(S4,E7) Writers on Strike
The alternative title for this episode of Pop Culture Boner was “Pay your writers or Jesse Plemons will kill again”, after the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike turned the beloved Friday Night Lights star into a murderer. But we didn’t want people to miss the joke, so it does what it says on the tin! The WGA is on strike, so we’re talking entertainment unions, solidarity and why management is never your friend.
You can find a full list of references here:
WGA On Strike (2023)
WGA East (2023)
WGA West (2023)
Rebecca Ford and Lacey Rose (The Hollywood Reporter, 2018) - The 100 days that changed Hollywood: The Writers Strike, 10 Years later
Charles Bramesco (Guardian, 2023) - From Bond to Heroes: what was affected by the 2007 writers’ strike?
Felicia D. Henderson (Popular Communication, 2010) - It’s Your Own Fault: How post-strike Hollywood continues to punish writers for striking
Mirands J. Banks (Popular Communication, 2010) - The Picket Line Online: Creative labour, digital activism, and the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America Strike
Chris Murphy and Savannah Walsh (Vanity Fair, 2023) - The weirdest, wildest movies and TV to emerge from the last writers strike
Larry Carroll (MTV, 2009) - 'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson Hand-Picked 'Spider Monkey' Line
Kevin Jagernauth (Indiewire, 2011) - Daniel Craig Says Writer’s Strike “Fucked” ‘Quantum Of Solace’ & He Rewrote Scenes With Marc Forster
You can download a full transcript here.