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‘Lori Tan Chinn, who appeared in 6 seasons as the inmate Mei Chang, [said] she’d made so little on the show that she couldn’t afford the boxed sets; she considered going on food stamps, until she was cast on [a] Comedy Central sitcom… Beth Dover recalled, “They’re telling us, ‘Oh, we can’t pay you this much, bc we’re pinching pennies.’ But then Netflix is telling their shareholders that they’re making more than they’ve ever made.”’

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/orange-is-the-new-black-signalled-the-rot-inside-the-streaming-economy