On Nov 13, 3:41 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <zPm_i.1045$xu3....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Tony Harding <ToH...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > In article <5s6_i.79$VK...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Tony Harding <ToH...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > >> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > >>> In article
<1194896832.987944.176...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>> Sean Walsh <seanoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975769.html?categoryid=2821&cs=1
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> > >>>> "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.
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> > >>>> "Instead of negotiating, they lashed out at the little guy,"
> > >>>> MacFarlane added. "What a classy move."
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> > >>>> --
> > >>>> Sean
> > >>> Uh - he's the one that walked out and shut down production on the
show,
> > >> Didn't a contract run out?
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> > > 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.
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> > 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. ;)
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> > /bit of a rant
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> > Given the current situation in the US, I encourage all unions to push
> > back hard, especially against Fox.
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> > end rant/
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> Doesn't matter; as I understand it, he stepped out willingly (as Steve
> Carrel and Leno did). And production on an animated show goes on for
> months and months after the writing is finished.
I think his reasoning was that since editing is like rewriting, he
wouldn't do that.
He's also the showrunner so I think he has more power/ability to shut
down production; and he's hardly the only one whose shut down
production. Greg Daniels over at Office did it, Tina Fey at 30 Rock,
the Lost people and many others.
--
Sean
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