The producers of Mona Lisa Smile (which dealt with young women/stereotypes in the 1950s) have been accused of discriminating against 19 female musicians who were paid less than their male counterparts. Lovely.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that the producers--Revolution Studios and Smile Productions LLC--agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing them of paying their female musicians less than men for the same work.

The settlement, in which the producers did not admit wrongdoing, called for a payout of $3,500 to each of the female musicians, for a total of $66,500.

...Stella N. Yamada, an EEOC trial attorney, said the case drew the agency's attention to the entertainment industry, where workers such as musicians might work just three days, as did the women who worked on the score for "Mona Lisa Smile."

"It is so ironic," Yamada said of the allegations involving a movie that focused on the ability of women to stand up for their rights.