Flist, for some reason it is making me insanely happy that Steve Carell refused to cross the picket line. ( SNL and Daily Show embeds below the fold, so you don't have to skim past the youtube comments, because man, nothing makes Americans as ugly as organized labor. )
Also, speaking as someone from a place where $20,000 a year was generally considered good living well into the 1990s, okay, so the $200,000 a year screenwriters claim they make seems like a giant pile of cash. Basically. But thinking about the cost of living where screenwriting jobs are makes me wonder if they are, in fact, living in bunk beds in studio warehouses and eating a pack of ramen every other day. Is there anyone out there who's lived in a screenwriting location and can give me some perspective on this?
Last note (I have schoolwork to do right now, as my extended digression into current events makes clear): it is cool to actually see the people that make the shows happen. We see the actors, but they're not really responsible for the content, and seeing the people who actually make their living making the media is pretty neat.
ETA: unitedhollywood.com, and I know there's fannish stuff going on in support, someone please link me up?
Also, speaking as someone from a place where $20,000 a year was generally considered good living well into the 1990s, okay, so the $200,000 a year screenwriters claim they make seems like a giant pile of cash. Basically. But thinking about the cost of living where screenwriting jobs are makes me wonder if they are, in fact, living in bunk beds in studio warehouses and eating a pack of ramen every other day. Is there anyone out there who's lived in a screenwriting location and can give me some perspective on this?
Last note (I have schoolwork to do right now, as my extended digression into current events makes clear): it is cool to actually see the people that make the shows happen. We see the actors, but they're not really responsible for the content, and seeing the people who actually make their living making the media is pretty neat.
ETA: unitedhollywood.com, and I know there's fannish stuff going on in support, someone please link me up?