What Next: How Hollywood Shot Itself in the Foot

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Actor Lea DeLaria knew Orange is the New Black was a hit. But Netflix made sure their paychecks didn’t reflect it. Fast forward ten years and this business model is the norm for nearly all working American actors. So now, the actors are joining the writers on strike, something that hasn’t happened in Hollywood since 1960, when television was the new, upstart technology. Today the double strike is about streaming services and artificial intelligence. Guests: Alissa Wilkinson, Vox senior correspondent covering film and television. Lea DeLaria, comedian and an actor best known for playing Big Boo on Orange is the New Black. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet.
0:07.0	She's now a trained technician.
0:10.0	And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come.
0:18.0	In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills.
0:24.2	That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply.
0:31.9	Quick heads up here at the top. I am speaking to a pissed off actor who's on strike in this episode.
0:38.9	And she's got words for people, four-letter words.
0:42.8	You've been warned.
0:48.2	Leah Delaria may not be able to work very much right now,
0:51.5	but she's got a whole lot of jobs.
0:54.6	I'm an actor, a stand-up comic, a writer, a singer.
0:58.5	How long have you been in SAG-A-A-FTA?
1:00.3	I've been in SAG-A-A-Restra since 1993.
1:04.4	You had to be in SAG in order to do the Arsenio Hall show.
1:09.4	Some people think that my next guest is too controversial for TV.
1:13.6	She's a lesbian stand-up comedian.
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:18.6	So when I was the first openly gay comic on a television in America,
1:23.6	that's how I got my sad card.
1:26.6	It's great to be here because it's the 1990s and it's hip to America, that's how I got my sad card.
1:28.3	It's great to be here because it's the 1990s and it's hip to be queer and I'm a big dyke.
1:34.3	Yes, I am.
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