"We are the people who create the stuff that the world watches. And yet we're treated as if we are virtually valueless," says the WGA's chief negotiator, Chris Keyser. "Sustaining a writing career has become almost untenable for a large percentage of our members. We're just at a breaking point."
Imagine having the audacity to say that when reruns streaming massively outperform any “modern” show.
I don't care for any modern series, so I've gone "back in time" to see old programming like the original Star Trek, Perry Mason and even Monty Python's Flying Circus when I'm eating dinner.
Frasier isn't even that old but I laugh at least once every episode. Same with the original Night Court. And many of those laughs are from non-PC content.
Imagine having the audacity to say that when reruns streaming massively outperform any “modern” show.
They aren't "valueless". They are worthless. Worse, they are negative value. Their current-year crap is a plague on humanity.
Just replace them with AI. The writers are already barely sentient NPCs anyway.
No kidding. I always laugh comparing the New Release and Trending queue, because everything people want to watch was made 30 years ago.
I don't care for any modern series, so I've gone "back in time" to see old programming like the original Star Trek, Perry Mason and even Monty Python's Flying Circus when I'm eating dinner.
Frasier isn't even that old but I laugh at least once every episode. Same with the original Night Court. And many of those laughs are from non-PC content.