Writer’s Strike: Week 2. Winners and Losers

Well, I believe I called this one. Buckle your seatbelts, writers, it’s going to be a bumpy strike.  This is one of those one-hundred-day-plus affairs. You can sniff the stalemate in the wind. Teamsters are vowing not to cross, SAF/AFTRA members are joining the picket lines in a show of solidarity, and to make matters worse, I swear I beheld a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him.
 
So let’s break it down. Second week. Who has the upper hand, and who is holding a poker hand, notoriously known as fruit salad? 
 
Drum roll, please! 
 
Too early to tell. I can say this. It will be a while before the studios will take a step back. They are attempting to set the rules for the DGA and the SAG negotiations just around the corner. And this is their chance to change how movies are created and, eventually, how they are made. Screenplays written and directed by AI starring computer-generated digital images of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Adrian Zmed.
 
Human Art and endeavor is best served by humans. Do what you can to help. Donate. Get educated. You can listen to a weekly podcast called Strike Talk offered by Deadline Hollywood. 
 
Support all unions. 
 
And don’t hold your breath. This is going to take a while.