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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Anonymous Writers Strike Diary: “It’s F***ing Dark Out There”

The Hollywood Reporter: Of course, you don’t want to get your hopes up. But the Guild sent another email yesterday saying essentially, “Yo. You’re not gonna hear from us for a little while. It’s all right. Don’t freak out. Just be cool.” (In case you couldn’t read the subtext behind their one-liner last Thursday.) As much as we all want second-by-second updates, refreshing the ol’ Twitter (not X) feed like a meth head trying to sign up for a Sudafed giveaway, silence is good. Silence is golden.

1 comment:

Aster said...

This was so sad to read. All the news I read about the strike is very rallying. It has a sort of “go get ‘em!” “We got this!” attitude. I was fairly certain that was faked to an extent. I figured it was meant to rally more support and get people “hyped” about the strikes. I had never considered just how draining the strikes could be and maybe I should have. This writer talks about how hard it is to continue going with everything being so uncertain. They aren’t getting jobs, they aren’t getting paid. They don’t know when they will get a job or when they will get paid. Every time it seems like something is going to happen their world goes into a frenzied excitement only to get disappointed again. I really hope some film executives read this and see what their actions are doing. This isn’t just about money, it was never just about money. The film executives need to see this and take care of the people that make their industry.