The WGA Strike
The writer’s strike in Hollywood seems to be an amusing turn of events in Tinsletown for us Brits across the pond. After all, our view of the LA film system is in summertime a bunch of remakes/action movies and in the winter, films targeted towards children. With American television also known for its ‘repeat’ factor rather than its output of original programming, many people may think, so what?
But there is something at stake here. The writers are the base of the creative industry. No matter how many great actors or super directors there are out there, it is the writer that gets the ball rolling. That amazing film started off in the mind of someone attached to a computer screen. It went through countless rejections and then finally got picked up. Months, even years later it is on the screen. Usually by now the writer has been factored out of the equation, but everyone else is getting their share of the cake.
I hope the writers win the terms of their strike. However, as big business has the deeper pockets, I do not hold out much hope for them.
This entry was written by Molly Darvall, she is a regular poster to London blog and Pet Haven. Molly is slowly becoming an authority on eyebag surgery . View her blog here.