The Cartoon Villains of the AMPTP Strike Again

By Dustin Rowles | Film | July 19, 2023 |

By Dustin Rowles | Film | July 19, 2023 |

“As if it weren’t bad enough that most of the CEOs running these studios look like villains in The Purge movies, that many see the strike — in the short term — as a cost-saving boon, and that they believe the demands of the writers and actors are “unrealistic” and they’re reportedly willing to starve them out of their homes before negotiating, there is also the following incident:

Quick shoutout to the good people at @UniversalPics for trimming the trees that gave our picket line shade right before a 90+ degree week. pic.twitter.com/aZvvPYQ23i

— Chris Stephens (@ChrisStephensMD) July 17, 2023

I don’t think they’re being truthful!

Here are photos of the trees in different months going back a decade. They have never been pruned like this. The barest (though not as bare as they are now) was in February, not July. pic.twitter.com/GjhN6HeXiq

— Dan Signer WGA🖊️ (@DanSigner) July 18, 2023

Our Office is investigating the tree trimming that occurred outside Universal Studios where workers, writers, and actors are exercising their right to picket.

The trimmed trees are LA City managed street trees.

(Before and after photos below) pic.twitter.com/xczw0bTdh9

— LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) July 19, 2023

Are we sure that the publicists are not on strike, too? Because the studios’ favorability ratings are in the toilet.