the idea that Kamala Harris has any trouble speaking extemporaneously is ridiculous, as the back-and-forth in this clip from her NABJ interview demonstrates
I keep hearing from rational people that this is a terrible time for us to strike because the companies are hurting. THEY ARE ALWAYS HURTING when it’s time to negotiate. The hurt this time comes from their own greed. We are not responsible for that. PAY US.
I’d love to see a female character who doesn’t want kids, doesn’t hide it, isn’t persecuted for it, isn’t made to feel like she’s broken, and isn’t the villain. Would be very nice.
“Repeat after me: My child is not a failure if he or she starts out at a community college.” We should promote these options more, as pathways to success.
Not only did these shows employ thousands of people (EXCEPT ME BUT I FUCKING TRIED SO MANY TIMES), these shows were great. Really bread-and-butter TV in the best possible sense, which IS NOT EASY TO MAKE. A bigger loss than many believe.
Jared Padalecki speaks out on The CW's "cheap content" strategy after the series finale of
#Walker
.
"I feel like The CW that I was a part of last year is not The CW that I was a part of under [former chairman and CEO] Mark Pedowitz for that entire, almost 20-year stretch.
Delta has banned 100 anti-maskers from taking their flights — and even gone a step further by adding them to a "no fly" list.
Despite outrage from some consumers, legal experts say it's within the airline's scope of rights.
Never a bad time to revisit the knowledge Ethan Hawke dropped on the show in Sept 2018 about raising daughters... but today seems like a particularly good time
Persuading people that doomsday scenarios are likely makes it more likely that they will give up and disengage.
🔹Trump's con is that he is a strongman and unbeatable.
🔹One goal of active measures is to cause people to lose faith in democracy.
These are tied together.
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@PaulRoseJr
@brianscully
This is why it freaks me out when you can drive through two East Coast states in an hour. I can’t even get to Santa Monica in an hour.
@mang0ld
As one of the writers of the TV show that was unceremoniously canceled but universally loved, PLEASE show us the Parliament of Trees. We didn’t get to do it.
If the Wednesday writers are in the room breaking the next season, they should just have Jenna Ortega do it and go on vacation. Let’s see her at the white board!
CUT TO: ONE MONTH LATER. Eric is on a ventilator. Eyes wide with fear. “Oh Lord, why didn’t you send me a sign that this was real?” God: “I sent you three vaccines, you fuckhole.”
Religious-right commentator Eric Metaxas says people should refuse to get vaccinated for COVID just to be a rebel: "If the government or everybody is telling you you have to do something ... if only to be a rebel, you need to say, 'I'm not going to do this.'"
GODDAMMIT STOP THIS. This is extra super shitty. The showrunner’s JOB is to rewrite. Taking money away from staff, taking RESIDUALS away from staff, is gross. Protect your writers. Don’t steal from them.
I don’t want prestige TV, I want comfort shows with thirty-six episode seasons where at least three episodes are holiday-themed and ten of them are the worst thing you’ve ever seen in your life.
Well, looks like I’m wearing a mask inside until the willfully unvaccinated kill themselves off. Is anyone else just REALLY tired of being ruled by a batshit minority?
THIS!!! I think one of the reasons audiences are gravitating towards nostalgia is because there is a subconscious desire for honest emotion. Cynicism creates distance and we have enough of that in our culture.
“Well-deserved” doesn’t even begin to cover it. Beyond thrilled in particular for Stephanie Hsu, who didn’t get as much press but WOW is she good in this.
The answer to the question, “What is the perfect model for how to create a TV show” is Cobra Kai. Hear me out. The show has a simple premise: Having lived very different lives, two enemies are forced to face each other again. /1
@RevDaniel
@theerinmaher
Yeah, Mary Magdalene saw the resurrected Jesus, told the guys, and then they had to go see for themselves because they wouldn’t trust the person Jesus called the apostle to the apostles.
No "I respectfully dissent" today.
Jackson: "Because the majority's judgment stunts that progress without any basis in law, history, logic, or justice, I dissent."
Sotomayor: "Because the Court's opinion is not grounded in law or fact ... dissent."
#SCOTUS
#affirmativeaction
The latest wave of covid propaganda is to claim that ~covid anxiety~ is the biggest pandemic problem we're facing. I have yet to see the data. I have, on the other hand, seen mountains of data indicating structural and functional changes to heart, lungs, brain, and more. 🧵
@tvoti
This is another way for studios to control the creative process, and avoid paying backend even more than they’re avoiding paying it with shorter seasons. Episodic TV is dying and I’m sad.
“New voices” is code for “writers without power” and “new process” is code for “screwing the writer with no power.” There’s a reason picketing has been concentrated at Netflix. It’s the Death Star.
In 2021, I got a meeting request from a TAG animated show for Netflix, with a hot star attached. Netflix wanted "new voices" for a "new process."
The process? Break the entire season over a WEEKEND. Then give each writer a freelance.
My pay for the whole season would be $9k.
For
#Caturday
I adopted this kitten, who is watching figure skating with me and jumped up on the TV during Nathan Chen’s program because she already knows brilliance when she sees it.
Our first TV bosses, Morgan & Wong, were everything you could ask for from mentors. Worst boss was so toxic we didn’t write for a year. This shit is not necessary.
People are going to talk about all of the shocking behind the scenes stories, but if there's one takeaway I hope they get from Mo's indispensable new book, it's putting to rest the idea that dysfunction & cruelty are necessary parts of the creative process in making great TV.
If X were around in 1984, can you imagine Ronald Reagan posting this? No, because it's batsh*t crazy.
Trump isn't Republican or conservative, he's the insane guy ranting on a street corner.
Shonda Rhimes also signed a nine-figure Netflix deal, arriving with eight projects. She has written produced features, created six network TV series and had her own night on ABC. The Stranger Things guys have one show. 🤷♀️
@alegresol
Instead, they lay people off, make money by not releasing movies, refuse to pay us and say we are “not serious people.” Bros, we’re not the ones who can’t live within our means. Fix your own shit!
PAYING THE WRITER
Well, we’ve got another strike going, because while story distributors really like making all the money that comes with distributing stories, which they do not create, they’d rather not pay even a bit of that money to the people who actually create the stories.
The show was cancelled after premiering to 100% positive reviews, glowing fan feedback and crashing the DC app. The cast & crew worked so hard and we are all very proud of the show. That will never change.
#SwampThing
@Chinchillazllla
@DavidAgStone
@forevertawl
@MarkRuffalo
Like I said, I was a Bernie supporter at the start of the 2016 campaign. I need someone who can prove they can get things done, who doesn’t just spend time yelling at me. Thanks for not yelling though (g).
@FOXSports
I couldn’t hear a word of the telecast. What in God’s name are you people doing over there? An historic race, couldn’t hear the race call, the interviews, nothing but crowd noise. Who do I complain to?
Carol Brady’s first husband must have been a real piece of work, seeing as how Carol and the girls never even mention him, or know any of his relatives.
Magnificent performances. Couple them with his understated, phenomenal work in Ordinary People. It’s hard to grasp a world without him but here we are. 😢
I’ve gotten more actual information from our federal government in five fucking days than I got in four years. It’s a breath of fresh air. I didn’t know how much I needed it!
@theerinmaher
And then they all go, “it’s not actual money, that has nothing to do with the company, blah blah blah.” I don’t fucking care. Go ahead and cut your fat, then come back to us. Assholes.
I would give ANYTHING to get away with ten percent of the genre-bending worldbuilding Watchmen is doing. And to not get fired for it. Seriously I will murder for this chance.
55 YEARS AGO [04/11/66]: The Beach Boys finish recording “God Only Knows” — a song Brian Wilson said he wrote in 45 mins and that
@PaulMcCartney
later called his favorite song of all time. It’s “one of the few songs that reduces me to tears.” 💕