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• In fact, CAA was out in force at CBS Radford today handing out coffee.

  Comment by Steve — January 9, 2008 @ 4:58 pm  Reply to this post

• Oooooooo…maybe now my agent will cut his rate by 20%. I mean, it really won’t hurt him much, it’s not like I’m making him much money by being on strike, y’know?

  Comment by jake Hollywood — January 9, 2008 @ 5:01 pm  Reply to this post

• This really sucks. I know two of the agents well, and both work very hard at their jobs.

  I can just see the jokes purcolating about agents and losing their jobs, but know these people aren’t the big, big earners, but the people who do the grunt work of starting clients careers and keeping them working.

  Much like in the world outside of the industry, it is the middle class writers, agents, execs, etc (in other words the people most friendly to writers and their cause) that are going to take a the brunt of this strike.

  Don’t be surprised when the agent that you most liked to have on your team (the good ones who return your phone calls, and find new work for you), are signed, sealed and delivered to another industry.

  I know the brunt of this is the AMPTPs doing, however, the writers’ need to stop some of the militancy, and begin to encourage their leadership to develop a new strategy in getting everyone back to the table.

  The WGA is not going to tackle all of their demons in this negotiation, and some of you need to realize this.

  If the leadership even agrees to 4 of the 6 demands on the table, there is a good possibility we can get back to the table and deal with the real Internet issue. Which, by the way won’t be completely solved until the next contract.

  BOTH SIDES GET BACK TO THE F’ING TABLE AND STOP THE CARNAGE!

  Comment by Agentatanotheragency — January 9, 2008 @ 5:49 pm  Reply to this post

• Pay cuts and layoffs…
  What ever happened to “force majeure”?
  When the strike began, everyone here
  worried that come mid-December, the studio’s
  would REALLY cut pay & lay off people by
  invoking the force majeure clause.
  So, what happened…Jan 10th, 2008, and no
  force majeure?
  Here’s my question: Are the million dollar
  actors on Lost or Grey’s Anatomy,for
  example, losing their millions of dollars
  during the strike?
  If so, wouldn’t it be in the studios
  interest to keep all actors frozen in
  place during the strike? If force majeure
  was issued, then actors would be free
  from their contracts, and free to make
  millions elsewhere.
  So don’t the studios benefit from hurting
  the major actors, and turning them against the WGA, by NOT declaring force
  majeure?
  I’d really like someone with studio smarts
  to explain why force majeure-the ultimate
  pay cut and layoff-has not been invoked
  by the studios.

  Comment by Youth wants to know — January 9, 2008 @ 6:33 pm  Reply to this post

• I am sorry about all the doom and gloom… I have been out of work for two months. The top agents in town have the power – why don’t they all get together and continue to get the two parties back in the room – use their pressure. Who represents the govenor??? Why are they not all over him to get involved???
  What happened to Bryan Lourd? I would love to hear his side of what happened….. Who is going to step in and save this business that we all love???

  Comment by Frustrated — January 9, 2008 @ 6:59 pm  Reply to this post

• CAA bought lots of coffee for the picketers at CBS Radford today. The bagel/churro budget may be gone, but they still have enough for hot liquids.

  Comment by BarrR — January 9, 2008 @ 11:31 pm  Reply to this post

• I have speculated about this before, but it’s worth posing these questions again:

  Who stands to gain if the tenpercentaries are weakened?

  Is this part of the AMPTP’s calculations???

  Comment by mheister — January 9, 2008 @ 11:57 pm  Reply to this post