The WGA has massively miscalculated the amount of money that is going to go into original scripted drama. The reason why a plumber coming out with any sort of apprenticeship or any certification in plumbing can make 100, 120, 140 thousand dollars their second year as a plumber are there aren't enough of them. So how do you get leverage by taking out capital? A lot of what I'll call tier two and tier three riders are going to need to go find a living somewhere else.
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