Were excited SAG is going to start coming out and show some solidarity, Barinholtz told Deadline.
It turned out to evaporate.
We were across the table at 11:59am.
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Their response was were uncivilized.
We all got together last week to create our signs.
I was on sticks!
Out on the picket lines, many writers were gathered around their phones to watch Dreschers impassioned speech.
AI is a huge problem too, he said.
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm told Deadline that they were in full solidarity with SAG-AFRTA.
Its very heartening and we have told [the actors] we will be there with them.
Its their turn andlaboris rising, not just here, but across the country.
People identify with the struggle that we are feeling squeezed.
I think thats happening to workers in all kinds of fields.
She accused theAMPTPof being very lackadaisical.
It was heading for a cliff by strangling the very people who make it flourish.
That had to be fixed.
Now it will be, he said.
These CEOs said the quiet part out loud, right?
Yeah, and what did they say about you actors?
The militant minority are the reason that you guys arent accepting your shitty deal.
Is 98% really a minority?!
And they say were the ones who are bad at math.
So he has walked the walk.
We are undervalued by even richer bosses.
He then rattled off the stages of many young writers career path.
Many writers dont know what its like to start from the bottom.
Interns: Dont talk to the writers.
Just keep your head down and the cereal stocked.
Production assistants: Help with every aspect of how a show gets made.
They even get to write for TV, if you count petty-cash reports.
Executive assistants: Showrunners cant make one episode of television without you.
Writers assistants are the reason audiences think comedy writers are the funniest people in the world.
Charny added: I worked my way up the ladder for six years before getting hired as a writer.
Some people say the pipeline to become a writer is broken.
This is not true.
There is no pipeline.
There are hundreds of jobs out there for late-night writers.
Do you know how many writers assistant jobs there are in New York City?
The industry is not built for you to succeed.
And yet, youve made it this far.
Youve already beaten the odds a dozen times.
Writing should be a career not a lottery prize.
