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WGA Strike: Horror Writers Exorcise Strike Demons
Posted by Maggie Van Ostrand (maggie@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 27, 2007
New negotiations, two days ongoing at this 11/27 writing, are still a secret, but I CAN tell you what’s been on the news, since it has nothing to do with what’s going on indoors.
Today, Warner Bros. watched as Hollywood horror writers outside the studio walls performed an exorcism in a valiant attempt to bring good writer vibes to the secret negotiations.
Horror writers showed up dressed as everything from a Rabbi, to a nun, a priest, including Hans (Lost Boys 2: The Tribe) Rodionoff, and Don Mancini, who was carrying a namesake red-headed doll from his movie, The Evil Chuckie.
Burning incense from a censer wafted over the strikers. Incense is traditionally prepared from strong-smelling plant material; however, I have no opinion on the contents of this incense, except that everybody was in a very good mood.
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November 29th, 2007 at 11:55 am
{from the Horror Writers Association}
The Horror Writers Association, on behalf of its writer members, stands in support of the Writers Guild of America strike in seeking appropriate compensation for writers when their work is distributed digitally, either via DVD or Internet downloads. Although HWA is not a union, it is an organization of writers that advocates for authors’ rights. Writers Guild of America and its demands fall solidly into this category. All writers will be affected by the outcome of this strike, and we stand in solidarity, resisting those who seek to distribute our work on the Internet, DVD, or any format without fair compensation.