TV Staff Minimum Remains Key Sticking Point, but Some in WGA Privately Grumble: ‘Nobody Asked for This’
TV Staff Minimum Remains Key Sticking Point, but Some in WGA Privately Grumble: ‘Nobody Asked for This’
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TV Staff Minimum Remains Key Sticking Point, but Some in WGA Privately Grumble: ‘Nobody Asked for This’
Look at the quote tweets for this article and you'll find showrunner after showrunner saying that that's exactly what they're asking for. It's been one of the main demands of the strike from day one.
While we can’t see the quote tweets without being on Twitter, I am not surprised.
It seems that there a case to be made to be some exceptions for some very short limited series that really are like multiple part movies.
On the whole though, the ‘Showrunners need flexibility’ argument is untenable. Without the contractual requirement for larger rooms, showrunners who are trying to build larger rooms to develop writers and producers do not have the ability to push back against the pressures of studios and production companies to minimize the rooms and effectively demand unpaid overtime from the small core of writers.
This particular demand has been singled out since the beginning of the strike - it's interesting, because there really are very few solo "auteurs" out there running their own shows, but the media gives them (especially Taylor Sheridan) an awful lot of coverage.