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spectralbovine

National Bovine's L.A. Vacation: WGA Strike Edition

Jan 14, 2008 01:53

This post will make more sense and have more thematic resonance if you have read the first post, which this was really supposed to be a part of. Think of it as a really, really long "Previously on spectralbovine."

( Wednesday: Which features picketing, another celebrity encounter, and Scrabble )

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spectralbovine January 14 2008, 15:11:22 UTC

But you do suck at picket line flirting a bit.
Yeah, like you'd be any better!

daynr January 14 2008, 15:15:11 UTC

Don't worry, I only keep uno in my house. Greatest game eva.

spectralbovine January 14 2008, 15:16:08 UTC

Draw Four!

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spectralbovine January 14 2008, 15:13:11 UTC

why were you conditioned to hear "union" as a dirty word? Just curious.
I don't really know. I just know it's sort of a politically contentious idea, and that's not my bag, baby.

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spectralbovine January 14 2008, 19:00:14 UTC

XF CREDITS TAG ICON! Nice.

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lynevere January 14 2008, 14:34:11 UTC

In any case, I was glad that the WGA wasn't picketing Leno; they were picketing the network for making him return without writers
That's good at least. Is it really considered "crossing the picket line" for an audience to watch Leno? If the show is going on without the writers, I'd think there are no scabs in the situation. I'm fully behind the writer's demands for residuals, but it seems like the WGA would acknowledge the rights of other people to work as well. (Not so much Leno himself, but the makeup/lighting/catering people, etc.) I realize that the WGA has a better position if the shows stop entirely, but I'd think the drop in quality would show the networks how important the writers are.

spectralbovine January 14 2008, 15:15:46 UTC

Is it really considered "crossing the picket line" for an audience to watch Leno?
Well, you do have to physically do so. That's the point of the line, after all. I don't know whether that guy with the megaphone was WGA leadership or just outspoken, so I'm not sure what the WGA's stance on the audience is.

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spectralbovine January 14 2008, 15:23:47 UTC

Dude, any time there's free pizza at some meeting/late rehearsal, it's Papa John's!

*listens to "Figured You Out"*

miniglik January 14 2008, 16:08:09 UTC

That song actually kind of weirds me out. I like the tune, but it's just so... emotionally icky.

spectralbovine January 14 2008, 16:12:36 UTC

Oh no, it's absolutely icky. I really like the tune, though.

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etherealclarity January 14 2008, 15:32:16 UTC

Get your music elitism out of my face.

HAHAHA. I love you!!! :D

For the record, I also have a somewhat shameful secret enjoyment of Nickelback, and I also really like Linkin Park, and I have damn good taste in music, thank you very much!