Writers on Strike

Have you ever wondering about the hard-working men behind the screens whenever you were fascinated with a film or a TV show? Yes? Well, how often did you wondering and particularly making a silent apprehension to the writer in particular? Oh, i see a hand raised, yes, you at the far-end. Huh? What's that? You're a writer yourself? I'm sorry, but that doesn't count. Anyone else? Well? No? Then, maybe, since those writers weren't received enough attention (and money, yes, particularly money), maybe if they went on a strike, you'd see how important their roles are in the industry.

As of today, 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on a strike. The last strike was happened at 1988 and costing the American entertainment industry a whopping estimated 500 million dollars.

I was guilty as well, for not paying enough attention to the writers, often more to the directors, and actors. From what i've read, this strike could well be a considerable threat to several running TV series. The most notable will be the much awaited Heroes: Origins that previously scheduled to air somewhere on February. NBC has put the spin-off Heroes series on an indefinite hiatus.

As a casual viewer and particularly a huge fan of a good script, i sincerely hoped that the WGA and whatever party that they went on a strike against could come to a mutual understanding between each other so that we wouldn't have to suffer a terrible scripted films and TV series for long.

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