[danso]

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that the major studios aren't actively trying to improve their bottom line even if it means screwing over their employees and actors. Just that from the perspective of a working journalist, the influence and ubiquity of union work in film was very surprising, because I could not imagine such a situation in journalism. When my roommate had a drought of work, she looked for blogging gigs, which she did a decade ago and was compensated for as a freelancer. She was genuinely shocked when outlets who paid her in the past said she should be happy to now blog for free for the exposure.