I Just Can’t Muster Sympathy for These Yokels
November 7th, 2007 at 11:11 am by CrankyI’m loathe to check the Huffington Post for fear of seeing the inevitable “The Strike is Due to the Bush Regime’s Culture of Corporate Greed” article written by some mental Titan like Harry Shearer.
Hmm, come to think of it, this could be the premise for a good movie. A young idealist goes to Hollywood to “make a difference.” Instead, he ends up abuducted by a 28 year old Studio Exec and is raped and murdered. I’m sure it speaks the truth about what goes on in West Hollywood. The hook? The film is made entirely using a colonoscopy camera! Golden! Let’s do lunch.
UPDATE: The dumpster dive pays off.
As the days pass, the indifference on the part of the public starts to shift. The attitudes about the fat-cat rich writers starts to shift. Because the message gets through. No matter how much the Reagan revolution transformed Americans into accepting the notion that “greed is good”, and that unions can be broken without consequences, there will come a point at which the worm will turn. This thing will end. The writers will be weakened, but standing. They will be more unified than ever. They will get a piece of the pie they are asking for. Some piece. Something.
Boo hoo Jon Robin Baitz
November 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I think that the writers have a valid point. Entertainment corporations are well-versed in the art of screwing over the talent that helps put money in their pockets.
On the other hand, if another sitcom or late-night drama is never produced again, I couldn’t really care less.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:38 am
TinyE, I have no doubt that their beef is legit.
I’m just enjoying watching ultra-liberal executives duking it out with ultra-liberal artists.
I mean, why can’t we all just get along? Make the world a better place? Care for the downtrodden? Ban war and other icky stuff?
November 7th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Having been a one-time entertainment-industry dumbass, I can testify that the talent (writers, artists) are the ones who get screwed hardest. Notice that the producers of this propaganda video are careful to note that when a “book is written, the writers get royalties and when a song is written the songwriters get royalties when the song is performed or published.” It says nothing of recoupables due book publishers and record companies, which the writers aren’t subject to, since they’re paid on the front end and yet again via royalties.
Yeah, they’re getting screwed, but welcome to showbiz. They can always do like the rest of us and get a real fucking job.
But then again, they’ve done such a shitty job with prime time television, which is chock full of nothing but reality shows and retreads of shows from the 70′s, maybe a fresh crop of scabs can produce something worth watching.
Tough luck.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
So the writers union struck a shitty deal 20 years ago…with a handshake agreement that their compensation would improve over time.
What a bunch of dumb-asses. And they want us to feel sympathy for them?
Some of them make upwards of $250K a WEEK. Am I supposed to feel sorry for them now?
Screw them. Screw them for all the garbage they put on TV now.
Anyone wanna bet Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren’t on strike? I wonder if South Park will hit this…
November 7th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Holmes ain’t bitter; no way! If Conrad Bain were around today, he’d set these studio lackeys straight. http://www.blogger.com/profile/11347286838286918820
November 7th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Perhaps we should pitch an offer to the NBC execs to turn Six Meat Buffet into the next hit sitation comedy?
November 7th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
What do you have in mind?
Six Meats and a Baby
The Buffet
Preston ‘n’ The Gang
November 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Maybe like a ‘Friends’ thing…
We all live in a small apartment building. We hang out, enjoy adult beverages, make witty comments and comedy ensues.
We could add a sub-plot where we all have a crush on Annika and try to via for her affection.
November 7th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Oh,, can I play the Kramer character?
November 7th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
But then what part does Nigel play? Chandler?
November 7th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
No, I would be the Newman character…
November 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Actually, after seeing this, I’m thinking Dog the Bounty Hunter.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
AAACK! You linked to HuffPo! You gotta TELL me before you do stuff like that…
Actually, after seeing this, I’m thinking Dog the Bounty Hunter.
I’ve already been contacted by A&E. But we are in negotiations for a hotter wife than Dog has. You know, something along the lines of Tina Yothers or Margaret Cho…
November 7th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Since some have mentioned Newman and Kramer, we’ll make it a ‘Seinfeld’ thing then (I never liked ‘Friends’ anyway).
I’ll get cracking on a treatment ASAP.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
As long as the writer’s strike doesn’t affect the porn industry, I could care less.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
I figured it out, I figured it out
With a pencil and a pad I figured it out
Seven and a half cents
doesn’t buy a heck of a lot
Seven and a half cents
doesn’t mean a thing
But give it to me every hour
Forty hours every week,
That’s enough for me to be
livin’ like a king.
November 8th, 2007 at 8:02 am
OMG annika. You just gave me flashbacks to my long-gone childhood when my father used to play this record.
Kinda fits the whole “Pajama Media” theme though.