Intersting WGA Strike Article

[weaktwos]

WGA Strike Primer from the HuffPo. What do y'all think? This article comes out about the same time that Letterman is pushing negotiations with the WGA to do new shows in January. Leno is coming back without writers. This article doesn't sound very optimistic for the WGA.

Comments

[namfle.livejournal.com]

It's funny you should feature those two particular articles, back to back. The second is a GRAND example of the sort of mis-information that the first was talking about.

Fact: Many members of the WGA are also in the DGA and/or are show-runners. Joss Whedon is the best example I can think of, and he's certainly not alone. Under the umbrella offered by that ONE piece of information, you can see that the possibility of the DGA striking a deal with the AMPTP that would in large way undermine the efforts of the WGA strike is really, really slim.

Secondly, DGA, WGA and SAG all represent one important aspect of entertainment; they are the PRODUCTION. As the article does state, often the contracts with one union looks awfully similar with another union. And, let's face it, how many people do you know (perhaps even personally) that might be a member of more than one of those guilds? I hope to be in two by the time I die, and the third is just as likely. That is why they showed solidarity so quickly and so strongly, why the Speechless Hollywood movement has some of the biggest names and faces in Hollywood in it's short films.

To be frank, I don't think Vanessa Arrington knows a damn about what she's talking about.

-elf-

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I sure as hell hope so.