THB #385: On The Last Episode of WGA Strike...

Just feels like the moment to get back to basics on the WGA strike, the (not unexpected) DGA capitulation, and the SAG strike more likely to come than not.

First, DGA… it isn’t fair to call DGA a scorpion, but damn it, how many times do you have to drown in the river before you realize that DGA’s needs are not really in sync with WGA or SAG and never will be. Sure, it’s disappointing… over and over and over again. But in the end, DGA leadership’s responsibility is to their people, not to WGA’s or SAG’s. Really, it is probably just better for the others to accept that DGA is its own planet and not think of the unions as a threesome. Which is not a shot at DGA. One of these things is not like the other… one of these things just doesn’t belong.

Next… WGA.

I love writers. Maybe because I am a writer.

On movies, it is a shitty job, in context. You’ve done your work, you’ve changed your work, you’ve compromised while fighting fiercely not to compromise. And once they get into pre-production, …