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Drew...what are you doing, diva.
2023 Hollywood Strike
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Knowing Drew’s personality, I get why she did it. Being threatened with cancellation and the loss of her crews jobs was probably hard on her. It’s such a shame because she is so respected and known for treating cast and crew of her projects with the utmost respect.
She’ll make it through it, but it makes me even more angry at the studios. This is a simply strike where they aren’t asking for much and there is no reason for it to have gone as long as it has. They aren’t negotiating in good faith and I feel in the end they will meet the majority of the writers and actors demands. They’re just angry at having to do so which is why they’re stretching this out so long.
She’ll make it through it, but it makes me even more angry at the studios. This is a simply strike where they aren’t asking for much and there is no reason for it to have gone as long as it has. They aren’t negotiating in good faith and I feel in the end they will meet the majority of the writers and actors demands. They’re just angry at having to do so which is why they’re stretching this out so long.
He/Him
And there we go!
They/Them
I find it hard to be too harsh on Drew honestly. I don't think for one minute she is a bad person with ill intent and she didn't do this to say "To hell with the strikes" and was trying to find a way to make sure her crew and other staff still had a job, but it was a misstep for sure and I am glad she's not going ahead.
Looks like a deal may be reached tomorrow.
This statement has been going around and since WGA doesn’t talk during negotiations, we know who it’s coming from. It worries me because of the “if a deal isn’t made tomorrow, it’ll go until next year” bit. I hope AMPTP is negotiating in true good faith, but this could be another scare tactic.
I’m hoping for the best, but they haven’t been shown to be reasonable or trustworthy.
A LOT of writers on Twitter (including some WGA strike captains) are cautioning against believing the hype of that statement.
If the Studios offer a(nother bad) deal and the WGA rejects it, they run the risk of looking “unreasonable” to their members/the public who have been hyped up by saying “the strike might attend today!”
I think the fact that the WGA tersely acknowledged the talks AND confirmed that they were talking again today is a good sign…but I am not holding my breath for a miracle to happen in just two days.
I think it’s more likely to take a few more days. But we’ll see…any forward momentum is good.
If the Studios offer a(nother bad) deal and the WGA rejects it, they run the risk of looking “unreasonable” to their members/the public who have been hyped up by saying “the strike might attend today!”
I think the fact that the WGA tersely acknowledged the talks AND confirmed that they were talking again today is a good sign…but I am not holding my breath for a miracle to happen in just two days.
I think it’s more likely to take a few more days. But we’ll see…any forward momentum is good.
The silence from the WGA is the biggest sign that it's going well.
THANK BEYONCÉ!!!!!!!!!
https://tvline.com/news/writers-strike-over-wga-amptp-deal-negotiations-update-1235046871/
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The strike could still continue, if WGA members reject the deal in a ratification vote.
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The strike could still continue, if WGA members reject the deal in a ratification vote.
Would writers rooms begin as soon as this strike officially ends, or will they wait in solidarity with the actors the same way they expected actors not to work on struck shows? I'm assuming if this deal is reached, studios will work harder to get the actors back to work, too, so things can start getting back into production ASAP.
The difference is sets still need writers, but writers room don’t need actors. I expect them to go back to work, while still picketing and supporting SAG, but technically they can start writing again and go through that because nothing can be filmed without actors either way, but at least stuff will be readyish for when the SAG strike is resolved.
I would expect negotiations to go fairly quick now, a lot of resolutions on this agreement can probably be applied to the SAG contract too, and clearly the executives have decided they want this to end.