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I'm going to go off topic, but it's necessary to face the Godzilla in the room

Tom you mentioned how in the past working with studios could result in mentoring, developing and working with writers

No argument there but one thing "back in the day" was so successful because it was white guys with white guys

No POC. No women

Nobody different

I'm reading "Burn it down; power, complicity, and a call to change in

HOLLYWOOD " by Maureen Ryan a journalist and I believe an editor at an entertainment magazine

I'm so fucking angry how white people are treated compared to POC, women, anyone with differences

It's the entire industry

People who think things ended with Weinstein and Metoo is history is naive

Inappropriate sexual behavior is but one way women ( or men) are treated. Plus fucking divas that hold power at studios and their behavior by humiliating crew and talent. The excuse is that talent makes you a jerk because you are so creative is encouraged not rewarded

Second HOLLYWOOD has the best PR in any field....fuck it just read the book

Great piece, Tom

Thanks

All typos are mine

Humans were not meant to write on cell phones

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Yes, largely true. However, the writer who taught me to be a good screenwriter was a woman.

The good news is there are quite a few writers in the Guild now who have surnames I cannot pronounce. :-)

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TC, WGA, тАЬnotesтАЭ (and their context to тАЬIPтАЭ), MGA, etc. I worked in Automotive and needed a glossary for all the SPC, GCI, PBL Etc. Insiders automatically forget that outsiders need a primer to the context

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And "speaking airplane" is worse. :-)

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I've seen many of those lists - always good! - thanks.

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Very funny, though less so in light of the crash today of the plane that killed Prigozhin and nine others, apparently members of the Wagner team.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yevgeny-prigozhin-plane-crash-russia-passengers-dead-wagner-group/

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Posted before crash report

In any event, I donтАЩt suspect Russian mechanics actually keep a log book

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Not if they know what's good for them.

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YouтАЩve reminded me of something I think youтАЩll appreciate. Brb

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