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WEDNESDAY-LURKING THOUGHTS
I HAVE SPENT THE DAY LURKING AROUND VDO FORUMS TODAY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WRITERS STRIKING. HAVING WORKED BOTH SIDES--MANAGEMENT AND UNION I CAN TELL YOU THAT MANAGEMENT'S POSITION IS TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY FOR THEIR STOCKHOLDERS BY KEEPING COSTS AND PAYROLL DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WITHOUT UNIONS YOU WOULD STILL HAVE CHILD LABOR AND WORKING 80 HOUR A WEEK FOR 50 CENTS AN HOUR.
WHILE UNIONS CAN ALSO BE ABUSED WHAT THE WRITERS ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT UNREASONABLE. THE POWERS THAT BE SAY THERE IS NO MARKET IN THE INTERNET, JUST AS THEY SAID THERE IS NO MARKET FOR VHS OR DVD IN THE LAST CONTRACT, IF THEY TRULY BELIEVED THAT WHY NOT AGREE, BECAUSE 0 PERCENT OF 0 IS 0. SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE. DO NOT BLAME THE WRITERS THEY JUST WANT WHAT IS FAIR. SUPPORT THE WRITERS. IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN--COMPLAIN TO THE POWERS THAT BE,
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT MY ADMIRATION FOR DAVID LETTERMEN HAS RISEN GREATLY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE CONTINUED TO PAY HIS ENTIRE STAFF DURING THE STRIKE EMBARRASSING LENO INTO DOING THE SAME. HE DID NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. HOWARD STERN OUTTED AND EMBARRASSED DAVE ABOUT IT ON AIR.
ALSO AS I LURKED AOUND THE VARIOUS OTHER VDO SITES. AGAIN I SEE PEOPLE WRITING UGLY OPINIONS ABOUT HIM. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND....WHY DO YOU GO ONTO SITES DEDICATED TO MR D'ONOFRIO IF YOU DO NOT CARE FOR HIS ACTING (WHICH I ALSO DO NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT EACH TO THEIR OWN)? I MYSELF LOVE THE MAN. HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST ACTORS WORKING TODAY. AS HARRISON FORD ONCE SAID WHEN A PRODUCER TOLD HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE TONY CURTIS PLAYING A STOCK BOY YOU THINK "NOW THERE IS AN MOVIE STAR","I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO SAY NOW THERE IS A STOCK BOY." THAT IS WHAT MR. D'ONOFRIO DOES WITH HIS CHARACTERS-HE LOSES HIMSELF IN THE ROLES HE CHOOSES. THE MAN ACTS WITH HIS FACE, HIS EYES, HIS BODY LANGUAGE.
THERE ARE BUT A HANDFUL OF ACTORS THAT DO THIS--HARRISON FORD AND RUSSELL CROWE FOR TWO.RANT RANT....
HAPPY WEDNESDAY.
WHILE UNIONS CAN ALSO BE ABUSED WHAT THE WRITERS ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT UNREASONABLE. THE POWERS THAT BE SAY THERE IS NO MARKET IN THE INTERNET, JUST AS THEY SAID THERE IS NO MARKET FOR VHS OR DVD IN THE LAST CONTRACT, IF THEY TRULY BELIEVED THAT WHY NOT AGREE, BECAUSE 0 PERCENT OF 0 IS 0. SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE. DO NOT BLAME THE WRITERS THEY JUST WANT WHAT IS FAIR. SUPPORT THE WRITERS. IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN--COMPLAIN TO THE POWERS THAT BE,
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT MY ADMIRATION FOR DAVID LETTERMEN HAS RISEN GREATLY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE CONTINUED TO PAY HIS ENTIRE STAFF DURING THE STRIKE EMBARRASSING LENO INTO DOING THE SAME. HE DID NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. HOWARD STERN OUTTED AND EMBARRASSED DAVE ABOUT IT ON AIR.
ALSO AS I LURKED AOUND THE VARIOUS OTHER VDO SITES. AGAIN I SEE PEOPLE WRITING UGLY OPINIONS ABOUT HIM. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND....WHY DO YOU GO ONTO SITES DEDICATED TO MR D'ONOFRIO IF YOU DO NOT CARE FOR HIS ACTING (WHICH I ALSO DO NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT EACH TO THEIR OWN)? I MYSELF LOVE THE MAN. HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST ACTORS WORKING TODAY. AS HARRISON FORD ONCE SAID WHEN A PRODUCER TOLD HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE TONY CURTIS PLAYING A STOCK BOY YOU THINK "NOW THERE IS AN MOVIE STAR","I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO SAY NOW THERE IS A STOCK BOY." THAT IS WHAT MR. D'ONOFRIO DOES WITH HIS CHARACTERS-HE LOSES HIMSELF IN THE ROLES HE CHOOSES. THE MAN ACTS WITH HIS FACE, HIS EYES, HIS BODY LANGUAGE.
THERE ARE BUT A HANDFUL OF ACTORS THAT DO THIS--HARRISON FORD AND RUSSELL CROWE FOR TWO.RANT RANT....
HAPPY WEDNESDAY.