Strike reality check
Even though we've made jokes (me more than most) about the current WGA strike, the truth is that a significant percentage of the writers participating live paycheck to paycheck and are only asking for a portion of profits that would help them to better support themselves and their families. Which is where schmoe Peter comes in. He's made a cool little documentary focusing on these every day working writers who only want what's rightfully theirs. Check it out below.
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5:28PM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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4:39PM on 11/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
But the biggest problem I had with your comment was that if people are happy doing their job, they should just live with it. That, to me, doesnt seem reasonable, because they may be happy but not getting a deal they feel is fair. It is their right to strike, and that is what they chose. And assuming the actors or directors contract ended first, they would be the ones striking and the situation would be the same. Either way, studios are banking money and the creative forces of these shows and movies want their fair cut, no matter how much they like their job. I could love cleaning shit out of toilets, but if I was not making the money I felt I deserved, and this feeling was shared with my shit cleaning enthusiast co-workers, I would make a call for more money, even if that meant striking. So I dont want to fight about it, but just point out that I disagree on some points, if that works.
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MichaelAlan - I dont think you have a fucking clue what writers spend their money on. Dont assume they spend it on cars and extra homes, because despite your completely made up statistic, they do not make more money than 90% of the country. Dont confuse actors and directors with writers. And who cares if they are happy? They still need to make a living, because being happy with your job doesnt pay the bills.
So my point was simply that we should bitch and degrade these writers who we do not know. Bullying through some internet site is a futile sad attempt, not that you two necessarily are, but a little.
3:46PM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Shake your head all you want, but until I am doing what I want, go on strike, and demand a better cushion of...
Shake your head all you want, but until I am doing what I want, go on strike, and demand a better cushion of money, I could care less what these people think.
2:44PM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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Fuck, they want some more money to make their lives a little easier, and you complain that they are complaining. Sure, wanting a ne...
Fuck, they want some more money to make their lives a little easier, and you complain that they are complaining. Sure, wanting a new deal that rewards them for their work is stupid. Let the studios who approve programming and give them a station to air it on all the money, and let the creative base get jack shit. It doesnt make sense, and striking is an effective way to get it, but as a result money quits pouring in. Now writers and crewmen and women are out of work until the studios decide to accept that internet is a tool many people use for media and it does make money.
And silverload, sure the writers strike is no genocide or pointless war in the middle east, but it does effect real people with real problems who dont make more money than most people. And I dont think the writers made this video, so they arent making it a sympathetic doc, but the film maker might.
Fuzzyfoot, well, I'll just sigh and shake my head. its sad really.
2:13AM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Oh, and P.S. Reality TV sucks so pay them their fucking money!
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They decided to do what they felt is right, rather than to "just suck it up". They're getting screwed, so they're doing something about it.
They decided to do what they felt is right, rather than to "just suck it up". They're getting screwed, so they're doing something about it.
12:04AM on 11/28/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Living paycheck to paycheck is not the responsible thing to do, but it happens. They are not asking for anything unreasonable. They are not losers.
11:58PM on 11/27/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I was supporting this strike in the beginning, I thought what these people were talking about ment something, but now, I don't give a shit. If this ...
I was supporting this strike in the beginning, I thought what these people were talking about ment something, but now, I don't give a shit. If this field was such a hard field for you to work in, FIND A NEW JOB! Don't pout over the fact that YOU are the reason YOU don't have money right now.
These people are no different than everyone else. What a bunch of losers. I hope they don't get their contracts renewed so then maybe we will have some decent original ideas floating up onto the big and little screens.
11:42PM on 11/27/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile