I mingle among them - I have deep, deep sources inside the ongoing writers - as one writer says "The problem with our membership is that writers in Hollywood are evil". negotiations.
Do you care to hear the inside drivle that Access Hollywood and Vanity Affair wishes they knew? Wish no more - As I've said for the last 1.5 years there ill be a writes stri ke and it will last for a week - short entertainment 3rd quarter this year.
At a strike authorization vote on Tuesday - yesterday , One wanted to talk about the tax protest "About Trump". I had no idea what this animator was talking about and said what the people who protest every year on tax day - "wha?" in response. I hit my phone and FR found the story while pretending to respond to a text or something once having the context and facts along with bourbon (Hey - blending in with the writers) the rest was childs play. "Thats all you liberal progressive doche bags have is to hijack an annual event and steal their attendance numbers, you guys are so fu*ked" - The writers in Hollywood have heard me predicting with unfailing confidence since September 2015ish (whenever i wrote it on here - look it up) DJT is going win.
They used laughed at me as I am just an bystander in their make believe world who attends the good parties.
Now they are concerned as I laugh at their silly protests they know I bet large amounts of money on the election early on - I even bet some of them personally, and yes I made them pay.
Its is tough for me to understand to this day their shock that DJT is president as I saw it as enviable, I'm still Amazed it happened dont' get me wrong but they never entertained it as even a theoretical possibility - (Writers strike for a week - short entertainment stock 3rd quarter -lets make this happen). One party I was drinking and speaking loudly because of music and the music cut out right as I said and the whole place heard me "Mark my words this country is NOT electing anyone with the last name of Bush or Clinton"
Thank God for Bruno Mars coming in soon after I dropped that little perl of wisdom downtown LA on industry night - soon I can leave.
Long and short of it is they are greedy bastards and the 401ks are doing great the pension fund (eeeehhh getting better but like many 2008 was a kick in the ball along with paying for prima dona cadallac , juice you kids up on happy pills -keep above water glug glug glub).
They will strike because well they from their perspective they damn well better - I can explain the rational if anyone cares but remember short entertain stocks 3rd quarter "pay" attention to "earn" something interesting puts baby synthetic calls, do it how you like short these mofos
You are all welcome and I expect my commission or give it to Jim - screw Jim pay me when it happens
And remember Gnu is not linux
Long and short of it is all the innovativation in television during the "Golden Age of Television aka now" is due to content - any technological innovatiation has been spill over from internet companies. The media companies tried to bring the high speed and netflix crap back in the early late 90 and failed I know as I worked on it .
This round of prosperity is due to many things but none of them having anything to do with the traditional partners in management - that also bargins collectively just like the unions
Distribution and production are increasing becoming commiditized leaving original content "good stories" - which we can binge with no commercials as the important thing.
As time goes on the fact you own several sound stages and have a rollo dex to the rest of the different unions is increasing irrelevant
The pendelumn has swung the writers are the makers and the management is the takers which if choosen by the public go the way fo the elevator opperator union - while ironically the commie drunken writers spin their yarns in to residues - wadda country