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In that case, though it would be very extreme, the studios could theoretically announce that there are enough writers in the world that the WGA is no longer nec
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
In that case, though it would be very extreme, the studios could theoretically announce that there are enough writers in the world that the WGA is no longer necessary - they'll just hire writers from Britain, France, Germany, wherever. They could also spin it as a good thing - greater diversity in film! And they can hire some cheap American non-WGA writers to Americanize the humor or references wherever needed.
That would, of course, break the WGA. The WGA's existence depends on major movie studios needing them. If the movie studios decide to adapt in a way that the WGA is unnecessary... they're dead, and no writer will stick with them, everyone will scab. The WGA would have to beg SAG-AFTRA and the DGA to strike on their behalf, but that would cause... lawsuits; lots of lawsuits; because is it legal for one union to strike to save another union?
- whimsicalism 3y agoIf the labor dynamic were as one-sided as you seem to be making it out to be, WGA would have been broken a long time ago. Turns out people like watching things written by the best writers - and plenty of studios would defect if they got to be the only studio with access to most of the best television writers in the West.