We’re lovin’on the title of this article from washingtonpost.com (Paywall Alert!) because not only does it perfectly encapsulate what Sonia Rao has written below, it also shows how right William Goldman’s famous paragraph truly is.
Yeppers, friends and neighbors, we’re talking about this paragraph:
It’s time for the membership of the Writers Guilds of America, both West and East, to vote on the latest Minimum Basic Agreement between us, the writers, and them, the greedy, inflexible, generally all-around evil showbiz execs who consider themselves our overlords.
Yes, I’m that partisan. So it goes.
Here’s the FAQ put out by:
If you’ve been following the battle between the Writers Guild of America and the various Hollywood Agencies who can’t accept the idea that writers actually want to be represented and not fucked over, then you know how good this news is.
If you haven’t, this post will explain it to you. Either way, read on:
Actress Eileen Grubba—physically disabled since childhood, and an advocate for Performers with Disability (PWD)—has always beaten the odds.
A few months before her 5th birthday, Grubba was paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors didn’t think she would make it, and when she did, they predicted she would never walk again. But she prevailed again.
Vince Staskel, also an advocate for PWD, was born with cerebral palsy and is a friend and colleague to Grubba. He says Grubba “forced herself to walk through sheer will, and it took a lifetime of effort to keep her walking.”
What has our Writers Guild done for us lately?
Glad you asked because the Guild has a wonderful answer in Writers Connect, a short newsletter members get every week. (See? Another good reason to bust your butt to qualify and join.)
“It’s Just Automatic”Writers sound off about late pay successes from agency-provided information.