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February 17, 2009
Old SAG Coverage Is New SAG Coverage
I keep feeling compelled to write about the SAG problem... this week, because there is once again talk of a settlement... but I don't think I have anything new to say... so here is the same 2 month old commentary... again...
The question is, can Doug Allen and Alan Rosenberg be forced into signing the deal that is on the table? That is what I believe membership now wants, in the majority. (Yes, a guess on some level. But how many really dispute this… and is the vote delay anything less than confirmation from within?) Well, Rosenberg says he will do it if there is not support for a strike. So…
AMPTP has the offer of synchronized contract end dates for WGA and SAG in 2011 on the table… but history has shown us that once precedent is set, it doesn’t change much. So the idea that 2011 will bail SAG out is not too realistic. And by the end of 3 more years, it wouldn’t be shocking anymore for SAG to handle movies only and AFTRA to oversee all of television. This is where we have been heading since AFTRA started being more generous to producers of “taped” television that SAG was. This is where AMPTP is heading, it seems to me. It all makes perfect sense… to everyone but actors who want to make a living and will never be marquee stars. A merger will blur this more, but at some point, the interest of film actors will be discarded by a merger actor’s union and a movement to restructure will emerge.
Anyway…
I think it’s all over. A deal gets signed shortly after The Oscars. Doug Allen is marginalized or gets a settlement allowing him to take all the money and go get a job with some other union that’s going out. Rosenberg resigns. And on to the AFTRA merger.
And in all the in-fighting one very simple detail is forgotten. No one at SAG wins. AMPTP wins. 5 for 5.
Posted by dpoland at February 17, 2009 12:35 PM
Comments
Okay, you told us so, we got it the fifth time.
Posted by: jeffmcm ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 17, 2009 02:27 PM
If only things sunk into your head so quickly, J-Mc.
Posted by: David Poland at February 17, 2009 03:45 PM
Make a snide comment, get a snide response.
You're still up one.
Posted by: jeffmcm at February 17, 2009 05:42 PM
You still think this is your blog, don't you, J-Mc?
Posted by: David Poland at February 17, 2009 08:12 PM
I pay my taxes just like anyone.
Posted by: jeffmcm at February 17, 2009 11:24 PM
POLAND RULES.
Posted by: LexG at February 17, 2009 11:31 PM
The real blog owner stands up.
Posted by: jeffmcm at February 17, 2009 11:37 PM
TOTAL bullshit; Poland is the FUCKING MAN and I back off anytime he gives me a reality check.
ON TOPIC: It would be AWESOME if SAG would let me in. Fuck, I'll even pay the dues and everything. I just want that damn card. It's like the fucking Dryland to Costner... I've never actually seen one and barely believe it exists. Maybe I should GIS "SAG card" because even after pining for one for 15 years, I have NO FUCKING IDEA what it looks like.
Their logo should be a picture of a VAG, because to me SAG membership means one thing and one thing only: INSTANT PUSSY.
Posted by: LexG at February 17, 2009 11:50 PM
To paraphrase David Poland, thanks for making my point, Lex.
Posted by: jeffmcm at February 18, 2009 12:04 AM
This is going to be HILARIOUS, so take notes:
They should change the name from SAG to VAG.
THAT WOULD RULE.
Get it? Because working actors to get to FUCK CHICKS.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted by: LexG at February 18, 2009 02:47 AM
You're a cretin. A sad, vile, desperate, pathetic, despicable cretin. Do us all a favour and pass out like a proper drunk.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at February 19, 2009 03:50 AM
Careful, Kam, jeff's sensitive to that kind of criticism. You might hurt his feelings.
Posted by: Not David Bordwell at February 19, 2009 06:50 PM
? I'm the good guy here.
(I leave it to the individual to decide what level of irony I'm pitching that as.)
Posted by: jeffmcm at February 19, 2009 07:27 PM
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