rec.arts.theatre.musicals

"Christopher Jahn" wrote in message
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> "Ed\(NY\)" wrote in
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>> "Steve Newport" wrote in message
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>>> From: DGSweet@ (dgsweet)
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>>> The writers and producers may not recoup this money quickly
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>>> And many others suffered losses.
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>> Which is unfortunate. But how would you have prevented that?
>> Both sides were intent on pursuing their courses of action for
>> their own reasons - how would you propose to avoid that?
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> An examination of both sides shows that it could have been
> avoided if the producers had only pursued what was fair. The
> writer's demands were completely reasonable.
>
> The producers alone were responsible for this strike, and they
> had it within their power to end it at any time. Instead, they
> chose greed over fairness.
>
>Yes, it's unfair and greedy. But it would be naive, I think, to expect
>that to change.