Striking US writers get creative
Striking US writers get creative
Striking writers who have downed tools in an attempt to get larger royalty payments from the Hollywood studios have gone online to get their message across.
The results, many of which have been posted on the United Hollywood blog and on video sharing site YouTube, make for entertaining viewing.
One short film, posted last week, sees Daily Show scribe Jason Ross present a mock news bulletin from a New York picket line.
Another purports to present what striking writers are doing to make ends meet - activities that range from flipping burgers to male prostitution.
In one slickly produced posting, a strike-breaking member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is accosted in a coffee house by two members of the non-existent "Writers Guild Police".
The three-minute sketch ends with a plea to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to "end the violence" against writers and "do what is fair".
Striking writers who have downed tools in an attempt to get larger royalty payments from the Hollywood studios have gone online to get their message across.
The results, many of which have been posted on the United Hollywood blog and on video sharing site YouTube, make for entertaining viewing.
One short film, posted last week, sees Daily Show scribe Jason Ross present a mock news bulletin from a New York picket line.
Another purports to present what striking writers are doing to make ends meet - activities that range from flipping burgers to male prostitution.
In one slickly produced posting, a strike-breaking member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is accosted in a coffee house by two members of the non-existent "Writers Guild Police".
The three-minute sketch ends with a plea to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to "end the violence" against writers and "do what is fair".
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