A picket worker at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles holds a sign indicating TV shows Grey’s Anatomy, Abbott Elementary And Succession.
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A picket worker at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles holds a sign indicating TV shows Grey’s Anatomy, Abbott Elementary And Succession.
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As the Writers Guild of America strike continues into its third day, the jokes are no longer shown on late night television — they’re picket lines.
More than 11,000 film and television writers have stopped working after contract negotiations between their union and the Film and Television Producers Alliance, the trade association representing Hollywood studios and production companies, foundered.
The confrontation could drag on for months and halt Hollywood productions. (The last writers’ strike lasted from November 2007 to February 2008) Include sticking points Questions about employment levels for new TV shows and income from episodes aired on streaming services.
Since the strike began on Tuesday, hundreds of writers have picketed in the Los Angeles and New York area, outside the studios and offices of Netflix, NBCUniversal, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros, and others.
Among the clues were jokes about the artificial intelligence service ChatGPT, the wealth of studio executives, and many, many references to HBO. Succession. Here are some of our favourites:
Left, a picket sign outside Netflix’s Hollywood headquarters. Right, writer KC Scott meets outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, California.
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Left, a picket sign outside Netflix’s Hollywood headquarters. Right, writer KC Scott meets outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, California.
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Writers picket outside the Netflix offices in Hollywood on Tuesday as the WGA strike begins.
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Writers picket outside the Netflix offices in Hollywood on Tuesday as the WGA strike begins.
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these # graffiti The picket signs are very good.
“It hit me as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore” was not written by a producer! ” pic.twitter.com/UV4rkQGmfy– 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙮 (EmmaTolkin) May 2, 2023
Outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood on the first day of the writer’s strike
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Outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood on the first day of the writer’s strike
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Did I mention how my wife’s WGA strike signals are objectively excellent? because they are. They are excellent. pic.twitter.com/I6mJVzB5kw
– Mason Lieberman May 4, 2023
Writer Matt Juno holds a sign referring to the Quibi Short Broadcasting Service at the WGA picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
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Writer Matt Juno holds a sign referring to the Quibi Short Broadcasting Service at the WGA picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
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WGA protest outside Netflix headquarters in New York City.
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WGA protest outside Netflix headquarters in New York City.
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Several reporters have been walking around today asking writers how long we *actually* will be ready to strike. Dude, I don’t know, how long do you think it will take 11,000 unemployed writers to run out of signing ideas? #retweet # graffiti pic.twitter.com/C0cq81jTcF
– Mah Ri Nah (@marinarachael) May 3, 2023
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