Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
[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.
They're allowed to write for themselves as long as they don't write for anyone else. Or that was my take away from the earlier legalese.According to the WGA strike leader interviewed on NPR yesterday, non-WGA members may write for themselves, but WGA members may not. Improv is okay, but no scripted writing.
The WGA needs to shut the fuck up, blow me, take all the bullshit off the table, strike a deal, shut the fuck up, blow me again, and let writers get back to work.
I've never wanted to shove my foot up a union's ass like this. They seem to simultaneously shove more passengers on their boat while drilling bigger holes in the floor.
If the WGA has gone this far, the only way they can get any benefit is to really go for it. Which includes trying to shove anybody and everybody they can on to the boat. IMHO.
the only way they can get any benefit is to really go for it.
No, it isn't. They'd gain a lot more ground, and respect, if they'd pick their battles. Regardless, the strike is taking its economic toll on the networks as it's meant to do. Petty statements about Leno and the re-purposed Golden Globes do not help the cause.
Also whatever the WGA is doing wrong, it is not the WGA who is refusing to strike a deal.
What Typo Boy said.
He may not work as a writer because of his WGA membership...
What would happen if he did write? Would he get kicked out of the WGA?
No, it isn't. They'd gain a lot more ground, and respect, if they'd pick their battles.
This is where I am. Every time I head over to Mazin's blog there's another case of the Guild leadership overstepping, or not sticking to its own rules, and I want to keep kicking them. 2.5 on new media. Stick to that. Negotiate with that. Stop meddling in every other sort of writing.
I keep waiting for them to posthumously unionize egyptian hieroglyphic writers and demand back residuals from dead pharoahs.
Dude. I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR 2.5%. BUT YOU MUST CHILL. I HAVE HIDDEN YOUR KEYS.