Fran Drescher, the fiery SAG-AFTRA president, discusses “fight against corporate greed” and Bob Iger amid actors and writers strikes.

  • Gromga@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’m tired of news outlets always claiming that the strikes costs X amount of money to the economy. It’s almost never the strikers fault but corporate greed that’s responsible.

  • UpperBroccoli@feddit.de
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    Must be utterly frustrating to try and negotiate with these soulless minions of capitalism. Good thing the union has such a spirited and charismatic leader.

    • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml
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      The industry is in th best position they’ve been in recent memory too. They have recurring revenue from streaming and can hold out for a very long time. It’s not like the past where they needed prime time shows and consistent movie releases to survive.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Not related to the strike, but as a teen in the 90s, watching The Nanny again now is way funnier than other random sitcoms these days. Sure it had a laugh track but the comedic timing was spot on for everyone, though Niles was best for his snipes. Also the jokes were in that nice spot between groaning and laugh worthy. It was the 90s afterall so was a bit cheesy too.

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    I’m surprised that he didn’t bump up his pay to $86,400 a day. Then he’d be earning an even dollar a second, rather then the 90 cents a second he’s earning now.