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"A DVD retails (零售) for $10 or more. Out of that, we writers get four or five cents now. We're asking
to get eight cents per DVD. The
1 and others say we're asking for too much." That is television writer Saul
Bloom's argument as to
2 the Writers Association of America is going on strike.
The strike by TV and movie writers will greatly
3 TV and movie production. The last such strike, in
1988,
4 the industry half a billion dollars. That strike lasted five months.
All movies that require the
5 of professional writers will stop production. TV networks will have to
6 "reality" shows that don't require professional writers.
7 , of course, there will be plenty of reruns (重播).
TV viewers
8 fresh programs might have to switch to cable TV or
9 DVDs. A recent nationwide poll
(民意测验)
10 that the general public strongly supports the writers, who are
11 to be underpaid and
unappreciated.
"Writers are
12 demanding," complained Reese Majors, vice president of a production company with seven
13 airing weekly on network TV. "They think they are so
14 . All they do is to type a bunch of
15 onto a
piece of paper. They think that writing is worff. But how can it be work when it is done in the
16 of their
homes? How can you call sitting at home 'work'? The
17 and the crew have to go on location (外景拍摄),
where they must
18 the cold, the heat, the jet lag, and the
19 of being away from home No home cooking
for them-they have to eat
20 . But you don't hear them asking for four more cents per DVD!"
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