People have been asking me what it’s like on the picket line now that actors are on strike too. My answer: great! Before last week, writer pickets in NYC felt grim. Not like the star-studded ones in LA. (“Omg Dermot Mulroney is here and he’s shooting people with an empanada cannon!” “Susan Sarandon is here and she’s teaching us Zumba!” “The baby from Ally McBeal is here and it’s handing out gift cards to P.F. Chang’s!”)
Nobody in Hollywood is my hero. They are just overpaid actors.
There is nothing heroic about reciting lines and attending parties.
Not like any of them fought a war.
Or rescued a cat from a tree,
or even did a ride-along with LE or EMS.