Re:Sag-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to inclu...
by __loam on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:14PM
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He's right in that art consumption is an attention based economy. 0.5% would not surprise me. I think his conclusion is wrong though. He seems to question the need for a strike in the economic environment he described, but that environment is exactly why organized labor is important. Unions can make trying to pursue creative work professionally slightly more bearable.
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Re:Sag-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to inclu...
by crazygringo on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:22PM
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If you're including every amateur unpaid artist, then sure maybe 0.5%.
BUT if you're talking about paid professional TV and film production (the context of SAG-AFTRA), probably something like 95% of content that is written, shot and edited into a final product makes it to audiences. After all, that stuff is expensive.
By the hour, most of that content is TV shows. Most of the unseen ~5% is produced pilot episodes that didn't get picked up for a full season. And a small amount will be films that halted production midway, or turned out to be so bad they weren't released.