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Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall (deadline.com)

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EXCLUSIVE, updated with AMPTP statement: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months. “I t…

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[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Saying the quiet part out loud:

“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline.

[–] LeafyPasserine@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

These studio execs are absolutely disgusting.

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

The execs literally sound like the villains in their movies and shows.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Back in the day they used to use more direct methods and I bet they still would today if they could get away with it.