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Mandy Patinkin walking the Writers Guild picket line (with Bob Odenkirk) (Original Post) LudwigPastorius May 2023 OP
Ha! Now if Bob could Carlitos Brigante May 2023 #1
Ha! LudwigPastorius May 2023 #3
Fuckin' A !!! SamKnause May 2023 #7
Here.... listen to them in this clip. So true... the actors are nothing without writers. IcyPeas May 2023 #2
Awesome, thanks. LudwigPastorius May 2023 #4
I've been wondering how "we the people" can help support the writers' summer_in_TX May 2023 #5
The few who could survive this would be Colbert and other guys/girls who used to be writers. n/t SheilaAnn May 2023 #6
Colbert isn't breaking the strike, they are just playing re runs questionseverything May 2023 #8
Ahh, of course, good on him. n/t SheilaAnn May 2023 #9
girls? When did the WGA start accepting minors? niyad May 2023 #10
Sorry..women, females. Okay? SheilaAnn May 2023 #11
Thank you. niyad May 2023 #12

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5. I've been wondering how "we the people" can help support the writers'
Wed May 10, 2023, 05:02 PM
May 2023

strike. It sounds like it is expected to be very protracted, but maybe, just maybe we can help shorten it.

I'm considering (yes, I'm waffling) closing all the streaming services we use until a contract is signed that the writers' union finds acceptable.

I'm waffling because 1) I love the stories in the series I follow and it will definitely cut down on a lot of pleasurable times; and 2) my husband is several times more of a TV / movie nerd than I am, and I'm not sure I'll persuade him to do so.

But in the meantime, I'm messaging that if these giant media corporations don't come to satisfactory terms with the writers' union within a month, I'm prepared to cancel my streaming services.

Hope I won't have to follow through – or that if so, my husband is on board with it.

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