Hollywood writers go on strike

Punk Writers! Three chords, 2:20.

 

Borrowed from online (when the strike ends):

"Screen New Deal"

 

Soon to be joined by actors.

 

SAG-AFTRA Members Go On Strike, Actors Join Writers in Hollywood Shutdown

There are 130,000 actors in SAG?!

I understand they're not all active, but still -- that's a shitload of people with delusions of grandeur

 

IIRC, anyone who has a speaking part in a production -- movie, TV show, commercial, whatever -- has to become a member. Think of how many lines of dialogue are put on camera in a given year, and it adds up quickly. There are probably a lot of people who are union members who wouldn't consider themselves professional actors.

 

I golfed recently with a stagehand who got a bit part in a streaming series he was crewing. He had no lines as that would have been SAG territory, but then again he was a member of two stagehand unions.

 

Some of the older, legacy big-market radio station were also AFTRA members. Think WCBS in New York. Not a huge number, but they get lumped into the overall number.

 

The last time SAG went on strike was 1980. That was the "Who Shot J.R.?" year. Quite a cliffhanger, huh?

 

I know the late-night shows are in repeats, but really, Tonight show? A Christmas show? What is this, Hallmark Channel?

 

It finally came true: "It's Christmas in July!"

 

Melania?