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November 9, 2007
Thousands of Striking Writers Rally At Fox Plaza
All your favorite writers of all your favorite shows gathered this morning around brunch at Fox Plaza to celebrate the first week of their strike.
Some of the fellas from Rage Against the Machine showed up and played, Jesse Jackson pressed the flesh, and Tom Arnold heard there would be free food so he came too.
Of course your pals LAist were there, so expect more team coverage from insiders, actual striking writers, and our killer photographers.
After the jump some more photos of the celebs and guitar heroes who attended today's rally, snapped by an unidentified industry employee who graciously emailed the pics to LAist.
If you have pics that you'd like us to see, upload them onto flickr and tag them "laist".
tom morello of guitar hero 3 has come to save the day
Zack de la Rocha of rage against the machine gets some love
hi larry david's head!
tom arnold jokes are so easy at this point, arent they?
big crowd at the wga strike in fox plaza in century city
jesse jackson came out to support the strikers on the avenue of the stars
all photos by Anonymous, used with permission
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HAHA Tom Morello of GH3 fame = hilarious...
Was Slash from Velvet Revolver there too?!
thats not funny, sorry.
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Okay, the concert is over! Put the lighters down and get back to work. You had your fill of the Krispy Kremes, pizza, and Eva Longoria-Parker, so it's all down hill from here anyway. People are now going to start losing their jobs and you are going to have to try and sleep at night knowing that little Sally didn't get what she wanted for X-mas or that extra-limbed daughter of the craft-service lady won't get the surgery she needs. You won't win this battle. You'll end up settling for something else because you are the "player" and they are the "house". People leave Vegas knowing they lost, but feeling like they won. Most of you know what I am talking about. Most of you know that you are losing more money now than you can afford. You also know that you'll never see that money again. Even if you were to win this battle, you still lose. Are you fighting for future generations of writers? Come on, go back to work and fight "the man" from the inside. I am sure if we steal enough of their pens and paper they'll feel it.
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Addict, pleeeease. The WGA has won before, look at their history. They have residuals, a pension and healthcare, because the entire Guild fought for it for future generations of writers. It DID happen. And SAG, some IATSE and the Teamsters marched with them at FOX today.
How do you make product without writers and actors? You don't. You just make yet more reality TV for an over-saturated market sick of reality shows. If people lose their jobs, it's probably because the corporate studios will not give the writers a contract. And the studios never lose sleep over the suffering of others, don't you know that by now?
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I think Rage Against the Machine and Jesse Jackson "showed up" because they wanted the pictures to have at least some token diversity. Could there be a less diverse "union"?
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I think you like to bring race into everything.
How racially diverse are the CEO's and billionaires on the Corporate Studio side? Do they even have any women of any color?
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Yeah, spoon, you're right. It's about race with me. And yes, that's sarcasm. I'm merely making an observation.
As for the entire industry, I couldn't think of a less diverse industry. And before you say it, yes, I worked in the business for 10 years. I was one of the few people of color and one of the rare native Angelenos working on the set or in the office.
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Spoon, if they have won before then what are they fighting for? Sure, they have their residuals, pension & health, and a decent wage...wait, what the hell is their problem again? Are they working in sweat-shop conditions? Nope. They already have it good. Do they deserve their fair share? Of course. I am not saying, "Screw writers".
I believe that an alternative to a strike should have been investigated. Those reality programs you speak of were partly born from the last strike and they will surely flourish once again while other shows get canceled. I know studios have no heart, they are machines, but the writers are people...they need to think about this with their hearts.
Television is a drug. The studios will always find a way to make money. Meanwhile, the strike will mean more reality TV and fewer jobs for the writers to return to once this is all over. Don't believe that great writing/acting/production is indispensable, if it was I'd be watching Deadwood and Arrested Development tonight.
Even if the writers get what the want, it will be the few that truly reap the benefits while the others are trying to catch up on all those bills.
How many writer's make the $1000/week for strike benefits? There are plenty of people who won't make that in a month working 40 hours/week.
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Off topic, but for those who are saying that studios aren't diverse. I was actually surprised at how many women are in top-tier business and IT positions at the studio I'm at. And yes, women of color too. It's a more diverse environment than I've seen in other industries.