Given the mounting problems in the world, I’m betting there is little interest overall in a group of very well compensated Hollywood writers who want to receive additional royalties for their work whenever and however their employers choose to utilize it. Further, it doesn’t help that thousands of ordinary working-class people who toil in television and movies and make far less money than writers are going to suffer terribly if they cannot work in the months ahead. It isn’t their battle, and they aren’t going to recoup their losses regardless of the resolution.
On the other hand, if the writers don’t get all of the money they are clamoring for, it will likely land in the hands of network and studio bigwigs and corporate fat-cats, and that doesn’t seem right, either.
What a maddening state of affairs. Let’s hope they all figure it out and get back to work as soon as possible. That will allow us some breathing room before the possible strikes next summer by members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild of America.
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