November 05, 2007
When I say say "streaming video," you say "residuals." Streaming video ...

Is there anything hotter than this:

Seriously. Can I be in the Writers Guild just so I can go on strike with the writer/creator of Mean Girls?

Although, do you suppose they're checking IDs? Because then I could just stop by, grab a sign and start schmoozing with the cool people.

I certainly hope they have grammatically correct, stunningly creative chants. Because if I walked by the strikers and heard, "Hey hey, ho ho, underpaid residuals have got to go," even I would back the producers.

Today, I'm all about the strike. After all, as a writer, I would like to think someone values my work for more than 4 cents a DVD.

Of course, the moment The Soup and Gossip Girl disappear from my existence, my support is going to drop like the dollar.

Luckily, we have America's Most Smartest Model and soon Project Runway to tide us over.

The best part of the wall-to-wall coverage of poor, angry wordsmiths on the picket?

Learning Wheel of Fortune is a Writers Guild of America show.

That's right. Someone (or probably someones) earns union wages for writing, what, about 22 words an episode?

H_w d_ I g_t m_ th_t sup_r sw__t gig?

posted by F-AF @ 10:46 PM on 11.05.07
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