Writer explains the WGA strike


	Writer explains the WGA strike

bignosemousie

11-7-2007 5:40 PM

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television, strike, hollywood, media

bignosemousie says:

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11-7-2007 5:56 PM

bignosemousie

Whoa.

And thank you to actors like Vince Vaughn, who since he isn’t in the WGA, finds nothing morally wrong with agreeing to polish scripts during a strike. The fact that we go out on strike to craft a deal that will be the template for the SAG deal so HE won’t have to go out on strike apparently means nothing to him.

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