'Hey Netflix! You broke it — now fix it': On the picket lines with Hollywood writers as they bring signs, slogans, and sunscreen to their fight against the studios for 'as long as it takes'
To writers like Steinberg, the AMPTP's stance on AI, pay, and other guild concerns reveals a deeper risk for creative workers: a mentality forged in the halls of Wall Street and Silicon Valley that doesn't recognize the"magic" writers bring to audiences, but instead is singularly focused on boosting shareholders' returns, he said.
"Younger writers understand better than most that nobody's going to give us anything. Nothing is guaranteed," she said."If we want power, if we want the life that this career was supposed to provide for us, we have to take it, because the studios are not going to give it to us out of the goodness of their hearts. That is not how capitalism works.
Some non-union members have stopped by to deliver bags of candy and show their support, he added. On Tuesday, Rob Lowe turned up at Paramount, and Jay Leno made an appearance outside Disney,For WGA veterans like Hill Newman, picketing has provided an unexpected opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet younger guild members, like one with a sign that read:"I joined just in time for the strike.
Another WGA veteran — who was just a few years into her career during the 2007 strike — told Insider she felt"despondent" over the deep divide between the WGA and the AMPTP, as the two sidesSimon Pulman, a partner and co-chair of the media and entertainment group at New York-headquartered law firm Pryor Cashman, told Insider the stoppage could be"prolonged," since he couldn't see an urgency on the part of the AMPTP to settle now that the strike had begun.
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