Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Striking Actors, Writers Seem To Be Winning In Court Of Public Opinion
www.forbes.com: The writers and actors strikes continue to draw out without an end in sight. But could the court of public opinion—a critical component in an industry that relies on consumer support—hold enough sway to force either side to compromise?
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I’m thankful that the general consensus supports the writers and actors in the strike. This is an incredibly important issue, and I’m still greatly worried about writers losing their jobs and their positions in this industry. Writers and actors are the heart and soul of the entertainment business. I do agree that the way the writers and actors were able to use their voices and support their cause through social media is brilliant. I think it makes perfect sense for them to really use their audience as an advantage to bring awareness to the strike. This is a major issue that deeply affects the viewers and followers of these actors and writers. However, like the article mentions, I do worry if this public approval for the writers and actors is going to be enough. They will obviously have to settle and make some compromises that will negatively affect them. I wonder how this settlement will change the future of the entertainment industry. I hope that it will still be a long time until we will be using AI to write scripts and take over these incredibly creative jobs. It really is unfortunate that actors and writers have to fight to have companies see their worth and pay them what they deserve.
The strike of the WGA marks a major turning point in media creation, especially in Hollywood. The fact that SAG-AFTRA and other workers' unions, like Teamsters and IATSE, have moved to support the Writers' Guild and push publicity to another level is a great thing to see. Unions are supporting their fellow unions, and the public is joining in on the conversation. This public interaction allows for the writers (and other unions) to show what working conditions are really like and how they are being mistreated by corporations whose profits come straight from the minds of those writers. The public, with the mass amounts of talking on social media, is able to see almost everything happen in real time, and is especially focused on how the companies and executives are reacting. It is an awesome to see such large amounts of backlash from the general population when studio execs are caught saying that they just need to wait out the WGA until they run out of money for food and housing. Unless the studios start to listen to the union demands, it is hard to see a way that the union will lose any support in the court of public opinion.
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