Defamer
With word arriving over the weekend that Saturday night's WGA Scribeapalooza II: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off event at the Shrine Auditorium sent TV showrunners back to work today and will return everyone else to their jobs on Wednesday pending the outcome of a strike-ending vote to be counted tomorrow night, Hollywood can safely upgrade its feelings of Cautious Optimism to full-blown This Waking Three-Month Nightmare Is Finally Over Euphoria.
Those who don't want to kick their gloom habit cold-turkey can feel free to fret about the June 30th expiration of SAG's contract with the studios and the possible (if increasingly unlikely) walkout that could follow, or spend some time perusing today's "Was the strike worth it?" piece in Variety, which attempts to throw a sobering bucket of cold water upon those still drunk on this weekend's good news by making them consider the "here and now" losses incurred while achieving "victories in new media that may pay big dividends in the future." (Example: Did you know that some of the aforementioned showrunners may have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars during the stoppage to help save writers' livelihoods in the internet age? They must be crazy!) In the interest of preserving the first days of positive feelings the industry has experienced in about fourteen weeks, can't we all go back to swigging champagne and not picking though the wreckage of the post-strike landscape, at least for the next 48 hours or so? No one wants his Monday morning hangover exascerbated by the tsk-tsking pal who insists you move the car you've parked on his lawn before your headache begins to subside.
- Showrunners back to work Monday [Variety]
- Dealmakers spurred by fear, loathing [Variety]
- TV's new developments [Variety]
Comments
Variety is staffed by such anti-labor assholes. I keep being surprised by this. "Was it worth it? TOTALLY NOT."
i'm thinking of moving to los angeles soon. am i more likely to find a job now that the strike is over or am i shit out of luck? discuss please
@thehmsbeagle: I know. They're preachier and more negative than a 1980s PSA about drug use.
@bess marvin, girl detective: No, there are always plenty of Coffee Beans that need staffing.
Does this mean I have to retire my BSHS t-shirt?
@hack-a-rific: Nah, Ben is perpetually king of the prom.
@bess marvin, girl detective: How are your cock-sucking and shit-eating skills?
@thehmsbeagle: Yes, it is rather perplexing how a group of people who, you know, WRITE FOR A LIVING could have so much contempt for other people who write for a living.
@TheStarterWife: ouch.
@Glass_Family: not good enough.
i'll take shit out of luck for 300, alex.
@nick_r: Are they all frustrated screenwriters? I can't imagine where else their blatant player-hating comes from.
@bess marvin, girl detective: I would wait two or three months if you're looking for assistant level work. Things will even out as people go back to work, but for now, it's going to be a scramble.
@bess marvin, girl detective: Don't be discouraged, those are the same responses you'd get if there never was a strike. That's showbiz, baby!
@thehmsbeagle: Where's it come from? From the studios that pay for the ads that perpetuate their existence, I assume.
@Glass_Family: And here I thought the blumpkin was just an urban legend...
Woooo... back to work....hey, wait a minute...
@CrankYank: Whew- thank goodness, cause it's one snuggly soft shirt. Quite well made for strike swag!
@hack-a-rific: Heh, tell that to everyone who's worried about if they're going to get staffed again now that the strike is over and budgets are still tight.
"It's not over yet."
@bess marvin, girl detective: Bess, you gotta do it at one point or another, right? No need to stay forever.
You've got a solid 6 months to work the Shiny New Girl In Town magic. Then you're stuck just like the rest of us.
And hey -- don't knock the Coffee Bean! (Or tutoring. Or weird late-night post production gigs.Woo!)
@TheStarterWife: I mean no disagreeance...just sayin the newbies should always come with the low expectation of doing barrista duty, shit-eating and cock-sucking. Aw, memories...
@bess marvin, girl detective: I don't think there's ever really a better or worse time. Come on down, rent something cheap, start temping. The most important thing is to start while you're young. Once you get past your mid-20s your tolerance for long hours and bullshit will start to erode.
@hack-a-rific No worries.
O@hack-a-rific: Failing at stripping was an option until 15 minutes ago.
@hack-a-rific: cheap being relative.
@nick_r: Oh yeah. Jesus, Bess, you don't have kids, do you? If so, please stay where you are. It's just too painful to watch, let alone live.
Let's hope this is not the beginning of strike baby's tragic introduction into the underworld of former child-blog-stars.
@gwendemarco: do you now or have you ever had a hamburger phone?
@gwendemarco: heehee. You are the cringe-worthy cheese to my over-hyped macaroni, so to speak.
Wow, my screenwriting degree just became slightly less worthless. Time to start the quirk a crankin' in hopes to sell off the next "Juno!"
btw, we haven't discussed the WGA Awards winners, have we?
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