{"id":91695,"date":"2023-08-06T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91695"},"modified":"2023-08-06T21:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:20:12","slug":"strike-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/08\/06\/strike-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, the strikes plaguing the performing community continue.&nbsp; And two performers found themselves on the wrong side of the picket line.&nbsp; First was <strong>Stephen Amell<\/strong>, who went public at <strong><em>GalaxyCon <\/em><\/strong>in Raleigh, North Carolina, saying, \u201cI do not support striking\u201d.&nbsp; He added that he found the strike a \u201creductive negotiating tactic\u201d, \u201cincredibly frustrating\u201d, and \u201cmyopic\u201d.&nbsp; There he goes, showing off that Canadian education!&nbsp; After being vilified online, he explained that while he stands with the union, he does not stand with how the impasse is being handled.&nbsp; He added, \u201cWhen you see me on the picket line, please don\u2019t whip any hard fruit\u201d.&nbsp; I can\u2019t promise that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zachary Levi <\/strong>was also at a <strong><em>ComicCon <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 but his was in Manchester, England.&nbsp; During his \u201cpresentation\u201d (for which he was paid a pretty penny), the <strong><em>Shazam<\/em><\/strong> star said, \u201cI\u2019m not allowed to talk about \u2013 this is so dumb \u2013 I\u2019m not allowed to talk about any of my previous work.\u201d&nbsp; While this is technically true, it\u2019s not actually true.&nbsp; Zachary was paid to attend the convention as a personality, not to promote any specific project. &nbsp;After being raked over the coals (figuratively, I\u2019m sure), he said, \u201cIt\u2019s come to my attention that an offhand remark I made in jest last weekend is being taken out of context.\u201d&nbsp; See, this is why you need writers \u2013 we\u2019re much better at crafting jests!&nbsp; \u201cSo let me be clear,\u201d continued Zach.&nbsp; \u201cI fully support my union, the WGA, and the strike.\u201d&nbsp; Either way, I\u2019d still fuck him.&nbsp; As to Amell \u2013 only if forced at fruit point.&nbsp; Or if his cousin were involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, <strong>Billy Crystal <\/strong>rented an ice cream truck and provided free refreshing treats for his colleagues on the picket line in LA.&nbsp; The menu (which included cones, cups, sundaes, floats, and shaved ice), was signed, \u201cStay Strong \u2013 Billy Crystal\u201d.&nbsp; It almost makes me wish I\u2019d picketed in 90-something degree temps\u2026almost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, the strikes plaguing the performing community continue.&nbsp; And two performers found themselves on the wrong side of the picket line.&nbsp; First was Stephen Amell, who went public at GalaxyCon in Raleigh, North Carolina, saying, \u201cI do not support striking\u201d.&nbsp; He added that he found the strike a \u201creductive negotiating tactic\u201d, \u201cincredibly frustrating\u201d, and \u201cmyopic\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91696,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91695\/revisions\/91696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}