GREGORY: And so we're standing out here and taking the hits that we're going to take to protect the rights for the next generation of writers.ĭEL BARCO: As some of the cars left through the gates, presumably with some executives who work inside, the protesters had a few words for them. So bleed out, Netflix.ĭEL BARCO: Gregory, who writes for a Hallmark show, says she's out here fighting for the future of her profession. Someone explained to me early on in my time in the Guild, you know what? Every 20 years or so, we have to strike. She remembers the last time the writers went on strike for 100 days back in 2007, 2008. JOY GREGORY: I like your offer as much as you like an angry female lead.ĭEL BARCO: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers say the studios did make a generous offer, and they say they're prepared to improve it. Joy Gregory's sign was also pointed at negotiators for the studios. Another had a sign that warned Hollywood executives, you're going to be the villains in a limited series about this. Here outside Netflix, one writer wore a bear suit to walk the picket line. I think what we're looking for is something fair, you know? And I don't think what we're asking for is unfair.ĭEL BARCO: There were protests outside other Hollywood studios and even in New York. ZACKARY ARTHUR: You have these top CEOs, these places making hundreds of millions of dollars. Another writer, Zackary Arthur, said he's only been in Los Angeles for about three years, but he recently closed a deal with Warner Brothers for his own TV show. She says she didn't get any residuals or pay when a streaming show she wrote ended up broadcast on Nickelodeon. MADDY WHITBY: My sign says, I would write something clever, but I'm on strike.ĭEL BARCO: Screenwriter Maddy Whitby started writing sketch scripts for the internet eight years ago. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: The writers were here protesting outside Netflix and Hollywood, chanting about corporate greed and holding picket signs that said things like, do the right thing, it all starts with a script, and "Succession" without writers is just "The Apprentice," and look how that worked out. Fists up, pens down.įADEL: Those are the voices of Writers Guild of America members out on the picket line, and NPR's Mandalit del Barco was out there with them. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Fists up, pens down. A strike by Hollywood writers enters its second day after contract negotiations with the Hollywood studios broke off Monday, shutting down productions across the film, TV and streaming industry.
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