The other side read: "Sit Down, Shut Up." Zaslav is at the podium, far right.
As striking members of the Writers Guild walked picket lines outside, and as a plane pulled a protest banner up above, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav gave the commencement speech at Boston University's Nickerson Field today.
He faced protests inside the stadium as well from supporters of the writers: Boos echoed across the field as he took the podium. A number of students stood and turned their backs as he spoke, and both students and people in the stands chanted "Pay Your Writers!" - at one point loudly enough to force him to stop.
Once Zaslav got rolling, he gave some inspirational advice to the soon-to-be graduates that if you work hard and focus on your dreams and have parents who can afford to send you to play tennis at a facility where you can get life-altering advice from one of the world's greatest tennis players, you, too, can succeed.
there is a big picket line outside the commencement entrance too!! pic.twitter.com/9u3SuU6Cey
— mandy (@realmofmandy) May 21, 2023
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What an
By Kathode
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 8:47pm
excellent sign.
What did these "writers"
By Rwgfy
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 9:32pm
What did these "writers" write?
You know ...
By adamg
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 9:52pm
Writey things.
More specifically, they're the people who write the scripts for TV shows, monologues for late-night talk-show hosts and the like.
Lots
By MrDines
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 7:47am
The striking writers have specifically written much of the content we consume today, but more importantly they and their prior generations have written the texts that content generation tech like ChatGPT use from which to spit out derivative content. The ultimate argument is that the job of writing creative work (even if it’s just Real Housewives of Garbagetown) should be in the hands of people, not machines that don’t need a paycheck.
What did "you" write?
By lbb
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:03am
Tell us, bot. Tell us what you wrote.
Are you
By brianjdamico
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:54am
an "idiot" or just an "asshole"?
These are not....
By Michael Kerpan
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 8:58pm
...mutually exclusive categories, you know.
What a perfect avatar
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:08am
For the overmonied dystopia that Boston has become.
This schmuck made $39 million last year. His company could pay the writers $5 million, then they'd live comfortably, and he'd make $34 million, and they'd all have houses and food.
People used to argue against me on that on the Internet 15 years ago. Anyone still out there want to hump that level of greed, or are we getting the clue?
Not exactly
By robo
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:16am
$5M equates to ~$434 per writer. That’s not going to change anything.
Fine, make it $10 million
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:28am
I make less than $100,000. Funny how little one needs money when they don't overbid for shelter and impregnate women.
I'm getting real tired of rich people problems not being the fault of rich people.
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