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Welcome back to What I’m Hearing during this historic Writers Guild strike. To help make sense of it all for the WIH community, I’ve brought in entertainment labor expert and Puck contributor Jonathan Handel on a more regular basis. He’ll contribute items large and small, talk to the players, and attend the rallies until there’s a resolution. Say 👋 to Jonathan if you see him.
🚨🚨Before we begin, a contest: Best WGA Strike Sign! Attention writers: The strike is serious, but your strike placards clearly are not. Think you’ve got a particularly witty or biting one? Let’s see it. Respond to this email by 5 p.m. NEXT FRIDAY with a pic of your (or your buddy’s… or anyone’s) amusing sign, and then I’ll put the best to a vote of WIH readers. No names attached; unlike Hollywood, this is a meritocracy, not a popularity contest. I can’t get the winner a mandatory writers room or better foreign residuals, but I can offer a stylish Puck hat to shade you from the sidewalk sun.
Here are my faves so far:
“Here’s a pitch… pay us bitch!”
“Pencils down, middle fingers up”
“You came up with Quibi”
“Nice Tesla! (You’re welcome.)”
“Zaslav’s mom wrote this sign”
And as always, if you’ve been forwarded this email, become a Puck member here.
Let’s begin…
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