Smokin' Joe Carnahan: BE A BIGGER BULLY

BE A BIGGER BULLY

12/19/2007 at 09:21 AM

Guys:

I love a blatantly ballsy move. I love the 'drastic-spastic.' I love when people are
pushed to the point of implosion and simply let their ID do the talking.

This is what the WGA is doing now. And it's fantastic no matter how mistimed or
ill-conceived and I'm not saying their refusal to grant waivers to the Globes or the Oscars
is either of those things, any more than the WGA being a kicked dog, dead tired of taking the boot,
that's become a rabid, snarling, all-incisors, blood-on-the-snout, Hound From Hell.

F*ckin' A is it great to see...This is the combined sack and moxie that the guild always
seemed to lack. The leadership never appeared ready to drop the goon hand in a definitive
fashion and now, within the last week, they've shown their resolve and it looks both
unshakeable and combat-proof. They've made a fan out of me. I was pissed and wary
and I've turned the corner with these folks. These are the kinds of moves that get sh*t solved in my
opinion...Start stripping away the glamour. Start killing the flashbulbs. Start depriving the
flush of fame and all its accoutreman and the walls will begin to crumble...

Good for Pat Verrone and David Young. The idea of the strike just politely stepping aside
and allowing the Glitterati their biggest of big nights just wasn't gonna happen. Nor should
it. F*ck the Armani tuxes and Wang gowns. F*ck the Winston broaches and the red carpet
marches. War is war and that declaration seems obvious by now.

When you get bricked by ultimatums you come back like this. Now Letterman and Kimmel
want to go back to work (as does the rest of the town) and maybe a different burner gets
turned. Maybe a little splashback blame starts to land on the AMPTP and THEIR unwillingness
and THEIR bullsh*t instead of everything coming back on the Writer's Guild.

Hard to tell which way this one is headed kids. Complete resolution or union abolishment.

Forget what's come before this moment.

The sh*t has now officially hit the fan.

Fingers crossed (in the most far flung sense) that this forces some kind of settlement.

Comments

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Posted by: Doubler 12/19/2007 at 11:41 AM

I'll tell you something JC, you get me an appointment with everybody important, I'll tell them they're fired, I'll take over the town and make a rule: Nobody gets paid until the movie comes out, and then, everybody gets paid the same thing, equally. Studio execs, producers, directors, writers, tea boys, trailer cleaners, the guy who serves you your hotdog in the cinema. Nobody gets more than anybody else.

That should sort this sh*t out.

Oh, and Merry Christmas!

Posted by: RTA 12/19/2007 at 12:28 PM

Perhaps the AMPTP should watch "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and pay close attention to the scene where the trucks try to make it out of the factory...let's get "Big Joe", and "Harry Black" in there with Nick Counter and see what happens.

Maybe "Ellen" could play "Tralala"?

Cheers,
RTA

	Posted by: Marti 12/19/2007 at 01:31 PM
Hooray for Underdog!

	Posted by: Rachelle 12/19/2007 at 01:31 PM
I'm dreading all the lame fecking reality shows that will surface the longer the strike goes on. The only good thing is that I've been reading more books. LOL!

Posted by: Wendy 12/19/2007 at 02:54 PM

I'm all for ANYTHING that gets this strike resolved and as quickly as possible. But yes, it is hard to say where this is all headed at this point. Hey, maybe this year the Academy Awards will actually come in under the alotted time for once. :D

Best Wishes, Wendy

Posted by: ursus 12/19/2007 at 03:20 PM

I saw that "American Gladiators" is coming back. Bill Hicks is surely rolling over in his grave. And probably laughing his ass off that his routine from almost 20 years ago is profoundly relevant AGAIN! A Bush in office, a war in the Middle East, and American fucking Gladiators are back to distract us all. What’s next, a New Kids on the Block reunion? Why not, we got the Spice Girls again.

Studio execs are absolute paragons of banality. And it’s a testament to American stupidity that we’ll but it… Again. Please may this strike resolve before we get “Chewing food with Paris Hilton” or Tila Tequila’s “Watch Me Do Stuff” and this whole promising world comes to a squandered cross-eyed end.

"Go back to bed America, here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up, go back to bed America."

-ursus-

	Posted by: Justin 12/19/2007 at 04:21 PM
I'm not happy about the refusal to sign the waivers but understand it. As somebody who follows the Oscar race obsessively from the beginning to the end, I'd be really pissed if there was no ceremony.

	Posted by: Mila 12/19/2007 at 04:56 PM
Wow. That's a hell of a thing.

Posted by: kevin 12/19/2007 at 05:04 PM

It's about fuckin' time....Mess with the bull, you get the horns.

Kevin

	Posted by: Krine 12/19/2007 at 05:57 PM
Justin- You are a wuss who probably owns the complete SEX AND THE CITY boxset. Kevin- Stop quoting THE BREAKFAST CLUB while you pretend to be some union tough.