This is Day 82 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. There’s solidarity in the air in LA with a slew of writers continuing to join the actors’ picket lines after securing their own deal with the…
with a slew of writers continuing to join the actors’ picket lines after securing their own deal with the AMPTP., the picket lines, now focused on the actors requests, are still busy and, as seen this morning, full of “cautious optimism.”SAG-AFTRA & Studio CEOs Start Talks Today With Revenue Sharing Still Divisive Issue; “Be Cautious” Expecting A Quick Deal, Town Warnedtold Deadline, “The writers got real progress.
Ealy said that his children are interested in acting, but he’s concerned whether it will still be a profession. He said that there’s a lot of professions that won’t be around in 20 or 30 years.“We can prevent [robots taking over] if we demand meaning as an audience, not just as actors. We have to demand to see projects where humans interact with humans and not everything being computer generated, that’s what it’s going to come down to.
He particularly pointed to A.I and a video that has gone viral that appears to be Tom Hanks promoting a dental plan, but that was “nothing to do with” him. Iwinski, a WGA negotiating committee member, was in the room with the studio and streaming chiefs and their top negotiator, Carol Lombardini, during the marathon talks in California that produced a deal.
“The biggest thing that our strike proved is that when Carol says ‘never,’ that’s not actually true,” Iwinski said. “And she loves saying ‘never.’ But we proved her wrong about half a dozen times. And so now SAG can walk in and when they hear ‘never’ they can say, ‘Well, that’s not necessarily true.’
Irwin, who trained as a clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey and transitioned to screen acting, has busied himself during the strikes with stage acting and teaching.
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