ATTN JMS: Possible strike by writers and actors

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From: Jon Niehof <jnieho38 at Calvin.EDU>
Date: 14 Sep 2000 06:18:16 -0700
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> She had offers from one or two films/TVMs, and would have gotten time
> off from the show to do them. The point of contention was that she
> still wanted to be paid for the full season, even though she wouldn't
> be in all of the episodes.
Uh, my understanding of it was that (at least partially), she didn't want
to be *on contract* for the whole season--JMS gave her a gentleman's
promise that she'd be written out as necessary, but she'd still have to
sign for all 22 eps--TNT rules and the like, I believe. That wasn't good
enough--she wanted contractural assurance, which JMS couldn't give.

I believe this is mentioned in the Lurker's guide.

--Jon, N9RUJ	jnieho38 at calvin.edu	www.calvin.edu/~jnieho38
 
"Lightfingered Garrett knew that greed was a sin
but twasn't his own that at last did him in."
RIP looking Glass Studios
Up yours, John Romero.



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 14 Sep 2000 15:05:57 -0700
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>Uh, my understanding of it was that (at least partially), she didn't want
>to be *on contract* for the whole season--JMS gave her a gentleman's
>promise that she'd be written out as necessary, but she'd still have to
>sign for all 22 eps--TNT rules and the like, I believe. That wasn't good
>enough--she wanted contractural assurance, which JMS couldn't give.

The reason for this is very simple: if you contractually pay someone 22
episodes worth for 18 episodes, that is a de facto per episode salary increase,
which would violate our agreements with all the other actors who had favored
nation status.  Some of the cast came to me privately and said that if she were
to be allowed to do that and come back, *they* would leave the show.

 jms

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