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Young Writer On Strike

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A 26 year old Hollywood writer takes us with him as he goes on strike for the first time. We'll see what the experience is like for a young writer in Hollywood to be going through his first strike. We'll see what it's like to be on a picket line, what it's like to be uncertain how your career will be affected, and if projects you’ve worked on will be seen to fruition.
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  • ohh_Donna
  • jsburman
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      jsburman  

    • Is it old news? Not with so much changing every day. Is the distribution of money in Hollywood "unfair"? It seems to me, that's the core of the problem! But in case you don't know, lots of below-the-line union techs do get royalties, but the payments are part of a collective bargaining agreement that funnels the royalties into health and pension plans. But, I agree. Lots of people are being harmed by the strike. If the AMPTP would just go back to the table, they just might induced to end this stalemate.

    • 4 years ago
  • utopian
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      utopian  

    • Writers, producers, directors, actors... they all get royalties on films and television shows, but none of the below the line people do.

      The crews on these projects get low wages and have to fight for their next job (while living month to month), while some writers/producers get to live off their royalties from one project for years. How is that fair? Who should really be on strike here?

      I'd prefer to see some new videos that take this subject on from a different angle. Show us the restaurants that have lost most of their business, the rental shops, the production assistants and assistants that have had to leave Hollywood due to living pay check to pay check and now being suddenly out of work. While the writers and producers are fighting over money, thousands of people are being harshly affected by it.

      The video was well produced, I'm just tired of the subject matter.

    • 4 years ago
  • jsburman
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      jsburman  

    • Great! A twenty-something, Republican by-accident-of-birth, screenwriter explaining a heartfelt epiphany on the benefits of belonging to a union! I also liked that the filmmaker went with our erstwhile hero to the picket lines, since the energy there is both uplifting and typically "Hollywood" in the sense that's it's both highly visible and laid back.

      The comment about the average net worth of a resident of Los Angeles being close a million dollars is absurd on its face, but does reveal the naivete of your subject.

    • 4 years ago
  • critter
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