Writers exploded with fury Wednesday after studio offers were made public — an attempt, the writers said, to divide them as their strike drags past 100 days.
Nevertheless, writers and actors say they will not cave because their industry is at an existential moment — even if studios don’t see it that way.The studios’ offer — which dates from Aug. 11 and is the only offer they have made in writing — does much to sweeten the pot for what writers were seeking, without addressing their demands in total.
“Our priority is to end the strike so that valued members of the creative community can return to what they do best and to end the hardships that so many people and businesses that service the industry are experiencing,” Carol Lombardini, president of the AMPTP, said in a statement accompanying the offer. “We have come to the table with an offer that meets the priority concerns the writers have expressed.
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