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| Hollywood cools after SAG deadline
Industry not in WGA frenzy despite uncertainty
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Where's the panic?
One day after the expiration of the Screen Actors Guild's film and primetime TV contract, the biz is not gripped by the same level of angst experienced at the comparable moment during the Writers Guild of America's negotiations with the majors, just prior to the Nov. 5 start of the scribes' 100-day strike.
There's a ubiquitous sense among studio and network execs, talent reps and multihyphenates that SAG does not have the bedrock of support among its members to call for a work stoppage.
SAG's tactical decision to hinge its next move on the results of the ratification vote for AFTRA's contract, which SAG has blasted as woefully insufficient, has convinced many in the biz that SAG has backed itself into a corner.
Thus the passage of the June 30 contract expiration date was anticlimactic, with all eyes now on SAG to see what it will do after the results of the AFTRA ratification vote are announced Tuesday.
"The sentiment is that people who are working don't want to go out. If there hadn't been a writers strike, there might be more support for (a SAG strike)," said a veteran talent rep who specializes in TV thesps. "Right now, there's too many people who are just desperate to get something going."
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