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OotL: What's going on in Hollywood? (self.outoftheloop)

submitted 1 year ago by GaleFromCali to c/outoftheloop

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I've seen headlines about actors/actresses protesting about stuff. The same goes for other creative talent in the entertainment industry. What's going on there? What are their demands? What fueled these protests all of a sudden?

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[–] elscallr 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

They're striking. Collective bargaining negotiations broke down with the studios ostensibly negotiating in bad faith. It started with the Writer's Guild, and then SAG jumped in after the studios basically told the WGA to go piss up a rope.

[–] GaleFromCali 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks, but what started these strikes in the first place? Was there a key event that started this whole thing?

[–] TheFlopster 12 points 1 year ago

I believe it was a regularly scheduled contract negotiation (because the previous contract was about to expire), and no agreement was reached for the terms of the new contract.

[–] MKBandit 5 points 1 year ago

Streaming doesn't pay enough residuals. So companies just keep all the money instead of fairly paying the artists

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