John Ridley

HuffPoster John Ridley Among Those Called Out By Writer's Guild

Reny Monk | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Reny Monk

The WGA has sent out a castigating letter to its members that lists names of writers who crossed the picket lines during the tense hundred-day strike that ended in February.

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The Fools of Spring Available for Comment: a Snapshot of Impressions of Madness at Dawn

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 03.24.2008 | Media

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Jon Robin Baitz

If you keep MSNBC on, as the day goes on, you start to feel insane because the same stuff is rehashed in a sisyphusian cacophony from dawn to midnight, with some breaks for shows about prisoners and their tattoos.

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WGA Strike Primer: The Wrap-up

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

Throughout the strike, there regularly were news stories about dissension in the Writers Guild. Writers dissent for breakfast. Finding dissent in the WGA is like finding sand at the beach.

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Six Arguments Against "Financial Core"

Michael Seitzman | Posted 01.08.2008 | Entertainment

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Michael Seitzman

I expect the AMPTP to make a deal with the DGA and then announce that the WGA could have had the same deal three months ago if only our leaders had been professionals or were better negotiators.

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What "Fi-Core" Really Means

Michael Seitzman | Posted 01.04.2008 | Entertainment

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Michael Seitzman

When union members like John Ridley go Fi-Core they sacrifice nothing while gaining everything that others have suffered for. Are they entitled to do that? Yes.

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WGA Strike Primer: Correcting One Minor John Ridley Mistake

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.26.2007 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

John Ridley was patting a writer on the back for his good sense. Kudos! That writer was himself, and he was 100 percent wrong in what he was saying, but it's a start.

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The Writers Guild Strike Primer: Part 7, the Trust Factor

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.30.2007 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

No one thinks the strike is fun. No one. The viral videos are fun. The ridiculing blogs are fun. The strike? Quite awful. But John Ridley, for whatever unknown reason, wants you to think otherwise.

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I Admire John Ridley But...

Chris Kelly | Posted 10.31.2007 | Entertainment

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Chris Kelly

Here's the part of Ridley's argument that really confuses me: He doesn't mention that the studios want to cut our pay. That's kind of a big issue to overlook. When describing a labor dispute.

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