Strike Life - "Passionate"

	Duration: 03:16 minutes Upload Time: 2007-11-30 12:10:11 User: wgaamerica :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: The second in the Strike Life series features Cynthia Carle and Rick Overton performing an improvised ode to the studio exec, "Passionate".
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beautifulGRBG ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 12:35:27 thats why we need writers...great entertainment. I doubt a studio exec could sing the blues like that! Let alone write it. __________________________________________________
MadScout ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 12:44:04 You said it. :D __________________________________________________
toreadoroflove ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 13:09:24 niiice __________________________________________________
bignasty96 ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 13:52:35 Fuck the writers. I just want to be entertained. Give me a break. I hate unions, I hate strikes and I hate that I can't be entertained after a hard day's work. There are no winners. The producers are losers. The writers are losers. And the general public is the biggest loser. Another sad day in America. __________________________________________________
alexandraleggat ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 13:54:13 Superb! I feel the passion! __________________________________________________
osse32 ::: Favorites  2007-11-30 14:08:31 ahahaha "New Guinea or Texas or one of those places." __________________________________________________
bojalwasix ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 01:50:00 Funny. But, do you realize how appreciative I would be to have a writing job? I work in a dish pit all day everyday, trying to pay for my own education (which only allows me to take one class per semester) and I have no help from anyone.... You have one of my dream jobs and you're complaining... I don't understand. __________________________________________________
steedoggydogg ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 02:51:28 The fact that it's a job many want does not mean that it's right or logical or sane to then lay down when your boss suddenly decides to cut your pay in times of record revenue. The desirable nature of the job does not mean we should take getting screwed. I cannot see how you could believe or argue that we should. In fact, it is that very specialized nature of the skill and the difficultly of breaking in (much like a baseball player) that should afford us a bit more control over our earnings. __________________________________________________
bojalwasix ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 03:50:17 It's a job that I want, I also want the PAY, not just the title. I don't agree with the strike, I'm sorry, I think it's completely selfish and a slap in the face to other hard working folks. You get paid plenty and the producers and company owners can do whatever they want with their copyrighted material. You work for them and you'll work for what they pay, that's how a job works unless you're running your own damned business. __________________________________________________
kool4eva ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 05:31:00 excellent.. hope those studio execs.. sort it out soon __________________________________________________
steedoggydogg ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 13:11:34 No, the way the job works is that we get residual payments for reuse of our product -- payments fought for and agreed to by the companies in order to allow writers to get by during long and common times of unemployment. They are now trying to take those payments away for the future when TV comes over the internet. If you really feel that companies should be able to do "whatever they want," with regards to your pay, please inform your employer on Monday. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to hear it. __________________________________________________
renixe ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 14:31:26 This is a common argument against the WGA strike, and it misses the entire point of the strike. While they may make a decent living now, as more content gets put up on the internet where they get paid nothing for (and companies still makes millions off ads), do you think writing will still be a viable job? __________________________________________________
bojalwasix ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 14:51:31 What about the filmers of the shows? What about the designers? What about the make up artists? All of their work is on there as well, they're not on strike and I'm sure they get payed the exact same way you guys do. As for Steedoggydogg, my company knows they can do what they want with my money, atleast within the minimum wage. If they cut my pay, I would simply leave and find another job though. If you guys have enough skill to create videos like this, why don't you create your own shows? __________________________________________________
renixe ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 17:42:33 Oh, I see. So you're saying that if you didn't feel you were being compensated fairly, you would leave. So a writer leaves NBC to go to..FOX? CBS? The point no matter where you go in Hollywood, they're trying to screw over the writers in regards to compensation on the internet. What's the difference between watching a television show with ads to watching a show on the internet with ads? Why should this change how the writers are compensated? __________________________________________________
lizjewelry ::: Favorites  2007-12-01 22:02:44 Hey bojalwasix, (by the way, he considers himself a musician, an artist...against the writers strike) the "filmers" also go by the name "showrunners"...they happen to be STRIKING in solidarity with the writers (as are actors). Just to keep you informed, you know, in case you want to punch up your argument a bit. __________________________________________________