Hummm lets see as noted this town has tendency to have a very long memory and clings to either real or imagined insults or transgressions with no time limits. It would be to say the least foolish of me to even use my own name and maybe as foolish to give any clues as to where I could be.

Its safe to say my job places me in a interesting place to collect information and opinions. One thing I have learned about Hollywood is people do not openly share opinions but if they can or feel someone is listening is amazing what people will tell me.

As for shuttered shows that something anyone even remotely close to the industry could find-perhaps a list here would shock people. More to the point are the ordinary people to be met and spoken with throughout Burbank or sitting at home bored, worried and not very happy.

As for constructive if you mean some sort of possible solution…sure but it would have occured well before this strike was called and it would seem that the union really did not care about what the public or their fellow entertainment industry workers felt, thought or would endure, now that the strike is on it seems odd they are acting as if solidarity is something to be EXPECTED…My idea would be to backtrack, reach out and somehow make their cause something public opinion (fellow industry emplyees) could relate to and enbrace once that is done they could truely put pressure on the large corporations that own the studios to do as they want….pickets and demonstrations serve no point if you have no attention or support

Would it be possible for you to tell us firsthand, about your own experiences in/with the strike?

Did you work on a show that was shuttered? etc.

This might be constructive for the conversation here…

–Mark

The comparison to striking lets say GM is not fair, nor is the lame comparison some have made to the civil rights causes of before. This strike (maybe your stirke) isn not about equal rights but money comparing your strike to people fighting and dying to be treated like equals is plain and simple disgusting…as for comparing to lets say striking GM or a coal mine…the UAW goes on strike and its membership encompasses most of the work force you guys (writers) go on strike and the coat tail effect drags along everyone….what you and your members see as strength others feel as unnessicary pain and that lack of compassion or even inability to address that is what will eventually drag you down and cause anger and resentment that will last for years.

If the current talks fail and there is a counter demonstration it will not be about solidarity it will be about showing you and your membership something, it would be sad if writers were so dim witted to see the counter demonstration as a show of solidarity and show up to march along side but hey dumber things have happened right?

Hummm so you have nothing to say to Mr.Young’s narrow minded and selfish comment about being a rock star or the havoc he has created and seems to crave…that one comment is what irks people and many writers either cannot find fault with or for some odd reason see his behavior as totally happening and cool….Consider how this has settled into being about all those internet dollars…and then consider they (writers) cannot grasp how such a thoughtless, lame, ignorant, selfish statement rings in the heads of all the people put out of work over their strike…hey NEWSFLASH…if you guys are SO creative, brilliant, deserving maybe show us you can REALLY come up with a way to lead us to believe your actions are just instead of that bullhorn you guys are latched onto saying such bizzare things with a bozo like that the studios need not bother tossing dirt, lies or much else…fact is the longer this goes on the less (as in lots) sympathy writers will get from the people they work with

Short has NO credibility as a fighter for the AMERICAN film worker.