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Writers Strike Fears Put Hollywood on High Alert as Studios Prep Plans
Variety ^ | April 27, 2017 | Dave McNary Film Reporter

Posted on 04/28/2017 4:21:57 PM PDT by mdittmar

Hollywood is dealing with strike fever again, 10 years after the Writers Guild of America staged an acrimonious 100-day work stoppage.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and the NFL Players Assn. both issued strong statements of support Thursday. AFl-CIO President Richard Trumka cited WGA estimates that the major entertainment conglomerates made $51 billion in profits last year.

“The members of the Writers Guilds deserve a fair return on their work at an incredibly profitable time for their industry,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


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KEYWORDS: guild; hollywood
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1 posted on 04/28/2017 4:21:57 PM PDT by mdittmar
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They can read and write?


2 posted on 04/28/2017 4:24:22 PM PDT by Notasoccermom
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Oh dear - does this mean an end to remakes of tv and film?


3 posted on 04/28/2017 4:26:08 PM PDT by relictele (`)
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I hope they strike. Who watchers their junk anyway? It would opstop a portion of the propaganda machine.

But I remember a writer’s strike that became the birth of the Reality Show and Survivor was born. How do you put in a TV show w/o writers? Put a bunch of dopes on an island and whack one of them every week- Brilliant! Entertaining low cost TV

So writers - strike and shoot yourself in the foot like the PATCO air traffic controllers


4 posted on 04/28/2017 4:30:58 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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How much has Trumka made? What do his tax returns look like?


5 posted on 04/28/2017 4:32:54 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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Hollywood on strike? Best thing that can happen.


6 posted on 04/28/2017 4:33:25 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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Some new writers, non union, should make a horror movie about a fat conservative who spends most of his time from work (hell even at work) on a conservative site called Free Republic. (any resemblance to the writer is spot on :))

He gets inundated with the true nature of democrats, sees through them and knows they are all low level demons, and morphs into a 400 pounds avenging, yet hungry, hero. :)

Captain Conservative vs. The Demonrats


7 posted on 04/28/2017 4:34:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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I would like it if theyou re-released movies instead of remade them.


8 posted on 04/28/2017 4:36:23 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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How much more can they do before they make themselves irrelevant to their "desired" demo?

Are they going to wake up after this "job action" and find out that between their propagandistic garbage writing and pre-adolescent antics, anybody that still watches TV has moved to the retro channels?

9 posted on 04/28/2017 4:42:20 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Why doesn't Trumka & Co. start a "WGA Cable Channel"?

That way, they can showcase the best of the best of the best, and make the networks bleed red ink with envy?

10 posted on 04/28/2017 4:47:34 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Trumka & Co has a news company...deep state media.


11 posted on 04/28/2017 4:49:10 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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The only difference is, instead of not watching what Hollywood puts out, I’ll not watch what they don’t put out.


12 posted on 04/28/2017 4:51:31 PM PDT by Ken H (Best French election ever!)
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I don’t think I would notice.


13 posted on 04/28/2017 4:53:54 PM PDT by Trillian
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Oh, no, the sky is falling!

Work stoppage in Hollywood would actually be a good thing for our culture.


14 posted on 04/28/2017 4:56:01 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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Same here.


15 posted on 04/28/2017 4:57:34 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: Ken H

LOL!


16 posted on 04/28/2017 5:00:40 PM PDT by mdittmar
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They’re threatening to shut off their cultural sewer pipe.


17 posted on 04/28/2017 5:01:42 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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With the no talent trash coming out of hollyweird, how would we know?


18 posted on 04/28/2017 5:02:44 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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we watch Metv (throwback shows) and reruns....hardly anything excites us so much that we couldn’t get along just fine with the old stuff, that, and playing rummy, sequence,cribbage,etc....


19 posted on 04/28/2017 5:02:55 PM PDT by cherry
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Most popular author’s ebooks are up to $14 to $20+ on Amazon. Even ones that are years old.


20 posted on 04/28/2017 5:20:44 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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