Comments by "serafina costa" (@serafinacosta7118) on "How streaming caused the TV writers strike" video.

  1. Good topic. Writing for a feature series isn’t like it used to be. There are no Sidney Sheldons out there with a beck in call publicist, making the big bucks. Writing for featured series has become a collective endeavor. If you pick up interviews by actors from sucessfull series , be it The Sopranos, The Wire , Homicide Life on the Street, Mad Men , the ensemble cast will all repeat themselves saying how great the scripts are. They seldom ever mention how great the cast is….So it takes equal parts, excellent screen writing and professional actors. I recall once sleeping over at LAX , on a standby flight that might come first thing next morning. Next to me , and we talked through the night , was this paraplegic kid , from the west coast , whose father owned a plumbing supply business. The kid was working his way around trying to break into the entertainment business as a screenwriter , shuttling between LA and San Francisco. This is not a job , no matter how talented you are , that you can just apply for and start with benefits. It takes time, and dues paid to be on these gigs. So these streaming service providers need to figure a way for these folk to get paid , or there won’t be creative talent to make these shows and movies compelling enough as a decent product. Streaming or TV , it does not change the fact that if there isn’t worthwhile reward , no talent will come up through the system.
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