THE BITTER IRONY ABOUT "GRACE AND FRANKIE" NETFLIX SERIES

I don't know about you but I thoroughly enjoyed watching Netflix drama Grace And Frankie. It's got an interesting twist to it and I highly recommend it.


In a bitter twist of Hollywood irony Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, whose 1980 film Nine To Five was an early battle cry in the gender equality movement, are now at the center of a minor controversy.

At a recent Netflix press conference the two actresses revealed that they are not happy with their pay on hit show Grace & Frankie, 35 years after addressing sexism in the workplace in Nine To Five.
Fonda, 77, explained that she and her co-star Tomlin, 75, found out that their supporting cast Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen were making the same salary as them despite not being the stars and even sharing less screen time.


'[Tomlin] found out [Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen] are getting the same salary that we are,' Fonda said at the press conference. 'That doesn't make us happy.'

Tomlin then added: 'The show is not Sol and Robert - it's Grace and Frankie.'
The two stars are also executive producers on the series, which makes the news all the more bitter.

So far the petition has garnered just shy of 9,000 signatures.

Bitter irony: The controversy comes 35 years after the two addressed (along with Dolly Parton) sexism in the workplace in Nine To Five (1980)