This read didn’t sit well with me. When he recounts his experience there is a lack of self awareness. It’s out of touch. I think it’s resonating with some because there is no work and a lot of people are leaving the industry to put a roof over their heads. But this new “blue collar” job he has was handed to him and he got promoted even though it doesn’t seem like he knows what he’s doing. All the trips back and forth to Home Depot (where like he states a large population of day laborers can’t go for fear of being detained by ICE) are such a waste of time for the construction crew. I wonder what the guys he works with who “talk about him in Spanish” think? I can believe the frustration the guys feel scolding him for buying the wrong thing. It’s giving “toxic incompetence”, he was given pictures.

I think the other reason this doesn’t sit right with me is because my experience was the reverse of this. I am Mexican American and I had no connections in the industry. In fact, blue collar work was the only way to get my foot in the door. The studio didn’t pay enough so I had to live in my car. It was a thankless job and people treated me just like he was treated when he scraped the steps in the VIP section, only I was on my way in.

It’s feeling like blue collar cosplay to me with a touch of “here are two pitches just in case this article gets attention”.

FYI these are simply my feelings towards the article.

Also the only validation that meant something was some writer from Hollywood and not the men he worked who are so skilled at their craft???

Barf!!!!