Writers Guild Strike 2023

Juvarisx said:

The argument isn't that he should get paid x dollars more, its that if the show was on Fox or whatever he would get some bucks if it was a rerun since Fox was using it to sell ad time or if it syndicated and was on We tv on a marathon 3 times a week like Law and Order is (that's a whole other can of worms and a really interesting reason why every actor in existence has been on it). So during a time like say in the past 6 months where he hasn't been on anything but is lining projects up he has some passive income to get by on.

Acting for 99% is a shit job, but what is the alternative you are proposing? Everything animated? Everything 3-4 man shows? Would look real boring without smaller actors or extras or anything.

Here is a better example then that fucking guy as I never watched Sabrina.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/hollywoods-cruel-strategy/674730/

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"The actor Mark Proksch, for example, made more money off residuals from one season of guest appearances on The Office, under the old system, than he has in five seasons of starring in What We Do in the Shadows, under the new system."

That rando actor is Colin Robinson on WWDITS and is probably the funniest one and def the best one. Now you can say that old system must be fucked. And maybe, but then turn on Comedy Central these days and see how much Office they air. Its fucking constant, and they sell ad space obviously, and it must be making money cause its been that way for years and years. So I get why they would want Residuals. Now my wife can watch Office on loop for $10 bucks a month cause we paid $5 more for no ads on Peacock. Suddenly no more ad money. How is Peacock supposed to make anything under that system? Turns out they fucking dont and none of them do and they are burning Billions in a giant fire pit.

Streaming is working for noone but the consumer, and those times are ending here soon I think.

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OU Ariakas said:

This is an example of a perverse incentive and should be discouraged, not encouraged. These studios know approximately the worth of each of these people inside of a movie or show; they should have contracts that last a year (or season) and pay them a set amount for the time they work and then stipulate that they can be asked back for reshoots or more scenes for that year/season for another set amount. This protects the workers because they know how much they are being paid for a set duration and how much they will get paid for more work. It also makes sure that if the show gets big they can ask for more money in later seasons because the contract is yearly. They all benefit because they can probably work on multiple projects a year and not rely on a single one. This also gets rid of this ridiculous residuals argument.

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Lanx said:

if he's saying he only got $7,500 total income that year, he has to sell his 2 kids and whore out his wife then

if actors aren't working, theyre just lazying around smoking weed

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spronk said:

its more related to actors strike, but basically movies are gonna start getting pushed back since the actors strike doesn't let actors do promos. gonna be wild as more and more stuff gets pushed over the next few weeks.

it also means studios think the strikes are gonna last now till Dec at LEAST. wild!

great time to catch up on so much stuff

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