Hollywood Writers' Strike

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

If this goes on long enough, we'll be watching movies and hey, maybe even get rights to air non-US shows (though I doubt that will happen, no matter what the Canadian newspapers are saying...Corner Gas (which I don't watch...kinda trashy, IMHO)

Kinda trashy? Like in production values or are you making a "class" judgement here?

[ASUADPi]

I definately feel that the writers should be more compensated for the DVD sales, since hello that is how the shows are released.

But someone said earlier in the thread that writers "make a show", that can go both ways. I think writers can break a show. Take CSI for example. The show has been tanking in the writers for the past 2-3 seasons. I don't think it has anything to do with the actors, they are just acting with the scripts given to them. I truly believe that it has been the writing. The episodes have been beyond stupid and the long term storylines (i.e. Grissom and Sara together) are just out of the blue and just plain dumb. Where you sitting there scratching your head saying WTF?

It probably doesn't help that Grey's Anatomy is in the same time slot, but honestly if the writing was superb and the episodes were awesome, people would still be watching. But there not, the shows gone completely downhill. IMPO.


Anyways, my point is writers can also break a show. And that a studio's main goal is to have viewers and to make money. If they see a show tanking in the ratings, I'm sure they will take a step back and think "WTF is going on?"

[smiley21]

As far as the Broadway stuff goes, I was just repeating what I heard on CNN...so who knows how credible that is.

[DeltAlum]

I think there's some bad information here. To the best of my knowledge, the Writers Guild of America does not represent "Broadway writers."

What are "Broadway writers" anyway? Generally a play or musical is written by a playwright -- right? Or something is taken from a book. The closest I can come between the two is a play or musical that is taken from a movie. Even those are written by authors or the like. Right?

It's not like Broadway shows premiere or are updated weekly.

The WGA represents entertainment, news and new media writers.

And, by the way, it appears the Writers Guild may strike CBS News soon.

ETA: Broadway Stagehands (and many TV stagehands as well) are represented by IATSE, The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, not the Writers Guild.

In addition, even the name of this thread is incorrect. This is not a "Hollywood" writers strike. The Writers Guild West, and The Writers Guild East -- collectively called The Writers Guild -- are both on strike.