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Striking Hollywood Actors and Writers
Escalate War with Studios: They’re ‘Behaving
Like Petty Tyrants’

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/15/2023 10:03:05 AM

Striking Hollywood actors and writers escalated their war with the studios this week, participating in a joint march in Los Angeles that clogged the streets of the Hollywood neighborhood as protestors marched Tuesday from Netflix offices to the historic Paramount lot. Meanwhile, the actors union fired off an acrimonious salvo, accusing the studios and streamers of refusing to return to the bargaining table, with SAG-AFTRA leadership calling executives “petty tyrants.” The escalation is the latest sign that the historic strikes that have brought most of the industry to a standstill won’t be resolved any time soon. With little leverage to work with, and even less public goodwill,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bamboozle 9/15/2023 10:14:42 AM (No. 1556525)
Anybody miss having these writers and producers turning out their stuff? No? Didn't think so.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mizzmac 9/15/2023 10:20:41 AM (No. 1556528)
No. One. Cares.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley 9/15/2023 10:37:27 AM (No. 1556550)
TV and Movies were pretty good for the most part until they started turning into carp in the 70's. By the 90's they were mostly garbage. I dont much care about their strike. They havent earned a raise.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: padiva 9/15/2023 10:40:28 AM (No. 1556552)
So....why don't these strikers start their own studios? Put you money where your mouth is.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: columba 9/15/2023 10:43:22 AM (No. 1556555)
Has anyone having to do with Holywood considered that no decent pe5rson wants anything to do with the scum of Holywood ?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 9/15/2023 10:53:25 AM (No. 1556574)
They don't realize that no one cares if they never come back to work.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 9/15/2023 11:23:49 AM (No. 1556614)
I forgot they were on strike.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Vaquero45 9/15/2023 11:38:46 AM (No. 1556627)
Hollywood is on strike? Gee, I hadn't noticed....
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Reply 9 - Posted by: skacmar 9/15/2023 12:38:16 PM (No. 1556663)
Hollywood writers and actors are viewed by the general public as a bunch of pampered babies who are are already well compensated and lived pampered lives. While that may not be the reality for many of them, it the perception. They have no sympathy for the public other than their other Hollywood friends. Like the Auto Workers, their demands will just lead to their jobs being sent elsewhere and their replacements being paid much less.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: What3rd 9/15/2023 12:45:11 PM (No. 1556666)
This is really going to hurt the CA drug dealers, gangs and prostitutes. Something has to change or they are going financially bankrupt a morally bankrupt industry. Nah, let it happen. Never interfere when your enemy is committing suicide.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mc squared 9/15/2023 1:02:26 PM (No. 1556672)
I hadn't noticed.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 9/15/2023 1:43:57 PM (No. 1556705)
Does petty and tyrant go together?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: smak90 9/15/2023 1:56:49 PM (No. 1556720)
Since all the garbage produced by Hollywood seems to lose money, this actually improves the studios bottom line. They won't be able to lose money as quickly if they aren't producing anything. I hope the strike lasts 10 years. They can outsource Hollywood to China for all I care.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: cor-vet 9/15/2023 2:08:26 PM (No. 1556728)
It's pretty hard to justify a strike when you don't have anything to bargain with. It's like having a sale with no product!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 9/15/2023 3:44:41 PM (No. 1556800)
As I said, the AI writes better jokes.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: anniebc 9/15/2023 10:45:25 PM (No. 1557032)
Ya'll do crap to US and expect US to lament your woes. Boo!
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Reply 17 - Posted by: JimBob 9/16/2023 3:02:30 AM (No. 1557107)
Wake me when someone important goes on strike, like the railroad workers, the truckers, or the garbage-men.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: mifla 9/16/2023 8:21:21 AM (No. 1557258)
Agree with poster #4. Like the striking auto workers, they want the rewards without the risks. Many wealthy people got that way through hard work, not luck. Yes, there is inherited wealth (Kennedys), and married wealth (Kerry), but hardly the mainstream.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Old Army Vet 9/16/2023 10:28:42 AM (No. 1557341)
I haven't been to a movie in years because of the crap that hollyweird turns out. I also don't care what they do. There hasn't been a good movie or tv show turned out in many years.
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