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...Guild members maintain that the old contract doesn?t go far enough to protect writers? income or their place in the great Hollywood hierarchy. Pair the looming writers? strike with another, even more threatening specter - a midsummer actors? strike - and you?re looking at grim times indeed in the City of Angels...
...Sorry - dramatic license. In reality, the tubes will keep chattering away, oblivious to the fact that their immediate future as entertainment fixtures could be in danger. You see, if the Writers Guild of America doesn?t reach an agreement on a new contract - and one wasn't reached by Tuesday night's deadline - the nation?s movie and TV writers could vote to walk off the job. And, sadly for America?s viewing masses, that would mean no new television shows...
...strike deadline looming at midnight Tuesday, America’s movie and television industries have been forced to confront the legitimate demands of screenwriters for a greater stake in the entertainment business. A different industry merits a new contract, and we support the members Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) in their demands for a fair share of revenues as well as additional credit and creative control. Though the industries have thus far expressed little willingness to compromise, in the interests of consumers and of the many others employed by Hollywood who will be hurt by a strike...
There are also reasons for consumers to support the guild. Writers will never replace directors in supplying the creative vision for a movie, but allowing the writers to take greater part in the collaborative movie-making effort will make movies less formulaic and place more emphasis on well-written films rather than cookie-cutter entertainment. Writers in all fields deserve more credit than they currently receive, and the last writers’ strike in 1988 failed to achieve these goals. A stronger emphasis on good writing will lead to better movies...
...sequitur figuring that Gwyneth isn’t in Pearl Harbor, but a) wouldn’t it be just like her to be in a movie like it? and b) doesn’t Gwyneth deserve a stink bomb in the mail anyway?)…The Writers Guild of America, pissed off that reality TV shows don’t use union workers, are determined to ruin Survivor 2. They’ve advertised a list of the people getting voted off in the coming weeks. If you’re curious, check it out on www.survivorsucks.com...