tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908235.post-34424198772318139172008-02-11T09:01:00.000-08:002008-02-11T09:33:21.306-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_NEL-HUd_Lwo/R7CG1miEQYI/AAAAAAAAAHY/iHkc9BEBGzg/s1600-h/signs+on+strike.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_NEL-HUd_Lwo/R7CG1miEQYI/AAAAAAAAAHY/iHkc9BEBGzg/s200/signs+on+strike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165777028028580226" border="0" /></a>All weekend people were telling me the strike was over. <a href="http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/2008/02/members-email-contract-update.html">And it looks like they may be right</a>. There has been a lot written and reported on with regard to the writer's strike, a lot of it hyperbole. I followed much of it.<br /><br />The shift in perception seemed to come after the Golden Globes went from being an orgy of red-carpet arrivals and celebrity self-aggrandizement to a perfunctory press conference awards presentation with poorly written jokes. Which raised the spectre of an Academy Awards show cancellation. No one wants that.<br /><br />TV writer Denis McGrath has a nice analysis on his blog, <a href="http://heywriterboy.blogspot.com/2008/02/pencils-up-wednesday.html">Dead Things ON Sticks</a>. His observation that '<span style="font-style: italic;">The weary inevitability the screwing of writers has always garnered has lifted.' </span>may be our most significant, hardest-won gain.Angelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823677368804181045noreply@blogger.com