Hollywood Writers' Strike

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Really good writers should be every bit as well compensated as really good actors.

Exactly.

[nittanyalum]

This is a really good explanation of why the writers are striking -- it's not like they're asking for the world for heaven's sake, PAY THEM the stinkin' 4 more cents, stop robbing them on the DVDs AND GET OUR SHOWS BACK!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ55Ir2jCxk

[skylark]

I support the strike... the way that people watch shows has changed (more people watch on the internet or by DVD/netflix), which affects the way studios make their money. The formulas and methods for writer compensation should change, accordingly, to keep up.

[CutiePie2000]

Maybe the CBC can export some good ol' Canadian classics like Danger Bay, the Beachcombers and Degrassi High...LOL

[Kevlar281]

As much as I support the writers I'd rather watch eighties re-runs that I haven't seen in years then re-runs that aired just a few weeks ago.

[Taualumna]

Do you think there are writers who aren't at the picket lines and are, instead, chilling at home? Sorry, I'm not a big picket fan, no matter what.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

Do you think there are writers who aren't at the picket lines and are, instead, chilling at home? Sorry, I'm not a big picket fan, no matter what.

What the hell does that have to do with it? They aren't at work, so I would not judge what they are doing while on strike. As long as they aren't at work, they are STILL proving a point.

You are against people fighting for what they believe is right? Just wondering. Because, I doubt people on the picket lines are doing it for fun. They are doing it to try and get what they feel they deserve.

[mu_agd]

Jenna Fischer has a new blog post explaining some things about the strike up.

[BetteDavisEyes]

And to get this thread back on track, Mike about cried when I told him that his favorite show, 24, has been postponed until either September 2008 or early 2009. Now he's suffering panic attacks at the thought of no The Shield or LOST or Heroes.

[SWTXBelle]

It is ironic this is on Greekchat - so many of our sororities were founded at a time when it was considered "unladylike" to attend college! Our founders were progressive pioneers who weren't content to merely sit by the fire and do needlework. They sought an education, equal to that given to men, ladylike or no.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

It is ironic this is on Greekchat - so many of our sororities were founded at a time when it was considered "unladylike" to attend college! Our founders were progressive pioneers who weren't content to merely sit by the fire and do needlework. They sought an education, equal to that given to men, ladylike or no.

An excellent point. Not only that, several GLOs were founded in a protesting reaction to prejudices / incidents of racism. (For example, AOII got started up in response to a Jewish girl getting denied a bid to another GLO, on the basis of religion.)

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

An excellent point. Not only that, several GLOs were founded in a protesting reaction to prejudices / incidents of racism. (For example, AOII got started up in response to a Jewish girl getting denied a bid to another GLO, on the basis of religion.)

No, AOII was not founded because of discrimination. She was founded because all of our founders wanted to be in the same organization as they were friends. It wasn't like, "Oh I'm Jewish and I got denied, let's start our own!"

From our website: "Barnard College, in the late 1890’s, was the first separate college for women to be affiliated with a great men’s university such as Columbia University. AOII’s four Founders were in the class of 1898, young, and unlike most of the women who had entered Barnard in previous years. They were friendly, adventurous, frank and merry, and enthusiastically devoted to each other and to the class of ‘98. Determined to make a democratic, unostentatious society, the four women, Stella George Stern, Helen St. Clair, Elizabeth Heywood, and Jessie Wallace climbed a little winding stair into the stackroom of the old Columbia Library. This little room was rarely used and stored Anglo-Saxon tomes and ancient vellum manuscripts. While the four sat in a deep window seat, pigeons outside and snow lightly falling, they pledged one another at the beginning of the year 1897."

ETA (this post from an old thread on GC in which irishpipes posted): AOII has a connection to Kappa Kappa Gamma. Barnard College (of Columbia University) was founded in 1889. Kappa chartered a chapter there in 1891. The classes were very small, and because the entrance requirements included knowledge of Latin and Greek, in addition to may other rigorous subjects, most students were slightly older than the traditional college students because they had to study after prep school in order to pass the entrance examinations. Since the classes were small, Kappa traditionally admitted to membership the entirety of each class. The class preceding the class of our founders was significantly larger and Kappa could not take everyone. As a result, the College needed a new fraternity. This need, along with other conditions, led to the founding of AOII. Our founders pledged themselves in December 1896 and officially became Alpha chapter of AOII on January 2, 1897.


So no, we were not founded because one of our founders was denied entrance to Kappa.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread...

I guess the strike has stopped affecting me since I've not had TV since we moved to our new house. It's amazing the amount of stuff you find to do instead of watching TV.

[smiley21]

I saw on the news yesterday that the strike is costing Hollywood $80 million A DAY! Also, the broadway writers are joining them. Wow.

[nikki1920]

Give the writers their 4 cents and bring back the shows!
If my Thursday night line up screws up, I will not be a happy camper.

[Munchkin03]

All I have to say is that they better not mess with my Gossip Girl or I Love New York...at least not until Ball season is over!