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🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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John and Drew talk with writers on the picket line outside of CBS Studios in LA, who tell us what they’re currently not writing, what’s changed since the 2007 strike, and why this strike is so important to them.
Guests include WGA board member Zoe Marshall and previous Scriptnotes guest Megan Amram. Thanks to everyone who talked to us!
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0:00.0 | So what are you guys not working on today? |
0:04.0 | We're in a Raiders' room. |
0:07.6 | We worked on Outlander previously and now we're working with the same camp on a new show. |
0:12.2 | Which I think can be said. |
0:13.2 | Yeah, it's the prequel called Blood of My Blood. |
0:15.8 | I was already an employee in the swing show and this has now cut off any of the features. |
0:21.6 | So yeah, we're striking for better wages for the next trip that comes up. |
0:27.0 | This is really our all of our first trips, right? |
0:30.0 | Yeah, so we've heard stories of the previous one and we enjoy the benefits of what that brought us. |
0:38.0 | So kind of paved the way for not only us but like the next generation. |
0:43.0 | So they don't have to strike at least for another 15 years or more. |
0:47.0 | I think there's also something really special about just seeing everybody in person. |
0:51.0 | Because the last few years have been so many Zoom rooms and so many times I've been working with people I haven't even gotten to meet. |
0:51.0 | So to be able to just like walk among other writers and say hello and see new faces and be like, oh right. |
0:57.0 | We used to do this. We used to meet other writers. |
1:04.0 | On M there's a lot of us. |
1:07.0 | Like it's one thing to see the email list and it's not a thing to see the turnout even in one spot. |
1:09.0 | It's pretty amazing. |
1:15.0 | So I feel better than I did when I was walking to this event now that I am seeing everybody. |
1:16.0 | It's really heartening. |
1:21.0 | I'm confident that we have a good cause. |
1:22.0 | Come on guys. |
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