In that context, talks before official talks are nothing new in Hollywood labor circles.
In that scenario, timing could prove to be everything.
It was an offer the DGA team thought the AMPTP would welcome in timing and content.
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There was some good cop-bad cop for sure, a veteran guild member said.
These were issues that should be at the center of negotiations, not as a f*cking prologue.
You couldnt characterized these as talks.
We expected more of a reaction.
It was as if they didnt get it.
In fact, among AMPTP brass and members, reactions varied.
Some took a more suspicious approach.
The guild was trying to deke us out.
We didnt let them.
Its a barricade mentality.
Neither the DGA nor the AMPTP would comment on the issues within the so-called preliminary conversations.
