This is Hollywood's biggest labour fight in six decades, and the first dual strike since 1960, reigniting the fervor against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers just as a historic heat wave hits Southern California.
Outside the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, throngs of protesters chanted: "Fists up, curtains down, LA is a union town." Food trucks flanking organizers' tents served churros, boba tea and cold lemonade to protesters baking in the midday heat that reached 98 degrees Fahrenheit .
"The jig is up," said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA and once the titular star of "The Nanny" at SAG's press conference Thursday. "The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, A.I. If we don't stand tall right now, we're all going to be in trouble." Zora Bikangaga, also a member of both guilds, called Friday's picket "invigorating," and a testament to how the issues writers are facing are "pervasive across the entire industry."
Former co-stars and acquaintances alike reunited at demonstrations. Some hadn't seen each other since the coronavirus pandemic started more than three years ago.
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