“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”
The studios and streamers’ next think financially strapped writers would go to WGA leadership and demand they restart talks before what could be a very cold Christmas. In that context, the studios and streamers feel they would be in a position to dictate most of the terms of any possible deal.
I hope the writers and actors can give them a fully featured ‘find out’ experience for all this fucking around they’re doing.
I think the biggest problem is most studios (whatever that means nowadays) have the pockets to wait it out for a while and have no problems generating absolute dog shit content and pawning it off on the customers.
They should start their own studios then. Leave this businesses with nothing but the AI they wanted.
Definitely easier said than done, but I would love to see this.
It would be hard but I would have an even harder time working for people who tried to starve me and my family out of a home.
Fun fact: that’s how United Artists started.
This is why we need to raise awareness of strike. Help them amplify their voices and generate the negative publicity that the studios are desperately trying to avoid!
They know the top earners will scab if they wait long enough.
Anyone in a position to help can donate to these charities that help entertainment workers facing financial hardship from the strike or other causes.
They have actors, writers, and an phones. Maybe they can make YouTube videos to further their cause.
Is there anything stopping the writers from finally working on that next great American novel they all have collectively been putting off? If there isn’t something legally barring them, I expect the quality/quantity of books to increase soon.
