Sunday, March 02, 2008
Four Actors Discuss Their Strike Experiences
Backstage: "The recently concluded strike by the Writers Guild of America, which ran from Nov. 5 to Feb. 12, lasted 100 days and cost the film and television business billions of dollars. A representative of FilmL.A., a nonprofit company that coordinates production, told Back Stage that Los Angeles' economy lost $880 million during the work stoppage. Movies were delayed, and television series were shut down or canceled altogether."
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Interesting to see how the strike can affect different people even with the same job title. We knew that it would affect writers, actors, and stagehands differently but its interesting to see that there is so much variety even within one profession. Some people were barely affected at all, the lesson from that being that its smart to have another job on the side (like teaching).
I'm honestly quite surprised that this article made the news. This must have been a slow news day, because this article did not really report anything new or surprising that wasn't discussed during the strike, when we saw the actors reacting to it in different ways from the beginning. I'm not really sure what the overall point was meant to be here, and if it was that the actors all reacted differently and that's it, then this is stuff we've heard about for a long time.
I think NPR should have stepped up and done one of those recording booth set ups around the union office. Then during we could have "a Union Reflection" right after car talk. I dont know...it seems like it would fit. yeah
this article just goes to show how vital each aspect of a production is essential for the others to continue. I agree that it does just restate the facts that were presented during the strike, but it is also interesting to see it come out in the aftermath. not much really changed but it is always good to document these kinds of things.
I find the differentiation between the types of jobs people were picking up interesting. I wish we could have heard from a few other people what they were doing to get by during the strike. The one voiceover actor was taking any job he could get for awhile, and then when the strike ended, he went back to being selective about roles. I'm sure there was some sort of parallel between him and the 'little people' of film production.
It's like a domino. One falls and it's the end of the world. I think it's interesting that people are differently affected by the strike and it all makes sense to all of them. As it is a multi-billion industry, I guess failing it has some consequences for everyone... hope it doesn't happen for another century at least.. or at least when all of us too old to work.
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