Writers celebrate the tentative deal with the studios with drinks, group hugs and selfies. They now turn their attention to support for actors on strike.
between the major Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America, writers were overjoyed to finally be able to sit down and kick back over drinks at Neat, a Westside bar, on Sunday night, after marching and chanting for the last 146 days on the picket lines.
“I saw the same people for the last 145 or so days and these people are some of my closest friends now, so it’s nice being here with everyone,” said Ben Smith, a writer and co-executive producer of the television show “Only Murders in the Building.” Hollywood workers celebrate the tentative contract agreement outside the North Hollywod bar Idle Hour on Sunday night.
Dan Ewen, showrunner for television show “Clean Slate,” echoed Blutman’s sentiments. “In one aspect it’s done, but we also have our SAG brothers and sisters out there, and it’s important to get this entire industry up and going again,” he said. “The general idea is that this was a harder nut to crack. I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s what I have heard. I think in a general momentum sense, it’s a giant step. But without them, there’s nothing in front of the camera.
Foisting fists and drinks in the air, , they cheered and hugged, snapping group photos to commemorate the night awash in victory, relief and more cheering. One of the first group chants to break out was: “Thank you Neg Comm!” acknowledging the work of the WGA negotiating committee.
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