I saw somebody from the WGA saying the $200k thing is absolutely well off the mark. Apparently -- I have no idea if this is true -- the average script for a show sells for $3k or so. I really can't see HOW that is true, as you'd have to write a lot of stuff to survive.
It's not as if they're taking from the "little guy" or whatever anyway. They're just asking for their fair share of profit*
*I tend to think they're asking for less than their fair share, but that's because I am the writers' bitch.
I remember the last writer's strike. I think I might have been in high school or college for some of it. I just remember the terrible General Hospital storylines during that time. Oh how they sucked. Something about a villain having a weather machine and Luke & Laura on a yacht?
thanks, Daisy! this thread is a fount of knowledge today.
It's a lucrative industry, and the union is perfectly justified in taking measures to get their share-- just like pro players. But there's no need to start playing like this is Harlan County, USA. Come on.
Yes and yes and yes. I agree with all of you. I especially think that it's ridiculous to imply that
all
writers are "rolling in dough" given the fact that the vast majority are very much not.
One of the men I work with at school is really having a tough time with this whole issue. Apparently his father was one of the founding members of WGA, and my coworker has been writing WGA begging them not to give in since he watched his dad fight and starve to get the initial contracts.
It was a Cassidine I'm sure.
I just remember the terrible General Hospital storylines during that time. Oh how they sucked. Something about a villain having a weather machine and Luke & Laura on a yacht?
So were those written by scabs?
