Was foolish enough to cut in front of the queue when my brother was at the head of it after waiting for ages with his kids, when he asked what she was doing she busted out the whole "don't you know who I am?" line and as he's a bit blunter and less tolerant than me came back with "no fuck off to the back of the queue", the icing on the cake apparently was the people in the queue behind him clapping.</p> -
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<p>yeah I know what EQC is, just couldnt think of any ads, but now you put him up...wasnt he on SS too??</p>
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<p>I met that 'Rachel' chick form SS one year at a NY party up north, she seemed pretty cool, was a good sport when my mate was hitting on her too </p> -
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<p>Yeah she said the Michael Galvin is a good sort and the difference between a soap and movies is they don't really have time to do many takes of a scene and he's apparently an absolute pro and nailing it first time around. The last show she worked on was with John Clarke [fred dagg] in Melbourne, she ended up hanging out with him and his wife a fair bit she says he's probably her favourite of all the people shes worked with. I met that guy that played Judd on outrageous fortune and he seemed like he came across as a good bugger, he was filming Dark Horse at the time but it had a different title.</p>
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<p>This silly cow</p>
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<p> Was foolish enough to cut in front of the queue when my brother was at the head of it after waiting for ages with his kids, when he asked what she was doing she busted out the whole "don't you know who I am?" line and as he's a bit blunter and less tolerant than me came back with "no fuck off to the back of the queue", the icing on the cake apparently was the people in the queue behind him clapping.</p>
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<p>Yeah she said the Michael Galvin is a good sort and the difference between a soap and movies is they don't really have time to do many takes of a scene and he's apparently an absolute pro and nailing it first time around. The last show she worked on was with John Clarke [fred dagg] in Melbourne, she ended up hanging out with him and his wife a fair bit she says he's probably her favourite of all the people shes worked with. I met that guy that played Judd on outrageous fortune and he seemed like he came across as a good bugger, he was filming Dark Horse at the time but it had a different title.</p>
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<p>This silly cow</p>
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<p> Was foolish enough to cut in front of the queue when my brother was at the head of it after waiting for ages with his kids, when he asked what she was doing she busted out the whole <strong>"don't you know who I am?"</strong> line and as he's a bit blunter and less tolerant than me came back with "no fuck off to the back of the queue", the icing on the cake apparently was the people in the queue behind him clapping.</p>
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<p>yeah I know what EQC is, just couldnt think of any ads, but now you put him up...<strong>wasnt he on SS too</strong>??</p>
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<p>I met that 'Rachel' chick form SS one year at a NY party up north, she seemed pretty cool, was a good sport when my mate was hitting on her too </p>
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<p>Maybe, you'll have to ask M4l to know for sure.</p>
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<p>Is this the one you mean? She's in my milf hall of fame now.</p>
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