Yielding the floor to film reviewer/blogger David Poland, who had this to say in a series of tweets yesterday on Twitter:
"March 30, 2012 will be remembered as the day SAG gave up on actors making a basic living as actors and handed the keys to the union to AMPTP.
Apologists for AFTRA and the SAG leadership that crafted this disaster will blame the problems with residuals & pension on industry changes.--
The truth will be that Roberta Reardon [AFTRA head] killed SAG w/disloyalty & a turf grab & that 81% of SAG thanked her for having broken the union.--"
Showing posts with label Richard Masur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Masur. Show all posts
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, September 25, 2009
SAG election results are in: The Richard Masur empire stikes back.
Just received an e-mail from the Screen Actors Guild--Ken Howard is the new president and Amy Aquino is the new Secretary-Treasurer.
Which means that the Richard Masur "merger with AFTRA is our only hope" mantra now rules the day with SAG.
Log onto http://www.sag.org/ to find out the rest of the election results.
Then take a look at http://www.deadline.com/hollywood to read the pro-and-con comments about the election. I especially enjoyed the comparisons of Ken Howard with George W. Bush and Masur with Dick Cheney.
Which means that the Richard Masur "merger with AFTRA is our only hope" mantra now rules the day with SAG.
Log onto http://www.sag.org/ to find out the rest of the election results.
Then take a look at http://www.deadline.com/hollywood to read the pro-and-con comments about the election. I especially enjoyed the comparisons of Ken Howard with George W. Bush and Masur with Dick Cheney.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tom Hanks, like Richard Masur back in the day, wants Screen Actors Guild to awkwardly merge with AFTRA.
,http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-election-video-support-by-tom-hanks-bill-macy-felicity-huffman-for-prez-candidate-ken-howard/
Richard Masur, when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, was a tireless spokesperson for merging SAG with AFTRA (which handles both actors and radio/TV newspeople)--no matter how unwieldy and awkward the marriage would be.
Tom Hanks, who clearly cares a lot about his Playtone production company, is now espousing a SAG/AFTRA merger. With a merged SAG and AFTRA, it's safe to guess that AMPTP can demand more "reasonable" rates for hiring actors/background for filmed and videotaped "content."
If you're a SAG member, avoid voting for Unite4Strength unless you want to see your union become a pale whisper of what it began as in the 1930s.
Richard Masur, when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, was a tireless spokesperson for merging SAG with AFTRA (which handles both actors and radio/TV newspeople)--no matter how unwieldy and awkward the marriage would be.
Tom Hanks, who clearly cares a lot about his Playtone production company, is now espousing a SAG/AFTRA merger. With a merged SAG and AFTRA, it's safe to guess that AMPTP can demand more "reasonable" rates for hiring actors/background for filmed and videotaped "content."
If you're a SAG member, avoid voting for Unite4Strength unless you want to see your union become a pale whisper of what it began as in the 1930s.
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