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[–] [email protected] 147 points 11 months ago (36 children)

Plenty of struggling actors have a good work ethic but don’t have powerful/successful mommies and daddies giving them a foot in the door, Meg.

It’s not dismissive to call him a nepo baby. It’s just a reflection of reality. It doesn’t make him a bad actor, it’s just acknowledging he was privileged by being the son of two very famous actors. Besides, [puts on Jeff Foxworthy mustache] If the biggest hardship you face in your life is being called a “nepo baby” then you just might be a nepo baby

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

A society that gaslights itself with the lie of being based on meritocracy requires them to engage in these mental gymnastics.

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