At Universal, Steven Spielberg was smiling and waving at picketers as he drove onto the lot. Director Garry Marshall did a walk up and down Lankershim, saying hi to all the picketers and even giving a little speech in support. The "me too" honking was crazed since it's some kind of corridor for heavy truck traffic. "You really get the feeling that your picket is a touchstone for general frustration with corporate power," a striking writer stationed there emailed me. "And that's not just because they stop, lean out their car, and tell us to stick it to 'those corporate fuckers' (which they do, a lot)."- Deadline Hollywood
"On The Line: Strike Day 3"Joss Whedon is too sick to picket today, but had
this to say about those gorrammed rabble-rousin' strikers. *swoon*
WGA is
videoblogging the strike and
all sorts of other socialnetworky, web2.0-ish stuff. Here's a video that explains the reason for the strike: