Its Day 1 of theSAG-AFTRAstrike and Day 74 of the WGA strike.
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WHY IM STRIKING: Our craft needs to be respected.
Better Call Saulstar Patrick Fabian agreed.
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Russian Dollstar Charlie Barnett said that he felt empowered after hearing Dreschers speech.
Its a scary precipice.
He said that residual pay for streaming is one of the biggest issues for him.
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Its kind of like the wild west.
At a certain point, you have to say Who can determine what our value is?
They want to engage with our characters.
The majority of the time, actors are unemployed.
Fran Drescher has been touring picket locations, including at Netflix and Warner Bros. Outside Netflix, she said that the studios were doing bad things to good people.
A triple strike would have really shifted ground here.
They cant make health insurance.
Theyre living off their savings.
There were plenty of younger actors and those starting out in their careers.
I think this is one of the reasons why this is so big.
Schwartz shared he had a movie that was cut recently from Disney+,Flora & Ulysses.
Both are members of WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
One WGA lot coordinator told Deadline that it was like its day one all over again for them.
At this point were ready to be on strike for 300 days if we have to.
