Talks begin again tomorrow, and as long as the sides are talking, that's always good. But reports are that almost nothing got accomplished last week, and both sides have been more engaged in PR than negotiation, as far as I can tell. The San Jose Mercury-News reports that the optimism of the last two weeks has almost completely disappeared. Meh.
Monstersandcritics.com: A short but interesting blurb indicates that the WGA may ditch negotiations with the AMPTP if they feel like they're still getting nowhere, and instead negotiate deals with individual production houses. Apparently, this has been done before, back in the 70s by cinematographers, and it worked. It would be a high-pressure tactic, for sure, but if it fails . . . ouch.
LA Times: Improvisation and the strike -- many actors are WGA members. If they ad-lib on the set, are they strikebreaking? Nobody seems to know for sure, and some, like Ben Stiller, are walking a tightrope while moving forward with shooting.
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