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Is the Hollywood Writers’ Strike a Recipe for Disaster?

December 7, 2007 - 10:25 am - by Steve Boriss
Naftali
2007-12-07 10:16:40

Don’t you understand, it’s a Hollywood writer’s strike–meaning that is should only last 22 minutes unless it’s a two-part cliff hanger strike. And the guy who looks dead who is a main character will always be brought back to life in some miraculous nail biter of a way.

That is, unless your world is governed by—reality. Which is different than reality programming.

Ooops. Did some group’s worldview accidentally fall on their head like a one ton safe?

What I’m actually saying–I’m not sure, even if the writers are right in every respect, that they’ve chosen the best strategy. The best strategy is to learn to use the new media better, before the producers figure it out. That way you will be in the driver’s seat and the producers will be stuck, standing in the street as the car of the future pulls away, stuck holding the old paradigm and looking foolish, and getting smaller as the camera is in the car. Very symbolic, and it’s brilliant and fresh.