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from: David E. Powell
date: 2007-11-01 13:23:02
subject: Re: WGA/AMPTP talks break off

On Nov 1, 3:54 pm, Jon Schild  wrote:
> Patty Winter wrote:
> > WGA has called a meeting for tomorrow night. You can read each
> > organization's version of what's happening atwww.wga.organd
> >www.amptp.org. They both agree that they're sticking on the
> > subject of DVD payments, but they disagree (not unexpectedly)
> > on whose fault it is that negotiations have broken down.
>
> > Patty
>
> Well, of course it's the fault of the writers. Imagine! Expecting to be
> paid for their work. It isn't as if they were somebody important, like a
> director or a S*T*A*R or somebody.
>
> You can tell from a lot of movies in the last couple of years that most
> studios don't consider the story to have any importance at all.
>
> Go WGA!

Also, another thing the WGA may be interested in is checking just how
much "reality" TV is predetermined or worked a la Pro Wrestling.

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> with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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