Another insightful article (with a clip of Adam Driver just speaking truth to power).
As Hollywood CEOs squabble amid ongoing strikes the AMPTP probably should seriously consider splitting up and making their own deals
This is my point! Companies like Neon and A24 are worth a FRACTION of the multi-billion-dollar studios and streamers, yet they can sign the “dream demands” of SAG without hassle and get on with their business, which means it’s not really about the money. If it was, if it was actually true that the studios cannot afford to meet the “dream demands” of the unions, then a smaller company like Neon DEFINITELY wouldn’t be able to. But Neon can! Which means the studios can. They just won’t.
Love to see this, though:
… as public support for the unions is still, months later, overwhelming. If anything, it’s going UP. The latest Gallup Poll puts support among the American public over 70% favoring the writers.
