more strike mayhem

 

Gee, if the idea —

Behind contract negotiations is to split a union in two, the AMPTP has what it wants. The Screen Actors Guild sent out its strike authorization ballot and now there are two growing sides to the controversy over whether to authorize the board to initiate a strike. Big power players on either side. Websites on either side. And both sides whipping out cameras and making shorts for their point of view. Oddly I have not seen anything about this on the news —

Oh.

Wait.

I have not been watching the news.

 

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the no authorization side || the yes authorization side

 

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what people do in the face of impending death

 

I do not know —

What other people do facing impending starvation. I know what I do. I order groceries.

It is a very odd thing. Most of the time I do not eat a lot. When I am worried about cash flow? I eat like a ninja. So. A strike is possibly coming? My panic response is order groceries.

I will eat all of these groceries in like two days flat so it won’t help. If a strike hits it will not be for a month at least. But I am thinking about it today so eating like it is today. This means by the time a strike actually hits if it does hit I will be a size six at least half my clothes will not fit and I will be out of grocery cash. It makes no sense but that is how it works.

 

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A strike is not actually a life threatening scenario. I have been in life threatening scenarios. They are much more immediate. Like, someone is trying to kill or damage or maim you right now. The thing about those though is, you have someplace to put your adrenalin. You can fight back.

 

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sag monday

 

It is SAG Monday.

This is the day Screen Actor’s Guild [SAG] sends out its strike authorization ballot and announces the strike authorization time table.

Actors have been working for half a year without a new contract while SAG tried to negotiate with AMPTP and SAG tried pretty hard but appaently AMPTP is being just as dickish with the actors as it was with the writers.

What a strike means to you : Good-bye Oscars. Good-bye shows.

What a strike means to Hollywood : We are all going to starve.

 

[:::previous strike posts:::]

 

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amptp rides again

 

Speaking of Stalin —

The AMPTP is now dicking the actors around.

[How, um, out of character.]

AMPTP Dicks Actors Around.

Hopefully SAG [that is the actors' primary union] can hold steady, but if AMPTP [that is the association of motion picture and television producers which really means the iron clad fist of a few very big corporations] pushes too hard, which AMPTP is already doing by delaying negotiations till after the SAG contract expires, there will be another strike. AMPTP will of course blame the actor’s union. Just like last strike when AMPTP blamed the writer’s union. Funny the only entity central in every strike sitch is AMPTP.

 

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What that means to you : Say good-bye to your shows again.

If nobody writes shows, shows do not air.

If nobody acts in shows, shows do not air.

Oddly, if AMPTP evaporates tomorrow, shows DO air.

Just what is it AMPTP contributes again?

 

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*ps : go post at toni’s to win the new bobbie faye adventure

*pps : no one who is squeamish look but anita will like this anita have you seen this?

 

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letters from the ethos : wednesday’s child

 

Dear Blonde Assassin —

If the rumors are true, and the WGA strike is nearly over, then we should expect a return of pseudo-quality to the airwaves soon.

What three current shows would you put at the top of your assassination list?

[Personally, I'd axe a few reality shows and anything that gets compared to "Sex in the City."]

And what would you replace them with?

Just curious,

Itchy McTriggerfinger

 

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Dear Itcy McTriggerfinger :

As you know, I have to work in this town. Therefore I can only regard your question as a cheap cinematic trick meant to lure me into incriminating myself within the body of my peers and being ostracized — and unemployable — forever more.

Damn you Itchy McTriggerfinger!

I say damn you!

Love and Kisses,

The Blonde Assassin

 

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