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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
it comes from the fact that 50 years ago, those were "female" jobs
I don't really know, but I read that after WWII, Russia lost so many men that it became acceptable for women to be doctors and almost immediately, the pay and prestige of doctors plummeted.
I've done my part to ensure that the strike ends in fewer than 7-9 business days.
Working WGA members make a lot of dosh. I think trying to make it sound like we're paid like teachers is a wrongheaded notion. It's nothing like being a teacher. When I'm doing a show, I stand in a room with a big board and a marker and try to get a roomful of profane wiseasses to focus and do their work. I assign them projects, then when they turn in their work I go over it with a red pen.
That came out wrong.
In seriousness, since I will have some time on my hands, I and my friends are thinking of ways to communicate what it is we ARE fighting for and why it's of the good and right.
sigh.
Tim just made me cry.
I mean I get why WGA members get paid more than I do, it's not the comparison that bugs me. It's the pay that I find demoralizing.
I want to hear about jury duty. Jury duty sounds like FUN.
How many pounds did you lose today?
Only half a pound today.
I want to hear about jury duty. Jury duty sounds like FUN.
They should make a movie all about it!
with Pauly Shore!
[record scratch]
Re: Kristen
Writers are often overlooked. Back in the 90s comic boom, many articles/people who started collecting didn't even think comics had writers, or simply were the ones who filled out the word balloons.
Then again, some people also thought all the art was done by computers, with the artists just clicking some buttons. Back in the early 90s...