It is deeply amusing to me that discussion of the writers strike is bringing soaps back on topic in this thread.
Also, how much money is currently being made has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. It's not about big or small, it's about receiving payment for services already rendered.
When Arby's started selling mozzarella sticks in addition to curly fries, nobody told the fry cook that he'd only get paid for the hours he put in working on curly fries, because they weren't sure how well the mozzarella sticks were going to sell or if people would like them or want them as part of their value meals or separately or what. Dude fries things. Arby's sells them. I eat them. I give them money for the privilege. Dude should be able to expect a paycheck for his work.
Liese, I love that analogy and want to marry it and have its metaphorical little babies.
What JZ said. I've already repeated it to two other people.
That was pretty awesome. Kristen used to do these analogies using N'SYNC.
Also, how much money is currently being made has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. It's not about big or small, it's about receiving payment for services already rendered.
Agreed, my reaction to the comment about salaries actually had nothing to do with the strike. It pushed one of my buttons, the NOT-everyone-in-LA-is-rich-and-works-in-The-Industry button.
A little while ago someone asked me what I did for a living and I heard myself say, "I'm in the movie business..." then I started babbling, "oh god, no, I'm not. I work in a movie theatre. Totally different thing, why did I say that? It's like everyone in LA works in the movie business. I work for a distributor..." Until they took mercy on me and changed the subject.
effecting Nielsen is not an easy task.
I know someone in a Nielson household. So what is the best way to help the strike? As Wolfram suggested, don't want 'scab shows'?
There was a bit in the press the other day about the average writer earning $200k a year or some such.
I know this number came from AMPTP but I'm still not sure how they're calculating. According to the WGA, the average writer make $55k. I think the numbers get skewed because, at any given time, half the WGA membership is unemployed.
Maybe they're using different averages? (Like, say mean vs. median.)
And/or total membership's money made vs. what employees are getting paid.
