Movies have huge credit rolls that tell you everyone involved from the director down to the person who made the cups of tea. But why? I can understand why actors, who need exposure to maintain a career, would want this. But is it important for the person who drove the truck full of props around to be credited for their future prospects?
You don’t see a plaque when you walk into a building listing everyone who laid a brick as part of the construction. I assume there’s a historical reason why the entertainment industry, and only the entertainment industry does this.
Edit: To all those that took my geniune question about what historically lead to this, and turned it into accusations of me being some sort of thoughtless “asshole”, what is even the point of someone trying to contribute to these online communities if you are just going to be made to feel horrible?
Tom Cruise also insists on doing literally insane stunts himself when even a relatively minor I jury could delay production for weeks/months putting everyone out of a job…
He freaked out about a mask, because scientology insisted on masks.
Don’t think someone is a good person just because they did a good thing, they may have had other reasons.
Cruise is a horrible excuse for a human, that doesn’t mean he solely does shitty things.
IIRC, Cruise had to basically create his own insurance agency because nobody else would open up a policy for him, due to exactly this reason.
He freaked out about masks because the HSE were in two minds about shutting down film production, and because of Cruise’s unique insurance setup it was effectively the only film in the world shooting at the time, everyone was waiting to see if it would be practical.
Totally an asshole but his point is still valid
Action IS the only thing that matters, the reasons don’t affect others.
Sure, if it’s the only thing they’ve ever done, good or bad… Then, it’s a net positive! But your reasoning is like a Republican MAGA boomer making a one-time donation to a charity. Both examples have supported horrible organizations their entire lives. Cherry-picking a single good act isn’t just unfair, it’s literally dishonest.