Invoice Maher not too long ago shared his ideas on the Writers Guild strike and they’re certain to be controversial, and there’s little question his feedback are going to make Hollywood writers offended and lash out at him.
Throughout a current episode of the Membership Random podcast with comic Jim Gaffigan, Maher talked in regards to the strike saying: “They’re asking for lots of issues which might be, like, kooky.” He then went on to say that no one is “owed a residing as a author”, saying:
“What I discover objectionable in regards to the philosophy of the strike [is] it appears to be, they’ve actually morphed a good distance from 2007’s strike, the place they form of consider that you simply’re owed a residing as a author, and also you’re not. That is present enterprise. That is the make-or-miss league.”
Maher went on to say, “I’m not saying they don’t have factors,” and agreed that streaming platforms needs to be reporting their viewing information. However, Maher additionally identified how the strikes are hurting so many different folks within the trade with all-around work at a halt. He stated:
“I really feel for my writers. I like my writers. I’m one among my writers. However there’s a giant different aspect to it, and lots of people are being damage apart from them — lots of people who don’t make as a lot cash as them on this bipartisan world we have now the place you’re simply in a single camp or the opposite, there’s no in between.
“You’re both for the strike like they’re f*cking Che Guevara on the market, you understand, like, that is Cesar Chavez’s lettuce choosing strike — otherwise you’re with Trump. There’s no distinction — there’s solely two camps. And it’s far more sophisticated than that.”
Maher went on to say that this strike hit on the fallacious time and that the writers don’t actually have a lot leverage at this level. He defined:
“They’re placing in opposition to the streamers, who’re in search of a get-out-of-jail card for the way a lot they overspend, They’ve tons of stuff in inventory, so that they haven’t any purpose to wanna settle this strike. They struck at simply the fallacious time; they haven’t any leverage.”
The strike has been going robust for 127 days and it looks as if there’s nonetheless not a lot motion on both aspect. It doesn’t look like these strikes are going to finish anytime quickly. They might go till subsequent yr if the 2 sides aren’t prepared to speak, negotiate, and compromise.
What are your ideas on Maher’s feedback in regards to the strike?
