Mama Knight

ON STRIKE: Despite the heat, our hosts discuss all the striking that's hitting Hollywood (and more!) quite hard right now. From the WGA to SAG-AFTRA (to UPS?!), it seems that the folks who are just trying to do their job and earn an honest living can't get an inch from the studio heads, so far.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - It's a hot Barbenheimer summer

(04:25) Hollywood is striking

(31:26) Outro - Andrew loves (virtual) fishing

(33:30) Outtakes

RELEVANT LINKS:

• John Rogers' Twitter thread about the UPS/Teamster union rally.
• Tyler Evans' devastating tweet that D. Bethel references in the episode.
• Fran Drescher's, president of SAG-AFTRA, powerful speech at a recent rally.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Space Man From Pluto" (30 June 2023): Where our hosts worried about how entertainment executives would find AI-created work enticing (and cheap) alternatives to hiring actual creative people.
• "Don't Pull Out Your Deck" (14 July 2023): Where our hosts discuss the rising costs (and continuing failures) of movies.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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