Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the Writers Guild of America strike enters its second week:
Too much enthusiasm:
Writers picketing in Che Guevara T-shirts
Too little enthusiasm:
Writers picketing with Blackberrys and cell phones
Too much fun:
Walking the line with everyone you’ve ever worked with
Too little fun:
Walking alone back to your car, with no work in sight.
Too literal for showbiz insiders:
“We write the story-a for Eva Longori-a!”
Too obtuse for showbiz outsiders:
“More money, Les Moonves!”
Too too:
CAA interns walking the line with chirros on serving trays
Tutu:
On the buxom boxing ring babe working a DAY 5 sign at the Fox Rally
Too little perspective:
“I’m really making an impact by getting cars to honk”
Too much perspective:
“I’ve spent more time picketing outside this lot than I’ll ever spend working inside this lot”
Too much compensation:
Big movie stars
Too little compensation
: Cable TV staff writers
Too predictable:
Jesse Jackson joining strikers on the line
Too little too late
: Bill Clinton offering to negotiate
Too familiar:
Union members trying to hold onto middle class lifestyle
Too remote:
The chance of that happening
Two Days in the Valley
: Engaging filmic view of life in Los Angeles scripted by WGA member John Herzfeld
Two Coreys
: Inane episodic view of life in Los Angeles unscripted by Haim and Feldman on A&E
Two for the price of one
: Writing content for televsion and Internet “promotional” videos
Two for the price of one:
Sagehand strike forces closure of Broadway shows on Saturday, spreading the industry pain to both coasts
Too good to be true:
Rumors that the strike will end quickly
Too terrrible to imagine:
The strike lasting until Screen Actors Guild contract expires in June
To be or not to be
: Next year’s pilot season
Tomorrow
: and tomorrow and tomorrow WGA members creep in this petty pace from day to day assembling at studio gates in four hours shifts from 6 am to 2 pm
