Stories from the Line
Maybe we should tell the producers, look, you build the stadium, sell the tickets, form the league, make the rules and then we'll come in with our bats and gloves and get hits. Because that's the way it works.
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Leaving Los Angeles (Part Two: Love)
Los Angeles is the world capital of loneliness. In the age of isolation, this is a very special achievement. I could not crack it. I could only survive it.
Why Bones Is the Perfect Show (Or At Least One of the Best Ones Ever)
After watching every episode available to me, I was ready to make a very bold, James Lipton-caliber claim: Bones might be the best show of its kind, perhaps ever.
WGA Strike: Why Alec Baldwin is Right
The producers are logically using the cosmic ineptitude of the WGA leadership to reassemble their business model. Innocent WGA members are being undeniably ill-served by their amateur, careerist negotiators.
What Were Residuals, Daddy?
A residual isn't a handout or an allowance or Paris Hilton's trust fund. It's not a perk. It's okay if you didn't know that. It's in the best interests of a lot of fairly large corporations that you don't.
Network Television SAGs Painfully
It's the current common wisdom throughout SAG negotiations that the Writers Strike Destroyed Network Television. Hey, honestly, it sounds reasonable. As long as you don't think too hard. Or at all.
Leaving Los Angeles (Part One: Work)
A few weeks ago, on a gun-metal gray Brooklyn day, replete with slushy rain and rainy snow, I decided to fully give up what is left of my Venice, California life. What follows is an account of how I finally gave up on my oddly loved hometown.
The SAG Negotiations: Two Short Videos By German Actors Explain Why TV and Film Actors Have To Remain Vigilant
A better case could not be made for what's at stake for all of us who work in the American entertainment industry than a video produced by German actor Andreas Stenschke.
Three Random Things
I get uptight when I watch even a snippet of these debates. Is leadership there? Is greatness there? Is the end of the war there? Up on that stage?
Six Arguments Against "Financial Core"
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.
A Very Good Dog Who Taught Me Some New Tricks.
Among the things I've learned from my three-legged dog: When sleeping with a human, sometimes it's fun to lick them in the middle of the night for no reason, or get really, really, really close, especially in winter.
What "Fi-Core" Really Means
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.
HuffPoster John Ridley Among Those Called Out By Writer's Guild
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.
My thoughts on the Writers Guild and the AMPTP
If we were cavemen, we writers would be the people standing behind those drawing on the walls and we'd be giving them ideas. But what if all the Caves were suddenly owned by six EXTREMELY POWERFUL Cavemen?
Favored Nations?
With a writers deal apparently in the offing, now's a time to pause and ask about favored nations.
Nick Counter Must Go: A Writer's Plea to the Studios
The collective distaste for this man among those picketing the studios and networks is so palpable that firing him alone could get these negotiations back on track.
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