Comments on: J3ba, or, How to Make a Movie in Morocco http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: 'Aqoul http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8338 'Aqoul Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:25:30 +0000 http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8338 What's the proper going rate, bribery and work in Morocco... Via our aggregator (which perhaps is only slightly less well-known than our book reviews section, I stumbled across this review of reaction to the Casa bombings and vaguely related commentary. An item that I particularly noted was the reaction to...... What’s the proper going rate, bribery and work in Morocco…

Via our aggregator (which perhaps is only slightly less well-known than our book reviews section, I stumbled across this review of reaction to the Casa bombings and vaguely related commentary. An item that I particularly noted was the reaction to……

]]> By: The Lounsbury http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8259 The Lounsbury Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:19:51 +0000 http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8259 I fail to see anything particularly shocking about the wage. Moroccan labour productivity is low, as are base costs for labour: cost of housing, cost of food, etc, above all in the typical consumption pattern of your average Mohammed. Comparing US wages to Moroccan wages naively as in the article says nothing about anything, other than perhaps aggressive illiteracy in economics. Morocco would never attract any films at all if the wages were to rise, given present standards in terms of work ethic, productivity, and administrative efficiency. I fail to see anything particularly shocking about the wage.

Moroccan labour productivity is low, as are base costs for labour: cost of housing, cost of food, etc, above all in the typical consumption pattern of your average Mohammed. Comparing US wages to Moroccan wages naively as in the article says nothing about anything, other than perhaps aggressive illiteracy in economics.

Morocco would never attract any films at all if the wages were to rise, given present standards in terms of work ethic, productivity, and administrative efficiency.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Morocco: Corruption, politics, and the aftermath of a bombing http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8252 Global Voices Online » Morocco: Corruption, politics, and the aftermath of a bombing Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:37:31 +0000 http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-8252 [...] Liosliath posted highlights of the article in her blog, highlighting “the most pathetic part” as this: “An ‘assistant propman’ on Sahara, for example, earned a weekly salary of $233, the equivalent of one day’s pay for a U.S. prop worker.” [...] […] Liosliath posted highlights of the article in her blog, highlighting “the most pathetic part” as this: “An ‘assistant propman’ on Sahara, for example, earned a weekly salary of $233, the equivalent of one day’s pay for a U.S. prop worker.” […]

]]> By: Aimee http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-7932 Aimee Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:33:50 +0000 http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-7932 Just market forces at work, they would say. Anything to avoid paying union wages. Love the part about stopping the river improvement project. Where was the money to "start" the improvements again, I mean if hollywood cares so much about the environment. Just market forces at work, they would say. Anything to avoid paying union wages. Love the part about stopping the river improvement project. Where was the money to “start” the improvements again, I mean if hollywood cares so much about the environment.

]]> By: Jill http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-7832 Jill Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:38:03 +0000 http://liosliath.com/blog/2007/04/16/j3ba-or-how-to-make-a-movie-in-morocco/#comment-7832 Yuck! I found that article too - granted, $1,000/month for a Moroccan living in the Ouarzazate area is a whole lot of money, but still. Yuck. Yuck! I found that article too - granted, $1,000/month for a Moroccan living in the Ouarzazate area is a whole lot of money, but still. Yuck.

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