Screenwriter Jason Fuchs has a message for Oscar-winning screenwriter Adam McKay: “Dissent is not disloyalty.” Fuchs, who’s running for the WGA board as opposition leader Phyllis Nagy’s running mat…
: “Dissent is not disloyalty.” Fuchs, who’s running for the WGA board as opposition leader Phyllis Nagy’s running mate, took issue with McKay’s recent statement that opponents of the guild’s leadership should not be making public comments in opposition to the guild’s four-month standoff with Hollywood’s talent agents.. “The whole reason they call a ‘union’ a union is because our strength comes entirely from staying united. If members disagree that’s fine, but it should stay in house.
“Well, I have good news and bad news for Adam,” said Fuchs, whose credits include Wonder Woman and Ice Age: Continental Drift. “The good news? I’m not a yeller, so, you won’t have to worry about me being too loud. The bad news? I’m not so great at whispering either, especially when it comes to speaking my mind; to being true to my conscience.
“To be clear,” Fuchs wrote, “we are loyal union members, and it is because of that deep loyalty, we are compelled, duty bound even, to point out a strategy that is failing and to pivot to a solution that secures the best deal for writers. “Shows will always need writers, leadership has assured us. Well, of course, no rational person could question that, but – at the same time – that does not assure us that writers will enjoy the same power and primacy they have fought tooth and nail to secure in the television space. If a writer is the last element brought onto a show which is already sold and packaged, that dilutes their power as a creator and lets others drive the vision of the show.
“So what should we do? What is the plan? Let me be clear on what we are proposing. If elected, we will get in a room with the entire Association of Talent Agents and be willing to use all the options at our disposal to actively negotiate – that includes any combination of litigation, eliminating packaging as a practice, revenue sharing, tying writer compensation to packaging rates, sunsetting affiliate production, and more. All of these things will be potential tools.
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