As if the gender wage gap hasn’t been debunked a thousand times over already, there’s now a new and improved “Hollywood” version of the pay gap myth propagated by socialists.
“Wonder Woman” has been a resounding success, grossing over a half-billion dollars in the box office, with many viewing the film’s star Gal Gadot as a feminist icon. And like all feminists, she must be a victim of “the patriarchy” – apparently in the form of an over sized gender pay gap. You may have seen a headline like the following one at Buzzfeed:
Compared to Cavill, that’s a mere two cents on the dollar! It’s outrageous! It’s sexist! It’s inhumane! It’s….. a friggin’ lie, of course!
The accusation that Gadot was stiffed originally started Monday from a Daily Dot article headlined “Gal Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman’ paycheck was surprisingly small.” The Daily Dot noted that Gadot has publicly said that she earned $300,000 for her role in Wonder Woman.
“This situation carries a whiff of Hollywood’s gender pay gap,” the news website argued. “Why? Because according to Forbes, Henry Cavill earned a sweet $14 million for Man of Steel, including box office bonuses.”
Among the outlets that subsequently highlighted the supposed discrepancy were HuffPost, Fox News, Maxim, Yahoo News, and, yes, Duca’s Teen Vogue.
But where did they arrive at that figure? There was a suspicious lack of sources for the claim that Cavill earned $14 million for his role as Superman, and it’s extremely unlikely given Cavill’s entire net worth is estimated at $14 million. The odds that it’s all attributable to a single film is about zero, given his fifteen-plus year career.
So where did Forbes get the figure? A week before its article was published, an unreliable clickbait site called GoBankingRates.com wrote a roundup of the net worths of all the cast members of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Cavill’s actual salary remains unknown, although a source familiar with star salaries for studio franchise movies told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that “Cavill did not make anywhere close to $14 million as his base pay for Man of Steel.”
Chris Evan also earned $300,000 in base salary for his role in Captain America: The First Avenger. Thor star Chris Hemsworth actually earned less than Gadot and Evans in base salary, taking in only $200,000.
H/T: The Washington Free Beacon
Hilariously, this is the new and updated headline of that very same Buzzfeed article.
Great job on that one guys!
If rushing to the defense of a woman who earned $300,000 to star in a movie is where feminism is at, that alone should be a positive sign for the status of women in the West.
Did you hear liberals spouting the fake news about Gal Gadot’s salary on “Wonder Woman?” Make sure you show them this article!
