Hollywood's Writers' Strike

Alex · 11-08-2007, 01:17 PM

I will say it is interesting to see that at least among the people I've talked to up here the response is much the same as for a sports strike.

That everybody involved are whiny people and that they should feel privileged to have the cushy lives of luxury they have and all they have to is provide a few hours entertainment for the masses.

Of course, unlike with a baseball players strike the assumption that everybody involved is megarich is a misapprehension. I think if you asked the average person they'd think that a writer on The Soup is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Even though I know better I'll admit to not really having any idea of how much many people involved make (not that is really matters to the question of whether that amount is fair within the industry). For example, Katherine Hegl's character in Knocked Up is a on-air personality for E! but still lives in the back yard guest house of her sister. That implies not much pay but I have no idea if that is right or not.

swanie · 11-08-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I think if you asked the average person they'd think that a writer on The Soup is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Even though I know better I'll admit to not really having any idea of how much many people involved make (not that is really matters to the question of whether that amount is fair within the industry). For example, Katherine Hegl's character in Knocked Up is a on-air personality for E! but still lives in the back yard guest house of her sister. That implies not much pay but I have no idea if that is right or not.

Having worked for E! what seems like a lifetime ago....I can completely and totally see Heigl having to live in her sister's guest house.

Unless something had radically changed, most of the writers and production staff make enough to get by, but they won't get rich doing it. When I was there most of the staff was young, eager and just looking for a break into the business. Those are exactly the kind of people that would benefit the most from the new deal.

swanie

11-08-2007, 01:17 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I will say it is interesting to see that at least among the people I've talked to up here the response is much the same as for a sports strike. That everybody involved are whiny people and that they should feel privileged to have the cushy lives of luxury they have and all they have to is provide a few hours entertainment for the masses. Of course, unlike with a baseball players strike the assumption that everybody involved is megarich is a misapprehension. I think if you asked the average person they'd think that a writer on The Soup is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Even though I know better I'll admit to not really having any idea of how much many people involved make (not that is really matters to the question of whether that amount is fair within the industry). For example, Katherine Hegl's character in Knocked Up is a on-air personality for E! but still lives in the back yard guest house of her sister. That implies not much pay but I have no idea if that is right or not.
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