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| Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up' | |
| 2023-07-14 | |
The union's national board made the decision after negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. After a last ditch effort, monitored by a federal mediator, the two sides failed to come to an agreement. "This is the Union's choice, not ours," the AMPTP said in a statement. "Rather than continuing to negotiate, SAG-AFTRA has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods." | |
| Posted by:Abu Uluque |
| #17 Was a time in human history that travelling minstrels were looked on and treated with contempt by the villagers. What's old is new. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-07-14 15:26 |
| #16 Oops... can nannies clean? Call the union! |
| Posted by: Uleatch Poodle8531 2023-07-14 13:42 |
| #15 Big reboot. New season, The Nanny, Now cannier, even more Franny: "He squeaks as he cleans! He's the nanny from Queens!" "He?" "Uh, she." "Our new nanny's a tranny?" Always figured Drescher for a genius... not that I've ever been able to watch more than the odd minute or two of her without feeling like a complete idiot. |
| Posted by: Uleatch Poodle8531 2023-07-14 13:40 |
| #14 I don't think you people understand. None of you are actually necessary. Your jobs only exist so that someone else can make money. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-07-14 13:01 |
| #13 I'm reading a fantasy novel about a troupe of actors, jugglers, magicians and musicians who travel around the countryside in horse drawn wagons putting on shows for a ha'penny a head. No world famous celebrities, no Beverly Hills mansions, no limousines or red carpets, no People magazine or National Inquirer. Just a group of talented people dedicated to their craft and struggling to make a living at it. You can only get paid what people are willing to pay. Strike if you must and we'll see what happens. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-07-14 12:24 |
| #12 Studio execs are already Woke. Robots? You think Robots? Shit man, you've already lost. SAG-AFTRA has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods." Learn to Coal. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-07-14 11:03 |
| #11 Company: "Do you want some or none?" Union: "We want more." Company: "None it is..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-14 10:09 |
| #10 This reminds me of the time the Buggy Whip Makers union went on strike. Buggy whips were essential to the transportation industry and they wanted more money. They felt the had the whip hand, so to speak, since that "horseless carriage" thing was years away from being practical. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-07-14 10:03 |
| #9 I recommend they form an alliance with Disney and just blockade all their entertainment venues from the American consumer. That'll teach us a lesson. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-14 07:52 |
| #8 Good time to strike during an economic down turn and decreasing demand for your crappy products. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-07-14 07:50 |
| #7 Union president Fran Drescher, "The Nanny"! How serious and successful could this strike possibly be with her at the helm? I still hear those grating, nasal tones. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-14 07:10 |
| #6 She gathered with other Filipinx actors outside of Warner Brothers Filipinx? Someone needs to go away |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-07-14 07:00 |
| #5 Harvey Weinstein could not be reached for comment. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-07-14 06:55 |
| #4 ...It appears that AMPTP is really not messing around - their attitude seems to be that if they simply wait everybody out until the end of October, they'll be offering to pay AMPTP to work instead of the other way 'round. And with that, my feeling (YMMV, of course) is that the writers may have some real and realistic concerns here. Fully AI'd movies are a ways off yet, but I'm pretty sure I'll live to see them. They gotta make the demands now to insure that they get paid in the future. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-07-14 06:51 |
| #3 Given the movie industry, TV, and too many fading career actors doing Mega Far Left S%^T, for attention. I hope they do strike and bankrupt every Far Left production company and actor. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-07-14 06:20 |
| #1 Sadly, I have already noticed a decline in 'A-grade' movie and TV content. But I watch a lot. 'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan says AI in film carries ‘responsibilities’ like atomic bomb creation Come on AI! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-14 04:53 |