duckfan3816
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Time to vent. The Office is done for the season, and I'm in a depressed state. Ready...set...vent!
Hollywood Writer's strike
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Till Eulenspiegel
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The writer's strike is great. Now perhaps I will be able to drag myself from in front of the television and do something more worthy of my time; talk with my wife, call my kids on the phone, get out and about. It might be best if the strike lasted a long time and even extended to those who write for the movies.
From what I understand, these writers average $200,000 US a year...they are just wanting a cut of the online and other revenues. I'm not feeling their pain. Striking during November sweeps is not a good way to ensure job security.
It would seem to me that a compromise could be worked out because the
writers are asking for a percentage of the profits of their work being sold.
Since that market has been only giving profits to those in charge then
something should be given to those who made that possible. I don't know
what is being asked for but I'm certain that something can be given back to
those writers who are making it happen.
writers are asking for a percentage of the profits of their work being sold.
Since that market has been only giving profits to those in charge then
something should be given to those who made that possible. I don't know
what is being asked for but I'm certain that something can be given back to
those writers who are making it happen.
The network strikes back
The strike has taken its first major casualties. In an apparent bloodletting at NBC, early reports suggest that 90% of the production staff of Saturday Night Live have been fired.
The New York Post has the scoop.
It's worth noting that executive producer Lorne Michaels, as well as the cast, stand with the writers in this one.
The strike has taken its first major casualties. In an apparent bloodletting at NBC, early reports suggest that 90% of the production staff of Saturday Night Live have been fired.
The New York Post has the scoop.
It's worth noting that executive producer Lorne Michaels, as well as the cast, stand with the writers in this one.
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This is a strike of TV writers not film writers. I think TV writing has actually improved in recent years (thanks to the influence of cable stations).
What I find incredibly interesting is ........all those tv funny guys aren't really so funny after all, are they? Nope, it's the script that's funny. So ....why do we need the actors? Why don't we just get the script writers to read their scripts? ...and save all that money we pay the actors, and send it to the poor, hungry kids of the world?
I guess now we all know who's funny and who isn't, huh? Now what?
Baron Max
I guess now we all know who's funny and who isn't, huh? Now what?
Baron Max
countezero
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Based on the product, I didn't know anyone was actually sitting down and writing anything in Hollywood...
Till Eulenspiegel
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I agree, Baron Max. Jay Leno has a lousy delivery. Now that I know he writes none of his jokes he suddenly seems even more lame.
Actually Jay does write some of his own jokes. He, as well as others, are
just not crossing the picket lines to offend the writers union. Whenever any
union goes on strike most entertainers will not cross the picket lines for
they respect the people who are out on strike.
MaxG said:
This is a full-blown Writers' Guild strike. Any movies shot right now are being shot with "locked" scripts, meaning, "no changes". This is a difficult condition to shoot a major studio film by. The movie studios are in this neck deep.
Wasn't aware of that. The news media don't seem to give that aspect of it much coverage. I just saw today for the 1st time that a movie, the prequel to the Da Vinci Code, has been affected. So I guess the strike is not all bad.
