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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused.  What are they striking about?

And don't they realize that halting everything only hurts themselves (no premieres, no upcoming movie/TV releases and the revenue, etc)?

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Why don't you read an article and come back?

One article. Even just skim it. [/quote]

plenty of good coverage of both the writers' and now the actors' strikes.

I hope folks can access this--the Post has a paywall but I think maybe the first article is visible? 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/07/13/why-actors-writers-strike-sag-wga-issues/

There are some truly existential issues at stake for actors as well as writers. And the PP who noted that studios want to pay actors ONCE to scan their likenesses and then use those likenesses as background AI "extras" forever is correct. It's indvidious. It's also not acting. Doing work as an extra is how quite a few actors make some initial money and start moving up to a line, then maybe a tiny role, then onward....

But there are many issues. Read the Post article or hey, just do one quick Google search, PPs who are confused. [/quote]

Technology has forced a lot of people from their jobs or forced them to pivot. Why should acting be some holy grail that can’t be touched? The reality? Thru could not even hire an extra in the first place and instead just use AI for all extras.

And maybe it’s time that acting became a regular paying job across the board. Why do we need to pay actors millions of dollars in salary? What if they were paid a standard $250k salary a  year or even less? Plenty of people who would still want to do it. [/quote]
Acting isn't a holy grail that can't be touched, but it's a profession that has union leverage, and of course they're going to use that leverage to protect their bottom line. Most actors would DREAM to make $250k a year. The minimum to get health insurance through SAG is something like $26k a year, and many struggle to maintain that minimum on day jobs and commercials. These are the working actors most at risk, because they're the ones who would be offered the one time buyout for their likeness so they can become the Wilhelm Scream of background extras until the end of time. [/quote]

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