This has a lot to do with why I have almost completely given up on going into audio production. Which kind of sucks considering I'm little more than a dozen credits away from having a bachelors degree in that field.
And while I'm totally on the side of the writer's in this current situation, I generally have no love for the WGA or any of the entertainment industry unions. Especially SAG, they're the worst -- like crooked and unfair on the level of pipefitter's unions. They create just as many problems for their workforce as the corporations do by essentially saying "you can practice you art... so long as you practice it *only* with the other people in our little club." Fuck that, that's not art, that's a dictatorship. It's almost the same mentality that led to the movie studios essentially *owning* actors like they did in the first half of the 20th century. Which is ridiculous b/c the unions were created to stop that crap.
But yeah, what are we going to do? Having the screwed up trade unions is infinitely better than letting the corporations run wild.
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And while I'm totally on the side of the writer's in this current situation, I generally have no love for the WGA or any of the entertainment industry unions. Especially SAG, they're the worst -- like crooked and unfair on the level of pipefitter's unions. They create just as many problems for their workforce as the corporations do by essentially saying "you can practice you art... so long as you practice it *only* with the other people in our little club." Fuck that, that's not art, that's a dictatorship. It's almost the same mentality that led to the movie studios essentially *owning* actors like they did in the first half of the 20th century. Which is ridiculous b/c the unions were created to stop that crap.
But yeah, what are we going to do? Having the screwed up trade unions is infinitely better than letting the corporations run wild.