Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <5s6_i.79$VK.60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Tony Harding <ToHard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article <1194896832.987944.176530@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Sean Walsh <seanocity@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975769.html?categoryid=2821&cs=1
>>>>
>>>> "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane touched a nerve Friday when he
>>>> elicited perhaps the angriest response among the 4,000 attendees at
>>>> Friday's WGA rally at Fox Plaza. Invoking the image of the companies
>>>> as schoolyard bullies, he recounted that all "Family Guy" assistants
>>>> had been fired by Fox on the third day of the strike.
>>>>
>>>> "Instead of negotiating, they lashed out at the little guy,"
>>>> MacFarlane added. "What a classy move."
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sean
>>> Uh - he's the one that walked out and shut down production on the
show,
>> Didn't a contract run out?
>
> The WGA contract, yes, and they absolutely shouldn't be writing without
> it. But MacFarlane is management. He walked out and shut down the show
> voluntarily, apparently expecting Fox to keep paying everybody while he
> kept them from working.
The writers were already on strike, so how much production could have
been going on? Plus, McFarlane is listed as a writer on many episodes
and he voices many characters, so I'd say he carries a SAG card in
addition to his WGA card. Producers don't carry cards, they carry $$$$
instead. ;)
/bit of a rant
Given the current situation in the US, I encourage all unions to push
back hard, especially against Fox.
end rant/
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