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henrygandorf

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  1. i have a "day job" that's on the marketing side. technically i'm an ind contractor so i can do it when i want or on a project basis. typically i'm able to work it and still develop projects at the same time since i do both from home. it affects me because it (along with covid) has changed the industry. there's not as much money coming in, so the studios and networks have cut back their buying needs dramatically (most by 50-75%). it's a numbers game. the less they decide to buy, the less of a chance i have to sell something. now is a great time to develop projects though, which i'm currently doing while we wait out the pitch game with the other one. in the streaming world, there are infinite time-slots, so that should be good news for developing and selling shows. but with all the uncertainly since 2020 and glut of streamers leading to consolidation/reorg of networks (disco bros, max, viacom, etc), there are fewer gatekeepers, and thus fewer gates.
  2. not really, because it's not structured like that. if someone like fallon or kimmel was like fuck it, they could hire non-union writers i suppose, but all comics are writers too and they would never do that. they're all on team wga and their people are hand-picked and no way they would screw them like that. nbc/abc knows better than to even broach it with them. and the strike has been looming for so long that all overall deals and writing assignments (rewrites and such) were closed out before may 1st to avoid being left in the lurch. productions that can move forward without a working room will do so, and the rest will hold steady until it's resolved. several studios/networks have a backlog in case it stretches on, which it might, especially if it overlaps with another guild's deal expiring. the issue with the chaos ladder is that the same people still control the distribution, and everything goes through them, whether broadcast network, streaming, movie studio, whatever. all agents and producers lead to the same destination and all the lights are red. not only that, but networks are no longer on a strict schedule like they would be 20 or even 10 years ago. if an abc show premieres in late october instead of early september, nobody even notices. there are no rules like that anymore. there could be 8, 10, 12, 16, or 22 episodes. nobody knows shit. it should be an opening for nonscripted, which has blossomed during every strike. we're currently pitching our nonscripted show, but because of the strike and the general uncertainty in the business, we've been slow-walking it while so many studios are in reorg or outright buying freeze. our producing partner and agents won't reach out to hulu or prime or nbcu while they're on a freeze. execs won't hear pitches or they'll pass after an email. no thanks. the weird lesson here, which i guess is unavoidable, is why announce and publicize the strike? everyone knew the deal would lapse on may 1st, and as far back as november, people who knew said nothing would be resolved before now, so everyone saw this coming. but a strike is supposed to cause turmoil through its unpredictability, and leave the higher-ups with no other option than to cave in to the demands. there have been strikes before and everyone was ready for this one, so it's ho-hum, here we go again.
  3. there's no trailer yet, but for those who haven't heard, seinfeld wrote and directed a film about the creation of the pop-tart, centering around the rivalry between post and kellogg's that took place in michigan in the 1960's. https://screenrant.com/seinfeld-unfrosted-the-pop-tart-story-netflix/ it's a netflix film, but not sure if it will come out in theaters as well. there doesn't seem to be a release date announced yet. anyhow, i saw a screening of this last night. it has a monster cast and it's everything you want/expect it to be.
  4. to play add-on, there are writers in places you don't think writers should be. duck dynasty was famous for having a 12-man room, and that was "scripted reality". the other issue with using "scabs" is that these aren't one-off fill-ins, like parts of a sports season. the writers are connected to the directors and producers and agencies and management companies and it all ties together. unless you're literally talking about scooping up randos on their laptops at starbucks, there's a lot more that goes into it. also the dga and sag are about to go through similar shit, so now's not the time for anti-solidarity (disunity?). pretty much everyone is on the same page. as far as the economics behind it, you can say everyone is slashing for the shareholders, and for tech, that's definitely true. but what's killing pretty much the entire business goes no farther than one irrefutable fact - people aren't going to the movies like they used to. movies drive everything and the money trickles down. when paramount can't release 8-12 movies a year, then mtv can't produce tv shows. it's that simple, and there's only a handful of corporations that own all of it. the $ has to come from somewhere, and streaming is still relatively new. when you look at the last strike (2008?), think how much has changed since then in terms of how we consume content. as always, the writers are last to the trough, and everyone knew this was a long time coming.
  5. it's crazy how many teams are dealing with this right now. the yankees were supposed to have a great rotation, now it's cole + scrubs. the mets were the dream team, now they're patching together sp2-5. i heard an interview with someone with the m's before the season about their "3 aces", which played out about as well as you'd expect. hopefully these are not surgery injuries. we have the depth to deal with this thank god. it should also coincide with our schedule letting up a bit. next man up.
  6. this implies that bb will not start the next urquidy game.
  7. yeah, i've also noticed a problem with his hands and head. and shoulders and feet and swing. otherwise he looks fucking solid.
  8. these were written before one of his most pitiful at bats of the season.
  9. sounds like good news for my hb roy bet.
  10. machete is only a thing when everybody else is healthy. that is not our current situation.
  11. this has been done in tv and movies several times, but my personal favorite is "everyone says i love you" with ed norton doing his woody allen impression. it was tasteful, believe me. enjoy your dinner.
  12. the wife and i are negotiating our new lease with her car, and we're both going back and forth individually with the dealership, and she's kinda fucking up the teamwork and crumbing the play. as we were discussing this last night, i said, "do you know who you're being right now?" and she thought about it, and was like, "no, i am not being shiv" and then i came up with my kendall impression, and said, "you put shiv in, and she's a fucking dipshit, no one respects her, everyone's talking about it" and now i'm not allowed to do the kendall voice anymore.
  13. right but it’s on my book with my guy where i use credit, not my own cash. gotta take whatever futures are avail.
  14. question for the (fellow) baseball nerds here. what websites have the best longform player profile style statistical articles? like the super drawn-out spin-rate/exit-velo, who-in-their-right-mind-would-take-the-time-to-read-all-this type of articles. i'm doing a little ai experiment. fangraphs and athletic are the only 2 i frequent that have long articles, but i'm sure there are a bunch of others. thanks in advance, and i'll be happy to share my findings.
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