detectivechen:

the way sheryl lee ralph got on the SAG negotiation board is so abbott coded + why this strike is important

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Originally posted by spelledcoffee

Ralph was drawn into union service thanks to her Abbott Elementary co-star Lisa Ann Walter, with whom she serves on the negotiating committee. During the first season of the series, Ralph was “infuriated” about changes to the union’s affiliated health plan and how that was affecting older members. “[Walter] said, ‘That’s exactly why you should be in union service,'” remembers Ralph. “And I said, ‘Lisa, I do not want to be in union service.’ She said, ‘Sheryl, the union needs you. I need you because we have to do this for everybody else, not just ourselves.’ And I was like, ‘Girl, please, no.'” Walter convinced Ralph, and she ran for office. Two years later, she’s a member of SAG-AFTRA’s executive committee, and her life is “completely different.”ALT
As Ralph explains, she has been in the business for over 40 years, and has only recently ascended to the level of “overnight sensation” where she can speak out and be heard. “I have worked these contracts,” she says. “I have worked my way up. I know what it’s like to work just long enough to be able to survive on unemployment to the next job.” On the call, Ralph wanted to dispel the notion that everyone in SAG is a “big star” making “millions” or even that the majority of members are series regulars who make “good money.” “We’re talking about plain, old, ordinary, working class people who in 40 years have not gotten a cost of living raise,” she said. She added: “And somehow they’re making people who are just fighting to live look like the bad guys.”ALT
Ralph recognizes that a strike will be difficult. “I’ve been through strikes before,” she says. “I’m one of those people: I’ve got to keep oil in my lamp.” In the past, she says, she saw friends lose their homes and go through other hardships. “I know that should there be a strike, it will hurt. It might hurt some people more. It might hurt some people less, but if we are able to get an understanding with the larger corporations who do not necessarily understand how we do art because they crunch numbers, and if they think that artificial intelligence is better than a human being, we need to pause and talk about this,” she says. “If they think that you should be happy with what you’re making? No, I’d be happy if I was making what you’re making.” Ralph continues: “We will rise up after this, and we will be on another level. Because finally the artists are strong enough to say, wait a minute. I matter in this picture. When it comes to entertainment, I matter.”ALT

sonofdysonsphere:

nyancrimew:

jame7t:

there’s no way humans could build the Eiffel Tower

must’ve been the animals

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Peer reviewed and passed.

asleepinawell:

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I can reach out to his family. He has two sons, and another daughter that he adores. They’ll be able to reach him. Maybe they can help him turn himself in.

tagged → #the expanse

swallowedabug:

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN
Killjoys 4.10 (2018)

tagged → #killjoys

theavengers:

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THE MARVELS (2023) - New official stills from Entertainment Weekly

tagged → #the marvels #mcu

marisatomay:

marisatomay:

need the studios to cave to the guilds demands very immediately or tom cruise is going to have Free Time on his hands for the first time in 42 years we as a species cannot allow that to happen like this is what he’s like when he’s busy working every single day of his life can you imagine what would happen if he got BORED

screenshot of an article from the onion titled: Union Lets Tom Cruise Act During Strike From Fear Of What He'll Do When He Can't Make Movies (Published July 17, 2023 at 1pm)ALT

oh so we’re just stealing amanda marisatomay bits now

moonlarked:

moonlarked:

this site really hates people with ocd

“reblog this or you don’t support minorities!” “if you don’t reblog this then all of your followers should hate you!” “if you have a bad thought then you actually think that way and you’re a horrible person!” “you can only like ‘good’ things and if you like something ‘bad’ then you’re awful!” i am going to throttle you with my bare hands

zelda-heritage-posts:

fire-plays-totk:

fire-plays-totk:

fire-plays-totk:

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Watch every Zelink fanartist ignore Link being shorter than Zelda for the second game in a row

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Me when I’m in denial

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There’s something wrong with you people I think

Zelda Heritage Post

tagged → #the legend of zelda
tagged → #katie mcgrath #dates