SAG-AFTRA & WGA mini strike roundup
Click to view- Adam Conover explains myths in the WGA-SAG-AFTRA strikes
- Talks about his residuals for a show on the smallest cable network show used to be $25k a year while his residuals from Netflix are $500 a year
- Explains the role of a writer in TV and how the studios have shifted to cut them out of the entire process
- Says the streaming networks are just building cable again but without the royalties
‘SCANDAL’ stars Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young show their support for the SAG-AFTRA strikes pic.twitter.com/RRxtKQ0zcB
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 29, 2023
- Scandal celebs Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young made strike signs together
- Internet activists were mad Tony Goldwyn was there because he's descended from the Goldwyn who was a part of MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)
- People had to inform them that Goldwyn died in the 1970s and his family doesn't own MGM anymore
Colin Farrell gives an impassioned speech on the SAG-AFTRA picket line.
“Greed turns some of the smartest people on this planet into the biggest fools… those people making the choices on behalf of the corporation will not feel any personal pinch.”
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- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 29, 2023
- Farrell points out what the strikers are asking for would only cost the studios about $40 million each
- Says he's worked with great extras who are able to provide for their families with background work and the tech threatens their entire livelihood
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