Letters to the Editor
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happy ending...
...except for the crew members with no stake in the strike who were tossed out of work just in time for Christmas. I'm not saying the WGA didn't deserve a bigger piece of the profit pie, but Norman blithely ignores the thousands who were put out of work and makes no mention of their un-volunteered sacrifice on the altar of the WGA's self-righteousness. I predict writers will get their nickel a download or whatever they got, but they'll be less work all around, and at the end of the day a lot fewer nickels. The earth didn't stop spinning for 3 months of reality t.v., and all the strike did was prove that there are many ways to fill up t.v. schedules and viewing time. The DGA proved that there's a civilized way to go about getting what you need. Both sides in the WGA strike behaved like nasty children, and the rank and file paid for it. The WGA may feel it slew a giant, but doesn;t care for the people whose houses got squashed when it came crashing to the ground.