Hollywood MELTS DOWN As Writers, Actors STAND UP To Streaming Giants: Strike EXPLAINED

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TV producer and writer Blake Masters weighs in on the current Hollywood strike and the media industry as a whole. #BobIger #Disney #netflix
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@Jamski101 11 ай бұрын

BLAZING SADDLES has just been edited for television. It will air tonight from 8:00 to 8:07

@l.w.paradis2108 11 ай бұрын

😅😅😅

@alexandrabecerra9271 11 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@josephhuman7390 11 ай бұрын

Hahaha hahaha!

@ro6742 11 ай бұрын

LOL!!!!! True that!

@chrissantos5580 11 ай бұрын

Where are the cis persons at

@mathewphoria7228 11 ай бұрын

this man NAILS IT! this is the same problem in big video games too. the "good enough" mentality works because the best games/movies/shows dont make the most money anymore because of all the ways you can consume the content today. back then you had to GO to a theater or be home at a certain time to watch a show. now you can pirate any show/movie/game from tons of places anytime you want.

@joemammon6149 11 ай бұрын

the entertainment industry is not the most profitable industry especially when people have to save money and work longer hours to pay for rising food and energy prices. so maybe the big studios will go out of business and have some of their assets sold to foreign studios. maybe the Chinese can buy some of the studios to produce contents with Marxist-Leninist characteristics to cultivate a red revolution in the west.

@kcmullins6179 11 ай бұрын

Exactly brother 💯💯

@topangasideeye 11 ай бұрын

It's the same in the music industry as well in the sense that there is now virtually no pay for artists, yet everyone has an arena available (youtube, spotify, etc.) and there is SO much mediocre content as a result. Culture suffers, which translates to global moral, and the vast amounts of dollars made goes into the pockets of deal makers who have no care whatsoever as to the quality or artistry of the actual "content" producers.

@pastramiking6874 11 ай бұрын

Microsoft Gamepass is destroying the games industry

@mathewphoria7228 11 ай бұрын

@@topangasideeye your so right about the music industry too! its because these mediums are really forms of Art that are being watered down. this will always be the problem with turning art forms into businesses

@josephpanella2726 11 ай бұрын

This why we live in the age of tremendous amounts of mediocre content.

@selmahare 11 ай бұрын

Yes! It's the same in the music industry, where the main question is: What music?! It's nowhere to be found, there is no music in the music industry anymore, which might be "a little" related to the fact that we call it an industry to begin with.

@Mkundera 11 ай бұрын

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. We are living in a golden age of television. If there is a lot of mediocrity it is because there is a lot of content, period. That said, there are more outstanding television shows than there has ever been. You obviously did not grow up in the 1970s. haha

@haute03 11 ай бұрын

@@Mkundera Tbh I don't think it's gotten better or worse. The main difference that I've seen is that people are now overwhelmed by choice. Back in the day there were maybe 10 shows across networks being shown during primetime and 3 of them were excellent quality. Now there are 100 shows across cable and streaming platforms to watch and 30 of them are excellent. The volume of content has just increased and most of that content is derivative.

@ardendragoon 11 ай бұрын

@@Mkunderalike what. Golden age of TV was 80's and 90's. We are living through the worse content in history.

@rickyrayrosenberg420 11 ай бұрын

@@Mkundera People like you look at slop and see filet mignon

@DB57RB 11 ай бұрын

100% correct the quantity over quality approach is exactly what these companies have been going for and it's failing. Fans don't like it and aren't loyal to it and it wrecking the industry for the employees too.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

You don't need money to make something quality. It's the era of the small creator now, and times have never been better.

@tonywrangler 11 ай бұрын

Is it failing though? The guy’s making $100 million a year.

@kathleenrobertpogue6818 11 ай бұрын

Then why are these companies still making millions and millions and millions of dollars?

@Mike-cg3yy 11 ай бұрын

Hollywood is atrocious.

@depp5601 11 ай бұрын

This isn't just happening in Hollywood. How about grocery stores who are going automated. At at least one Walmart in my town you can only find one person monitoring the self check out area. We are going to need to discuss Universal Income at some point if we want to charge for everything but we are going automated and don't want to pay a living wage.

@clintjefferson4391 11 ай бұрын

Explain more.

@lakingscrzy 11 ай бұрын

I can't remember the last time I watched an interview and walked away feeling fully informed on the topic. My man just gave a masterclass in teaching.

@e.w.3989 11 ай бұрын

Matt Damon during Hot Wings. He perfectly explains why movies are only billion dollar franchises.

@justageneraluser 11 ай бұрын

This is the most substantive thing I've seen about the Hollywood business model vis-a-vis writers, and all the detail behind how things have changed. Very informative segment

@caseyhoward9101 11 ай бұрын

Yep even though Robbie tried to ruin it.

@Stiegosaurus 11 ай бұрын

Substantive is Bri's favourite word

@Lykapodium 11 ай бұрын

Who cares, these people make millions for being fake. Eff them.

@chrisfreemanfilms 11 ай бұрын

3 things: Blake Masters was articulate and accurate, Robby's pushback was absolutely puzzling and Brie's silent nod at the end was priceless

@holy9781 11 ай бұрын

Robby brought up a good point though,do shows need to be 24 episodes with alot of filler?it doesn't make sense anymore,I was a kid in 90s and 2000s and I remember longer season but 10 episodes can make it just as good

@dillon4060 11 ай бұрын

I can't watch most TV shows and movies because the writing is so terrible. I'd rather watch KZfaq videos and that's exactly what I do.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

This really undermines the entire strike, because when some bros on KZfaq can produce better content than multimillion dollar productions, maybe the studios should go broke.

@Sim902 11 ай бұрын

Better content is just better content regardless of price, who thought

@SoUnDMaN831 11 ай бұрын

I hate to say this, but I’m not convinced the writers are trying to make quality content considering the over reliance in on sequels, reboots and needless socio-political messaging.

@CreativeLab12 11 ай бұрын

Usually the studio have the final say, Final Cut. It’s rare that directors has Final Cut power unless they’re their last name ends with Nolan and Cameron.

@deadgolfer6345 11 ай бұрын

I have a couple actor buddies and I often joke that all they make now is superhero movies, sequels, reboots and sequels of reboots of superhero movies. It's all terrible. Loved the 90s as a movie era. And the 70s.

@jaredthomas4663 11 ай бұрын

It’s usually the execs who are responsible for bad content, by burdening remakes and reboots with political messaging to their writers. Why else would explain the endless line of live-action Disney remakes existing? 😅

@deadgolfer6345 11 ай бұрын

@@jaredthomas4663 I hear ya - kinda. But I'm not sure I'm convinced that it's only the studio that wants the woke stuff in there. I think the new generation, Hollywood writers, actors, etc. I think there are some portion of them, maybe almost all of them, who want to virtue signal too. They're into it. Hey, look at this thing I wrote, it's about oppression from beginning to end. Because I'm awesome and caring.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Yea, hard to listen to the writers room of SheHulk and not just want the whole thing to burn down.

@user-di8hm2jl2u 11 ай бұрын

Perhaps create a studio that refuses to go woke and you will see the crowd flock

@a.hoctavius5848 11 ай бұрын

Robby, it’s not hard at all. Robby is clueless. Streamers know exactly what every user watches. They know which shows I watch on Hulu, when, how often. They know how many times I rewatch a program. They even know which programs I just have on in the background playing non stop.

@fjackson4382 11 ай бұрын

Kind of incredible that Robbie doesn't think these tech platforms can track the data of who watches what.

@acbower4468 11 ай бұрын

What makes you keep paying the monthly price though? Which specific programs in that lineup keeps you there despite the other consumption? They used to know that when “The Sopranos” season ended, subscriptions fell when that was on cable…that doesn’t happen now, which I think is what Robby is trying to point out

@chrisbrass8930 11 ай бұрын

This is why I oppose libertarian politically. It's a brain worm that causes severe shortsightedness

@gerardkiff2026 11 ай бұрын

Robby is clueless about a lot of stuff

@edwoodsr 11 ай бұрын

The question Robbie needs to consider is how streaming services know which shows to cancel.

@nsadow00067 11 ай бұрын

But how do writers manage it in the UK? In the UK the series--there are only 4-6 episodes per season and limited series. What did they do right in the UK? Or does the UK have the same problems?

@aprilvilliar7907 11 ай бұрын

Interesting point. That information could be extremely useful in reaching an agreement

@jcdlovetron 11 ай бұрын

$498m divided by 384 is $1,296,875. Over 5 years that comes out to $259,375 a year. While I concur that the disparity is mind-numbing, it’s still kind of hard for me to get behind somebody crying poor who makes just shy of $260k a year.

@Tribuneoftheplebs 11 ай бұрын

Another thing not mentioned is that there are way more streaming companies and shows being produced leading to a glut of content that allows these Hollywood Execs to wait out the strike. Total residuals in the last 10 years has skyrocketed due to new companies that previously didn't exist like Hulu and Netflix. The pie is just being shared by way more people. This large amount of people in the industry also explains why so many writers are taking minimum pay jobs. Because if you won't then there are 10 other writers that will. What striking will do is it will force a large chunk of people in the industry to leave and this might bring back pay stability for a small period of time.

@williamerickson520 11 ай бұрын

The sheer quantity of content may contribute, but quality is a bigger issue. The streaming platforms may have enough content quantitatively to ride out the storm, but if said content is of poor quality, their life raft may turn out to be full of holes and they will sink.

@nox5555 11 ай бұрын

@@williamerickson520 they can just buy content in Asia and Europe.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like the market at work. Maybe there are too many writers. If mediocre writing is just as profitable, why bother with expensive writing. Don't like it, don't watch it.

@nox5555 11 ай бұрын

@@blackjackjester its not profitable, but those bad writters have the right politics... Also nobody is watching movies anymore, thats why Disney will lose a billion from movies this year.

@Vlabar 11 ай бұрын

Let them strike. We don't need new content.

@Stiegosaurus 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. And we don't need more Woke Hollywood. Let it burn.

@jbagger331 11 ай бұрын

Writers and actors want support after condemning people with no power who objected to decreased pay, mass immigration, outsourcing and automation.

@anon3741 11 ай бұрын

So ... based on your report, the average write makes 259,375 per year. That's a long way from "living on the streets".

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

"hello fellow working class they/thems" - the writers

@Stiegosaurus 11 ай бұрын

We don't need more Woke Hollywood. Let it burn.

@haute03 11 ай бұрын

That's an average, not the median. The 1% of writers making 100s of thousands if not millions skew the average. The median amount writers make is not even third of that figure.

@wolf359survivor2 11 ай бұрын

Robbie, the content has become worse. Major plot holes are rampant among modern series.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Read a book.

@annshoemake3007 11 ай бұрын

If he thinks the drivel coming from the writers in Hollywood now is “great content” he is sadly sadly mistaken. I am glad they are striking because maybe now we will get GREAT content from independent creators and we won’t need the ones on strike.

@Garuda449 11 ай бұрын

Hollywood has turned into McDonalds

@christophernuzzi2780 11 ай бұрын

Sorry, but the writers' demands are ridiculous. They want a guarantee of how many writers work on a show based on episode count. What if the showrunner wants to write every episode, like J. Michael Straczynski did on one season of Babylon 5? He would still have to have a "writers room" and pay them. And frankly, the whole concept of a "writers' room" is a recipe for mediocrity. Greatness is not created by committee. We need to get back to days when every episode was written by ONE writer.

@TrentSLucas 11 ай бұрын

I have trouble feeling sympathy for these people. My understanding is that he is sad that he has to work harder, or not get paid as much to push out the woke nonsense that is driving all of us away from these industries in the first place. I just can't find any pity for him.

@ViridisAmbrosia 11 ай бұрын

"woke nonsense" isn't driving me away; mediocre story telling is. Hollywood and Disney are becoming mediocre and it makes total sense this problem starts at the top. I hope the creatives striking make progress because to get good content there needs to be more focus on those who can actually create it, not on CEOs and shareholders who cannot. Also this is bigger than the entertainment industry. All of the corporations push for lower and lower wages for their workers and try to get the consumer to settle for mediocre products that cost just as much or more than they did when they were better quality. I feel like the US needs a mass pro-worker pro-union movement and this strike is actually gathering media attention and bringing the right spirit imo.

@TrentSLucas 11 ай бұрын

@@ViridisAmbrosia to me they are the same thing, the woke nonsense and the mediocre story telling. He was right about that, it is about not offending anyone. The writers that you think should be in a union are just as guilty of this as the CEOs.

@ViridisAmbrosia 11 ай бұрын

@@TrentSLucas yeah but it's possible to have a highly diverse cast and female empowerment and LGBTQ characters and whatever else is "woke" AND tell an original story, with in depth character development, and imaginative world building, etc. "Woke" imo doesn't make things mediocre. Rebooting and rehashing previous stories at a rapid rate does make for mediocrity, incoherent rough draft quality storytelling makes for mediocrity, rushing out content like creativity can be packaged on an assembly line makes it mediocre or downright terrible... It shows that studios don't care about great content and that they care only about profit. That kinda thing kills the creativity and imagination that is needed to actually make something great.

@TrentSLucas 11 ай бұрын

@@ViridisAmbrosia I agree with you, but I think the “diverse cast and female empowerment and LGBTQ characters and whatever else is ‘woke’” is what is cause the stories to not be original. Everyone is doing tree exact same thing with every story, so they cannot be anything other than repackaged copies of each other.

@ViridisAmbrosia 11 ай бұрын

@@TrentSLucas but if they switched their values they would just use a different repetitive template. They are opting for repetitive templates in general and I think that is driven by their business model. It's like Blake Masters was saying, they just need it to be good enough for people to still consume it. They don't care if it's actually good. I'm sure they would like AI to just repeat this template instead of writers (who they have to pay) because it is kinda getting so mediocre that yes eventually AI will be able to just churn out variations of the same story and they can digitize the characters and finally their assembly line will be complete. It's a soulless machine. And it's terrible because humans are a species of storytellers... It's sacred really. And these corporations are actively working to limit human imagination and reduce storytelling to being just as processed as our awful processed foods. Anyway I think we'll go in circles if I keep repeating these things myself.

@chewangia8 11 ай бұрын

These writers act like they can't start a new career. If the money and benefits aren't there do something different.

@LincolnHawk87 11 ай бұрын

Hollywood isn’t “melting down” the actors are. The companies are laughing

@SubtleBeast 11 ай бұрын

The increased “derisk” model comes from the amount of money these companies are spending on IP, production and building out unnecessary streaming platforms. Studios are attempting to compete with tech giants that emphasize binge worthy content, when they are better suited at delivering higher quality productions over a longer period of time.

@georgeboyd6580 11 ай бұрын

The more details I hear about the issues involved in this strike, the less likely it seems that it will have a resolution this year.

@freewheeler8924 11 ай бұрын

They will strike for as long as it takes! Until the last Ukrainian!

@IC941 11 ай бұрын

They are responsible for the garbage content and division in this country. Let them get fired

@Stiegosaurus 11 ай бұрын

We don't need more Woke Hollywood. Let it burn.

@user-yc5um2pl5v 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely. They got too big for their shoes and it got in their heads for some reason they're qualified for deciding how the society should be, who to ostracize etc. For very, very long may they remain on strike - hopefully will strike some sense into their heads.

@ABoredTroll 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad it's not just me that feels this way.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Id hate for this guy to hear how houses get built. "Well the plumber comes in for a week and installs the plumbing BUT THEN IS BASICALLY LAID OFF while the rest of the house is built" Yes that is how 'work' works. You get paid for your work by a company and you leave. Its not "extracting", its called working.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

a house is not a home if no one's living there. 😉

@wtjonesphd9375 11 ай бұрын

He is right. Most Netflex productions are just mediocre shows series and movies. There are some exceptions but on the whole Netflex and other companies put out a whole bunch of just OK shows. And if they can get AI to do a lot of the writing and acting, then actors and writers are in great jeopardy. However, I don't see the writers/actors strike doing much to change that. And AI only gets better as time goes on. It may well be that AI will, as time goes on, be able to produce great writing and acting. How does a strike against that prevent it?

@blackrocks8413 11 ай бұрын

wow is Netflix still a thing?

@wylierichardson-tu6zs 11 ай бұрын

By making regulations within the industry, restricting it's usage.

@orlock20 11 ай бұрын

@@blackrocks8413 Compared to Network TV, it is.

@OGQuatumStorm 11 ай бұрын

I’m laughing about this whole AI replacing writers and actors, like if so, then who are the living human directors gonna direct? That’s why I don’t get why they too are not going on strike alongside the writers and actors. Because the studios are gonna find a way to rid the directors and just install a program like the sims to input commands to make a whole movie without the directors. 👀

@user-iq4ko7kk1d 11 ай бұрын

With all the lecturing and virtue signalling and lazy remakes... its hard for me to feel sorry for these folks. I do feel sorry for the crew and background people, those people are being used to gain sympathy, but will get no benefits in the end.

@LukeManchild 11 ай бұрын

Of course this writer is gonna say there is still great content. There isn't. Most shows and movies are dogshit these days.

@wylierichardson-tu6zs 11 ай бұрын

then why dont you write for them? If the bar is that low, the average person should have no problem breaking in - especially with the strike going on.

@johnherrington1110 11 ай бұрын

Very informative. More like this, please!

@Alphagrey718 11 ай бұрын

Babylon is falling

@oleradiodudea.m.4735 11 ай бұрын

This strike proves how irrelevant Hollywood is and how much we don't need it.

@mikebear7636 11 ай бұрын

it's not studio greed, it's corporate greed and it's happening everywhere, class warfare, support workers

@katiedavis7232 11 ай бұрын

Great interview. Solidarity, workers!

@TheSlackrguy 11 ай бұрын

That was very good & informative.

@CharlesAlkhal 11 ай бұрын

One has the power to wait, the other has no leverage. I'll safely bet that they will come to their senses once money runs out. I highly doubt that the actors will help them financially to continue the strike. There is reality and the fantasy world. This will be over soon or later.

@HazyChestNutz 11 ай бұрын

agreed, the unions have the power to wait, the studios has no leverage. Hollywood execs are clowns and they will soon be replaced

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

Doubt it, especially when it comes to money.

@michaelsurratt1864 11 ай бұрын

Simp clown

@yourregulartexan1113 11 ай бұрын

@@jarridbarker1128Studios can wait out the strike. These writers will not last much longer. Actors will NOT help them out and pay for their strike.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@yourregulartexan1113 studios are like baby birds, constantly having their mouths open, wanting/demanding that food RIGHT NOW!!!!

@cyberspace667 11 ай бұрын

Great segment, very insightful

@thomasmaroti9312 11 ай бұрын

Close it down, let them all go write code for joe

@jazzguy1927 11 ай бұрын

The writers say they will not give up and keep on striking no matter how long it takes and they have a strike fund to sustain them during the strike. Let’s see if the strike fund will last them for the next 10 years if the studios refuse to bargain.

@christophernuzzi2780 11 ай бұрын

I remember when TV series had 30 episode seasons!

@TheQuickyouknow 11 ай бұрын

I disagree that the 22 ep seasons were good. I actually thought those long seasons were MOSTLY bad, but we had no options. Stranger Things, The Last of Us, House of Dragon, etc > just about any 22 ep season outside of maybe 24.

@jamesbingham1007 11 ай бұрын

This business is hitting the harsh reality that it all comes down to ones and zeroes. The music industry learned this the hard way. Consumers wanted to buy songs a la carte, and the record labels said no. So, code writers created file sharing. That led to Apple Itunes selling songs a la carte. The same technology led us to movie streaming. But, the studios got greedy and started building a stream around every show or set of movies you like. As a result, bootleg sites sprung up like weeds in the summer. Hollywood is going to argue over streaming residuals and AI limits. Meanwhile, code writers are going to come up with the tech. that will allow you to create your own shows and movies or simply watch what others build and allow you to watch at nearly no cost.

@goffokfm6821 11 ай бұрын

So you’re telling me that a career in the arts is not secure or lucrative? Who could have guessed.

@geertvlaenckx9942 11 ай бұрын

And what prevents studios from hiring writers overseas?

@orlock20 11 ай бұрын

It depends on the service. Netflix has been putting whole foreign projects on its service. Independent companies such as A24 (a studio that makes mostly horror movies) can also produce content.

@squiggs928 11 ай бұрын

They can band together all they want. The real issue facing Hollywood is that they stopped making content that people want to watch.

@ryank6322 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. I barely watch movies and TV anymore. I just listen to podcasts which have almost no production costs and actually teach me stuff. Hard to beat that.

@DarkPassenger 11 ай бұрын

@@ryank6322 Same. I mostly watch stuff from like before 2010. I can't remember the last time I got excited for a movie, or show.

@l.w.paradis2108 11 ай бұрын

@@DarkPassenger2019 was a fabulous year for movies. You know why I remember that year.

@l.w.paradis2108 11 ай бұрын

This guest just explained why content is poor. Try listening.

@raggedflaggon9566 11 ай бұрын

If you actually paid attention, the executives make all the decisions and everything has been merged so people can't just make movies anymore. Its all centralized. The writers actually want to do different better stuff, but they aren't allowed to because corporations have complete control of the industry.

@vladp4116 11 ай бұрын

Thank goodness we live in a free country and no one is forced to do what they don’t want to do. Writers and actors will get my respect when they start to work 50 weeks a year. Until then they don’t have an argument that common folk can get behind. Common folk work 40-60 hours a week with two weeks vacation, can these actors and writers relate?

@ro6742 11 ай бұрын

Just remember “We’re ALL in this TOGETHER.” 🤮

@theprogressivemichigander6588 11 ай бұрын

Interesting as far as it went. I'd have liked to hear a longer conversation though. Particularly, I'd like to hear them asked about the role of AI. It seems to me like AI is central to why there is this impasse. Movie companies will soon be able to cut out a lot of the labor costs and get rid of all the extras who can be generated via programs.The cost to produce a movie is going to plummet. That would be great if it meant we were going to get more movies or better movies with more spaces for all the actors who lose their roles as minor characters and extras to actually get starring roles in smaller films. But studios seem more likely to just try to capture the surplus.

@rcv9988 11 ай бұрын

These "writers" attacked other unions that were too....insert identity...that were on strike. Eff em

@l.w.paradis2108 11 ай бұрын

Insightful! They are so right to strike!

@Stiegosaurus 11 ай бұрын

Let it all burn.

@WENG0407 11 ай бұрын

Oh gosh, I've been trying to search for a reasonably easy to understand issue on this topic of writers' and actors' strike. Sort of Strike for Dummies, but there's None that points out exactly what they're fighting for, how much of it is because of AI, yadiyada. I watched this video 2 times, AND YET, perhaps I'm stoopid, I've still NO IDEA what the issue here is besides money. And the reasons Your Guest gave, I don't see how "quality" of content is relevant. Supply and Demand, if content is REALLY THAT BAD, Demand will drop, and people will stop watching. Paying them more doesn't mean the content will improve. DEMAND Will determine the quality, or lack of demand.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

Quality will determine demand. Would u eat food that's not good and go back and get it again??

@SourBogBubble 11 ай бұрын

Studios are winning.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

Of what??

@edgarzehfuss 11 ай бұрын

They voted for Joe the they should learn to code

@Dowlphin 11 ай бұрын

*Bad video title.* Explained was one grievance - about how writers are paid / ripped off. Nothing about actors, nothing about the AI grievance and nothing about what other film production jobs are doing with this strike situation.

@hay_w1re645 11 ай бұрын

I don’t understand a lot of shows then. They are making a show, they change to story for no reason… is this due to writers? If the show is hard to make, why would the show make if they are looking to make “just good enough” content? Still make zero sense to me why I should root for either of em.

@RobBank1985 11 ай бұрын

Are we going to ignore the woke box ticking going on by writers and producers. Instead of focusing on storytelling we get “Representation”

@cmc5394oparva 11 ай бұрын

@@user-uo2bk7vz2l It's not being brought up specifically because the industry and the media doesn't want to eat the crow needed to acknowledge that fact. Instead, they're trying to make it about AI and residuals, when the reality is that they've lost 25-40% of their audience the last three years by being a mass media mouthpiece for the Democratic party and rad-left ideology.

@wylierichardson-tu6zs 11 ай бұрын

that 'representation' often takes the form of having minority actors within the cast, or a token LGBTQ character in it. It doenst necessarily make the resulting product 'bad' per se.

@cmc5394oparva 11 ай бұрын

@@wylierichardson-tu6zs No, but prioritizing "diversity" over "good story" certainly does.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

What is "woke"?

@cmc5394oparva 11 ай бұрын

@@jarridbarker1128 An intellectually stunted framework of gnostic circular reasoning.

@slappyfun 11 ай бұрын

Wait, did Robbie say that ceo made 489 million and was 84 times what the average writer makes? How much does that work out to be for the average writer? Over a million??

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Big if true

@iaincrawford6083 11 ай бұрын

$259,375 per year by my count. Happy for someone to correct the math if I've made a mistake.

@killaken2000 11 ай бұрын

Looking into it to get an accurate figure it appears his usual salary is around 40 million. In 2021 Zaslav sold 200 million in stock options and I would imagine he did that again sometime within the 5 year span. So that is why they total his salary over 5 years instead of simply comparing yearly salaries.

@slappyfun 11 ай бұрын

@@iaincrawford6083 thank you!! I can't believe the average writer makes this though.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@killaken200040 million is still WAY MORE than 250,000.

@Don-C.L. 11 ай бұрын

I think every industry is doing quantity over quality. You have to pay extra for something that used to be merely good quality. Like the plane seats of 1st class on certain airlines were economy at one point.

@RobertSpitzer 11 ай бұрын

Great to be able to hear his voice, and their point of view.

@thedarkknightReturns 11 ай бұрын

content is defini worse especially since 2017

@deadgolfer6345 11 ай бұрын

I'd call it since 2006. But I hear ya.

@donquique1 11 ай бұрын

I think what will happen is that studios wll just get shows from korea and overseas. Hollywood is in a rude awakening. We wil get fewer movie mega stars. Hollywood best paid actors will be the c list actors of today and reality tv starlets.

@wylierichardson-tu6zs 11 ай бұрын

Another option is for studios to use non-union talent.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@wylierichardson-tu6zs....or unions creating/owning studios.

@MK_ULTRA420 11 ай бұрын

I see Hollywood writers the same way they see Trump supporters.

@edwardfitzgerald3877 11 ай бұрын

So... the average Hollywood writer makes north of $250K? That's a confortable living, even in a big city like Los Angeles.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

Yep so does an average TV executive making more and doing less work than the writer.

@edwardfitzgerald3877 11 ай бұрын

@@jarridbarker1128 True, but the average TV executive is not on strike, begging for more money. So what's your point?

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@edwardfitzgerald3877why should I pointed it out when you did it for me?

@edwardfitzgerald3877 11 ай бұрын

@@jarridbarker1128 You're missing the point. Senior Executives are exceptional. Writers are a dime a dozen. Yet, they still make a decent living despite their mediocre contribution.

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@edwardfitzgerald3877no they're not, otherwise they should write the show themselves.....exceptional...dude please. 😂

@frankstallone3864 11 ай бұрын

Listening to 'working class' actors complain about *only* getting $900 per work day doesn't make me feel sorry for them.

@thecivilianseries3267 11 ай бұрын

You don't understand the business. That actor could work for 2 weeks, and then not have another gig for 2 months..

@frankstallone3864 11 ай бұрын

I understand it fine. In absolutely any other business on the planet you would tell that person to get a full time job, but you worship celebrity.

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

@@thecivilianseries3267and I'm supposed to care why? Can they not choose another profession if they can't find steady work acting?

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@frankstallone3864what's a "full-time job" today??

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

@@blackjackjesteryeah like Rob Iger making more than 20+million a year.

@user-iq4ko7kk1d 11 ай бұрын

The higher paid actors are like "we want more money for the little guys!" - as long as it doesnt come out of our pockets! 😢

@jonwalter6317 11 ай бұрын

Seems like a simple equation - a lot of writers willing to work, but a limited stream of outlets. The "studios" and like have invested the money to build the streaming/delivery infrastructure, and now they make the rules. Not sure what the answer is, because it seems the studios can wait out the writers for a long time. Writers need to develop their own platforms, but then they'd squeeze the new writers. Remember, greed exists on both sides, otherwise this issue doesn't exist.

@The1225life 11 ай бұрын

Here's a question, what's stopping writers and actors from going ahead and making their own shows? What is the actual contribution of big studios to this industry? Maybe it's time to go back to basics. Work more with creativity than with just big budgets.

@user-di8hm2jl2u 11 ай бұрын

The problem is that in order for your movie to be shown, to be seen, it Has to be on one of the platforms that they own unfortunately. Disney owns almost all of the regular TV channels .

@haute03 11 ай бұрын

And how would those writers and actors get their content seen once it's produced? They would have to pump them out through distribution channels owned by the very corporations they're striking against.

@orlock20 11 ай бұрын

@@user-di8hm2jl2u There is KZfaq.. Skibiti Toilet is a one person operation with 20.9 million subscribers and it's original content.

@rossvonhausen 11 ай бұрын

Wait a sec, if I'm following Robbie's math. 498m/384/5 yrs = 259k/y Wait, is the average Hollywood writer Making over ¼ mil/yr?

@crunk62 11 ай бұрын

Mr Masters elucidated this perfectly! It’s quantity over quality for these Moguls!

@user-iq4ko7kk1d 11 ай бұрын

Maybe writers should come up with some original writing instead of constantly recycling previously successful shows/movies and turning it into garbage. 😢

@Canoneosmiami 11 ай бұрын

Why don’t the shareholders fire overpaid CEO’s first pay them max 150k a year ..them pay actors % of the stream revenue…based on mins watched of the movie ,show ..

@lone982 11 ай бұрын

So this is why if you don't watch thrillers and violence you can hardly find something to watch on netflix ....

@chinaexpat1827 11 ай бұрын

ALL THOSE ACTORS AND WRITERS ARE MULTI MILLIONAIRES, THE ROCK JUST GOT 50 MILL TO DO ANOTHER MOVIE. THEY WANT US TO PAY MORE IN STREAMING FEES SO THEY CAN BE PAID MORE TO DO LESS WORK

@user-di8hm2jl2u 11 ай бұрын

About 98% of the actors do not get paid well at all. Some of the best actors are not well known and they have been given less than $23 a month in residuals.

@chinaexpat1827 11 ай бұрын

@@user-di8hm2jl2u GIVE ME ACTUAL NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH THEY MAKE , 23$ RESIDUALS PER PROJECT.

@chinaexpat1827 11 ай бұрын

@@user-di8hm2jl2u LOWEST PAID ACTORS MAKE 30K A YEAR, CONSIDERING THE EASY WORKLOAD, THAT IS GREAT. I MAKE THAT A LITTLE OVER THAT AS A TEACHER

@J0einOK 11 ай бұрын

My daughter does office work at Warner. Rumors are many low downs will be laid off while the big shots hold out against the creatives.

@wealthfamily8989 11 ай бұрын

Well, if the actors and writers would stop hating on the viewers calling them "toxic" . Maybe it's time for the actors and writers to start learning how to code lol.

@yourtube5932 11 ай бұрын

This is basically the Horse and Buggy Driver's Union of 1908. AI will replace them. Eventually AI will unionize and the process will repeat itself.

@INNNNCONCEIVABLE 11 ай бұрын

What honest/fair streaming services are there?

@jaroslavvetrovec7925 11 ай бұрын

Maybe it is time for actors, writers and studios to start make good movies and series.

@ruthanna4713 11 ай бұрын

Good on them. I agree, quality has dwindled to an embarrassing low the past years.

@MrMarcosema 11 ай бұрын

Move the studios to a "Right to work" state and forget about these rich elite unions

@jarridbarker1128 11 ай бұрын

You mean "right to fire" states.

@muncangel5993 11 ай бұрын

well said

@unipartyhellscape8895 11 ай бұрын

Robby seems pretty well informed and open minded on a variety of topics. Corporate Power is not one of them. It's like his brain floats out of his head Homer Simpson style. I'm surprised his body didn't collapse into a pile of limbs during this segment.

@deadgolfer6345 11 ай бұрын

I'll take Robbie's side as a devil's advocate. If the problem is that the studios aren't interested in good content, but the writers and actors and everyone else who makes movies is, then why don't they just go do their own thing? Make the better product and cut the studio out.

@unipartyhellscape8895 11 ай бұрын

@@deadgolfer6345 Distribution. The studios/streaming companies own the pipes. So you can make the best movie ever but where are you going to release it in a way where you make your money back? Let alone a profit from the project.

@Homeschoolsw6 11 ай бұрын

3:08..." their goal is not to make great content " The investors are gone and so are the advertisers. The studios/companies need to cut costs somewhere. So it's pay less or cut the workforce or both.

@Mojavekight17 11 ай бұрын

Should have stricken when the shows were making money not now

@johnsearcy1064 11 ай бұрын

I'm genuinely asking here... I support fair pay, but I have to be honest most the scripts I've seen these days are terrible. I walk out of almost all movies I don't like because the story isn't worth telling. Not the CGI, or the actors.... it's almost always the bad scripts and dialogue. How do the writers not take the hit for that?

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

Yea, no exec is saying "make mediocre content" like this guy says. And if he is suggesting that writers are somehow locked in to only writing for one show (seems ridiculous) for 14 months? Look, half the work deserves half the pay. If you only write 10 episodes why should you get paid for 22? Who cares how long that is stretched out over? Doesn't that mean you should have more time to make it better? None of what this guy says makes any sense.

@chaz0115 11 ай бұрын

Thank God I don't watch TV and don't care about this issue as there is a whole world out there to explore, instead of setting in front of a TV for hours.

@michaelsurratt1864 11 ай бұрын

Aka I watch TikTok all day

@twoodland1994 11 ай бұрын

I can’t take this anymore. I just come out and say it. ALL MY LIFE!!! All My life, I’ve movies despite how’s its good or bad. Same thing goes to Television. I am so tired of this Merging Streamers, removes the Some Disney+, and Max Movies, Cancels the seasons, and most of all… That Greedy CEOs and forced to shut down to all productions. Especially most of the Movies I’ve wanted to see: More Episodes of Disney Channel’s Bunk’d Season 7. Wicked Part 1 and 2. Beetlejuice 2. Lilo and Stitch Disney Remake. And the Final Season of Cobra Kai. And the REST OF THE MOVIES AND TELEVISIONS AS ALL OF US WANT TO SEE IT!!! WE WANT THEM COMPLETED WITH WRITERS AND ACTORS!!! We support them all the way. All the way!!! If you CEOs don’t make deal in August, not longer until October or late winter… You’ll LOSE YOUR JOBS TOO!!! Ignore the lackluster reviews and keep filming and look forward for ALL THE WRITERS AND ALL THE ACTORS!!! Paid them fair!!! Paid them well!!! Just paid them who are trying to work so hard for you CEOS. MAKE THE DEAL FAST!!! AND RESUME THE PRODUCTIONS!!! From T.L.

@DrDuckman 11 ай бұрын

Great guest!!

@jocknuke 11 ай бұрын

Hollywood is already collapsed. Hope they never come back

@TheSquiggleySpooch 11 ай бұрын

thanks for wishing thousands of working people out of a job! I wish you the best in your industry, you’re a gem of a human!

@jocknuke 11 ай бұрын

@@TheSquiggleySpooch your little mind can’t grasp the concept of any Hollywood alternatives. Did you graduate HS? Lol 😂

@blackjackjester 11 ай бұрын

@@TheSquiggleySpoochlearn to code. It was a rough time for carriage drivers in 1910 It was a rough time for mailroom workers in 2000. When you fight progress you lose every time, and hold everyone back while you cling on to dying business models.

@SilentCheechGaming1991 11 ай бұрын

Judging by the quality if film and television recently, youd think the writers have been on strike for years! Let them strike, they produce garbage anyway.