The Writer's Guild of America is on strike. There are actually really good reasons for the writer's to strike-- basically most guild members spend their career making no money, then a lucky few wind up making a ton of money for-- if they're lucky 7-8 years and then often, never work again. And those are the successful ones. Writer's are like the Olympic gymnasts of the entertainment world, only significantly less attractive. They train and work and burn out, never to be heard from again. So, while it looks like they make enormous salaries, in reality-- they don't and most survive off of residuals that derive from their creative contribution. And the studios have basically smacked down the WGA for the past decade over reality TV, digital media-- anywhere they could cut writers out. So, it's an important strike, really.
But this is the last time I'm going to be serious about it, because c'mon- writers on strike is HI-larious. Don't believe me? You'll see.
