Why Studios Are Going To Regret These Strikes — Corey Mandell

<p><strong>Corey Mandell, Screenwriter and Screenwriting Instructor:&nbsp;</strong>There was a lot of darkness and fear. It was a long strike and it didn&rsquo;t look good in the beginning. Let&rsquo;s give a little bit of a perspective. When there&rsquo;s a war, the generals will look at the last war to see what worked and they&rsquo;ll replicate that and usually that&rsquo;s a good idea. Sometimes that&rsquo;s how empires fall.</p> <p>In 2008, which was the last serious work stoppage that the writers had the writer strike, at that point reality TV was starting to grow in popularity. The whole thing about a strike, and I&rsquo;m sure most of you listening to know this, what happens is when there&rsquo;s a strike, it will not resolve until both sides want it to resolve. Both sides have to be in enough pain that they&rsquo;re like&nbsp;<em>Let&rsquo;s figure out a solution</em>. If one side wants a solution and one is like&nbsp;<em>Let&rsquo;s keep the strike going</em>, it&rsquo;s going to keep going.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/film-courage/why-studios-are-going-to-regret-these-strikes-corey-mandell-4099843716dd"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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