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We've reached the "quiet part loud" part of the strike.

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 11 '23, 19:24

"“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.” "

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lol they’re already broke. that’s why they striking -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 19:44 6
- former DGA board member on why this is just tough talk in the trades -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 20:45
- "Larry, I'm on Duck Tales" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 20:07
- the only writers with houses are showrunners and they ain’t losing shit. everyone else has been conditioned by mini rooms to live on peanuts for years -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 19:46 3
  - that may have genuinely been their strategy all along but if so it explains a lot about why these idiots have been losing their shirts on streaming - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 19:51 2
    - Chris Hayes gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 20:16 1
      - (is this the first post with a Threads link? Bery, any way it can show the post like it does for Twitter so we don't need to click it?) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 12, 04:52
BUT FRAN PARTIED IN ITALY SO ACTORS MUST ALL BE RICH - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 19:40
meanwhile Fran Drescher is partying in Italy. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 19:28 3
- I’m of two minds here. On the one hand, she’s a working actress and that was a gig. On the other hand… - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 19:45
- It was a sponsorship deal, and everybody knew it. They just wanted to make SAG look bad. - David Jul 11, 19:30 1
  - ahhh...good to know. thanks -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 19:31
Beginning to sound like maybe leaving horses heads in execs beds is the cruel but necessary evil. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 19:26
oh jeez. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 19:26

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