Column: We can't afford another writers' strike. Not Hollywood, not L.A., not the country
Streaming has transformed television and led to a surge in content, but it also has squeezed Hollywood writers. Five Writers Guild of America members share their stories.and their strike beards. Seriously, we cannot go back.
Thus far, however, the studios are offering only unacceptably modest concessions, while stockpiling scripts and assembling the dreaded mini rooms for months in. Platforms with executives who pull in multi-million-dollar salaries are pleading poverty. Many streaming services are not profitable, and many media companies seem to have no plan beyond “constricting” — cutting back on projects and laying off staff in order to compensate.
Layoffs, hints of a recession and an uncertain future for streaming add up to contentious negotiations as the WGA looks for a new deal with Hollywood studios. The studios believe … well, I’m not sure what they believe. That the business has changed in ways they cannot control, except they are the ones in control? That writers should be grateful to see their work realized and no one said writing was a full-time job?
In any case, it is ridiculous for AMPTP to let it get this far. The last strike occurred because the studios claimed, disingenuously , that they couldn’t possibly offerbecause how on Earth could they predict what the digital landscape would look like?
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