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Amy Thurlow
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she/her tv writer for hire Member of WGAW and IATSE.
Los Angeles, CA
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jul 17, 2023
    It's wild that they're framing this like it's a big number when it represents wages for 170k + people, is the same cost of 1-2 high budget seasons of tv or 1 big blockbuster, and is the same amount that 1 CEO made as a signing bonus in 1 year.
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    The Hollywood Reporter
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    Jul 17, 2023
    Annual Cost of SAG-AFTRA, DGA, WGA Contracts May Be $450M-$600M a Year, Moody’s Estimates thr.cm/5WAvyOF
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Apr 20, 2022
    Certain streaming platforms have kept wages down for literally 99% of the people who work on their shows by cancelling them after 1-2 seasons. How do you earn a promotion or wage increase if you only work 1-2 seasons? You don't. That's by design.
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Sep 1, 2023
    I cannot get over that the studios are so bad at business that they low balled Taylor Swift when they have approximately zero movies in production.
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    Amy Thurlow
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    May 19, 2023
    It blows my mind how these companies have made tv so much worse for the consumer. Like a show? Great, S2 will air a year and a half from now when the plot has become as memorable as what you had for breakfast last Friday. 🧵
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jul 15, 2023
    For the record, I am still dumbfounded that the AMPTP created a situation in which celebrities are being photographed picketing and are talking to the press about labor.
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Oct 22, 2021
    No one should die making a movie. Not one.
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Sep 29, 2023
    SHOWRUNNERS As we head back to work, the studios are going to try like hell to union bust. One of the ways they will do that is by squeezing wherever they can and blaming the strikes. Protect your crews and support staff. Push back. 1/?
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jul 26, 2023
    Barbenheimmer proving that people are desperate for the communal, social nature of film and tv. Netflix: let’s get computers to make individualized content that isolates viewers from each other
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Aug 23, 2023
    This proposal (that very much shouldn’t have been released under media blackout) is wild to me for so many reasons. Here’s why it is a giant nothing burger of an offer. 🧵
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jul 21, 2023
    Pretty sure all the CEOs are crawling out of their Malibu lairs bc when it slipped that they were waiting for people to lose their homes it revealed that they're not bargaining in good faith which is against the National Labor Relations Act and is unlawful.
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    The Hollywood Reporter
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    Jul 21, 2023
    Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO On Strikes: “It’s Not True That We Don’t Want to Negotiate” thr.cm/7yZRQo7
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    Amy Thurlow
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    May 4, 2023
    I’m still mad at WB for making me use my personal credit card as a Writers’ PA. #WGAStrong
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jun 4, 2023
    Just a reminder they made a deal with the DGA in hopes of pitting us against each other. Don’t fall for it. The enemy is not the DGA it’s the AMPTP. Mini 🧵
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Jul 30, 2023
    I’m not sure if this is a hot take, but the disregard for paying on time is absolutely classist. Saying that withholding payment makes anyone work harder is another way of saying “we expect you to not actually need the money we give you for your labor.”
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    Amy Thurlow
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    Nov 8, 2021
    You can ban guns. You can have a police officer on set. You can do your damage control. But none of those things make sets safer. Rust happened because of greed and a culture that celebrates cutting corners. Those goons made shirts making fun of safety concerns on their set.