Contrary to popular belief, I have not been silent for the past month because I am part of the Writer's Guild of America strike. I should be so lucky to do something worthy enough to require my joining that union. No, I have merely been entirely too busy with other things to keep up my blog. I hope to do something about that over the next days. With a week's vacation coming up, I hope to find some time to rant and rave about a few things.
I am actually torn between two positions by the Writer's strike. The Dr. Jekyll writer in me agrees wholeheartedly that Guild members deserve more compensation to account for the explosion of DVD sales and on-line viewing. After all, if it wasn't for the writers, much of what we see would never see the light of day.
But there is also my Mr. Hyde- the one who views all these TV shows and movies. That persona realizes there is now such a proliferation of choices, there is no longer enough time to catch up on all of the current shows, some of which are undoubtedly quite good. For Mr. Hyde, the longer the writer's strike goes on the better, because once his regular shows go into reruns, he will finally have the time to sample some of those other shows.
So WGA members, I hope you get what you want and deserve. I guess I just don't want you to get it too terribly soon so I can see more of your current work!
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