With the Hollywood screenwriters' strike heading into its third month and a possible actors strike looming in 2008, is Hollywood headed for a complete shutdown of production? Can the studios let that happen? What is the writers strike about? Will the studios' hard line against the writers provoke or suppress strikes by directors and actors? Why do studios that lavish millions on stars insist that they can't afford to pay writers a few more pennies for the sale of a DVD?
Standoff between Striking Hollywood Writers and the Studios
Credits
Guests:
- Aaron Barnhart - Television Critic, Kansas City Star
- Shawn Ryan - Creator, 'The Chicago Code'
- Jonathan Handel - contributing writer at Puck News and an entertainment labor lawyer - @jhandel
- David M. Smith - Pepperdine University
- Paul Levinson - Chairman of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University