critically acclaimed role as Mary Lee Johnston in the multi-award winning motion picture, Precious. She has had roles in 15 TV shows, been hailed as a “Queen of Comedy,” written a book, and toured the world. She is without a doubt an amazingly talented actress.
Precious is quite honestly one of my favorite movies. It was released in November of 2009 perfectly placing it at the end of my high school career and beginning of my undergraduate. I saw the evolution of myself with this movie through the high school conversations that turned collegiate. It sparked multi-level dialogues that my 18-year-old mind was happy to be a part of, but more so learn from. As much as this movie poured into me, it is regretfully, the second side of the coin against Mo’Nique’s argument.
Precious was the biggest hit in her career and it (1) was released in 2009 and (2) was not a comedy.
When going into business with a company that is looking to make money from their investments in you, it’s important to see both sides. Is $500,000 low? Yes. Does she deserve to be paid what Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Amy Schumer were paid? No. Why you ask? — Because of the three letters that every business person bases their spending on R.O.I.
ROI, return on investment, is how most money-driven decisions are made (and since all business decisions are money decisions I’m going to go off the deep end here and say how ALL business decisions are made). ROI is the actual worth of your investment; it’s what you’ll get back from the money you invested. ROI is expressed as a ratio or percentage and is calculated like so: ROI = Net Profit / Total Investment * 100
Let’s do some math. Netflix offered Mo’Nique $500K to work with them. This isn’t the FULL investment into the project, but let’s pretend it is. Let’s also assume Netflix wanted to see a 100% minimum ROI on their project with Mo’Nique it would have to generate $1million. Honestly, that shouldn’t be