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No SAG Strike! ...please

Dec 04, 2008 10:58

Wow, my first movie industry related post?

If you are a member of SAG, and you find yourself in possession of a "Go on strike? Y/N" type ballot, I implore you to vote NO...

No SAG Strike! PetitionTo: AMPTP & SAG ( Read more... )

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wolodymyr December 5 2008, 05:44:02 UTC

Since I have the luxury of being able to look at it abstractly: doesn't NOT striking basically reward the studios for the labor policies/ bargaining strategies they're been pursuing, which have included fraud ( ... )

stacymckenna December 5 2008, 17:59:11 UTC

I know increasing scale for the production unions (like the teamsters) has resulted in a lot of outsourcing for production, meaning fewer jobs in the states.

Perhaps I'm done editing now? I hope so! wolodymyr December 5 2008, 19:06:05 UTC

Okay, I'll amend - I mean, how does it hurt the actor's guild to increase scale? And I don't mean, how does it hurt them *right now*, because a strike always hurts *right now.* How does it hurt them as a guild overall in the next 15-25 years ( ... )

Re: Perhaps I'm done editing now? I hope so! stacymckenna December 5 2008, 21:00:03 UTC

Perhaps I'm done editing now? I hope so!::chuckle:: When I got home to my inbox my first thought was "I certainly hope those are all edits... otherwise this is a BOOK ( ... )

Re: Perhaps I'm done editing now? I hope so! wolodymyr December 5 2008, 21:27:16 UTC

I question arguments that rely on calling people stupid ( ... )

stacymckenna December 5 2008, 22:14:08 UTC

I use the word sheeple because that's how those in the industry at the top levels view them - digits who will fork over money when you push the right buttons. Few investors are willing to front huge money for those films typically considered geared for the intelligentsia rather than the mass market. It's very arguable that the "higher class" film market does poorly on the bottom line due to inadequate marketing (which in large part is true - we're much more likely to see bus posters for the latest blockbuster stereotyped allegory than the well characterized nuanced drama). Unfortunately, you and I (and most of the people reading this blog, I'd bet) are not the ones who need the convincing on this score. The big investors are going to stick with what they know is "safe" and the industry has been propped up in such a way that the $20m headliner format is "safe ( ... )

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