Fran will be remembered for role in the Nanny but she’ll be remembered for what she said today standing up for labor and for the families who are having their hours cut and benefits cut. She is a great spokesperson for the entertainment labor force.
Not an Actor and Not a Writer.... But I thank the Unions for fighting for us normal people who are just trying to get by... all we want is a hope for a future
@@marksaguindel1903 Excellent question. Better than mine actually. They do the same thing in sports. A union but they also have agents. The latter contradicting the idea of 'collective bargaining'
Fran said "We have unions because people don't always do the right thing". We are all fighting corporate greed, not just the actors and writers and dock workers. ALL of us are fighting to have decent paying jobs to support our families and this type of corporate assholery has to be brought to an end. We are back where we started. Fighting with unions against big business. Why? We got complacent.
"ALL of us are fighting to have decent paying jobs to support our families and this type of corporate assholery has to be brought to an end" - Sadly, this is incorrect. Roughly half of the people (most Republicans) actively fight AGAINST better pay and AGAINST unions, and they side WITH corporations, all while simultaneously complaining about low-paying jobs and jobs getting cut. It SHOULD be all of us fighting to better the livelihoods for everyone, but it's not.
A lot of people forget that most of union actors are really not the billionaire Hollywood A-listers, just normal people working small projects, secondary roles, theater, voice work, commercials etc.
If you think she's negotiating for commercial, voice, or background actors, think again. Those are the crumbs. She's looking at getting a big slice. And when they get it expect streaming prices to skyrocket.
@@Night-Mayor She literally stated as a matter of fact that the MAJORITY of their union members are not a-listers earning millions from movie projects. This is a mathematical fact. There are 160,000 union members, you think there are 160,000 a-list actors earning millions a year? lol
@@ct5625I have done work as an extra. It's long days for little pay. It's not easy. I was shocked to learn that a person I know who was an extra for " Soylent Green" with Charlton Heston, had the same contract and conditions! Can you imagine the industry you work for treating you as they would have in the 1970's, then tossing you to the side for a computer!? It's messed up and wrong.
This! My mom and now my spouse are in health care and they get the worst benefits/pay. When covid happened they basically doubled and tripled their hours but weren't paid OT because the company switched to salary instead of hourly. It was total bs.
Fran hit on the big picture. Corporate greed is so excessive and labor is short changed constantly and getting worse. Workers are starting to stand up and saying enough is enough. Good for Fran and her clarity.
This is not a knock on you, just the cliche, but maybe we should try to promote "Abuse is abuse" instead of "Enough is enough?" Maybe it would have more impact on the psyche?
It's not just Corporate greed, it's the greed of big name actors like Tom Cruise, making millions of dollars for one movie, while most actors barely make it.
Edit: if you're bringing up how much actors like Robert Downey Jr get paid, please reread the part of this where I say 'if you're not top billed talent you're getting pennies'. You're not making a point by missing it People saying 'what are they complaining about?! They're rich!?' yeah Fran is, but she's representing a lot of industry workers who are NOT the rich and glamorous celebrity actors you're thinking of. If you're not top billed talent, you're getting pennies compared to the execs she's addressing, who do next to no work on any of the projects they get rich off of while people like the writers who actually made it happen get barely enough to survive.
Maybe if half of a 100 million dollar film didn't go to one person, then there would be enough to pay all fairly. Greedy actors shoulder plenty of blame.
@@SPAMDAGGER22Robert Downey Jr personally made around 500 million from his 10 MCU movies. That is a lot of money, but it is only 1% of the 26 Billion Marvel made.
The problem is those rich actors (whom are supporting the lower ones) didn't have a problem raking in their millions all these years while you and me are trying to put food on the table. Why were they not complaining about inequality all that time, hmm? I didn't see them stand up for the avg Joe having to spend over $100 just to take a family of 4 to the movies. Smells like BS to me.
My wife owned 3 companies (now retired). She always did the right thing for her employees. Handsome bonuses, regular raises, was always aware that her employees helped make her successful and were valuable. She did the right thing even though she made far less. A union was not needed. So Fran is right. The greed is unconscionable and if the execs and producers would be fair a strike would not be necessary. I pray for the writers and those in the acting guild and their families .... This could go on for a while. 😢
@@joebarcelonaChildren are basically being used for slave labour by American manufacturers. Strangely I don’t hear much outcry from people who claim to care and are so concerned about elites involved in child abuse rings.
Holy crap!!! They want to own the stand ins likeness and only hire for 1 day?! What the actual fk Why would they think that’s ok?! How much money do they need to keep and not share with the actual talent?! That’s insane!!! I support this strike 100%
Also what’s crazy is doing background work is one of the easier ways to getting to qualify for sag, and if they get rid of it by doing that new actors will never be able to join
@@stevenhenry5267absolutely. There is a reason studios cancel popular good shows before the people involved have a chance to make any real money. Limits their power and influence. Keeps em underfoot.
Imagine the world being managed by intelligent leaders like her. How immensely better things would be… “Because people don’t do the right thing”. Well said.
Oh please. She is loaded with money. Has a net worth of 25 million. She started complaining after residuals became an issue. Didn't see her complaining and "fighting" for others while she was raking in money for her imbecile show. Also, how about those residuals? Why are they even entitled to those? Can construction worker get percentage of sale/rent of buildings he worked on? Can coder get percentage of all subscriptions for the software he worked on? Why are these people entitled to these "residuals" while other professionals are not, and other professions are sometimes even harder jobs then silly clowning in front of cameras.
It wouldn't matter. We haven't watched TV in our house in 15 years. People are tired of being insulted and indoctrinated. A few years ago, there was a "hilarious" show about characters who were being outsourced. (Yes, it was a comedy). The entire industry is so out of touch with most Americans; it's become irrelevant. They can strike forever. We don't care.
@@NEOmnius I like her imbecile show. I'd rather watch The Nanny than The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Daily Show, or Fox News Channel! At least The Nanny didn't make lame jokes about Trump or Biden every five minutes!
@@NEOmniusThe point is that back in the day, before streaming and AI, the writers and actors were paid their fair share! It's with this new age of streaming and increasing greed from executives that higher ups have found ways to earn millions and millions more than people who work very hard for the art they create. I've always found the argument "why are you complaining about this issue only in this field. This other field doesn't get as much money as original field" etc etc. Just because one field may not give residuals doesn't mean the film industry has to follow those standards. Also, The Nanny was a brilliant show lol. You're allowed to hate it, it just shows how subjective your opinion is on the matter. Also, Fran Drescher was paid more because she created the show, she wasn't just a writer and actor.
@kenzok9328 very well replied. But the way I see it is different. As you said, the new people invented new platforms, and invented new ways to watch the shows. So, it wasn't Fran or any other of the people who are protesting who are inventors. They are just some people who made something decades ago, and think they are still due something? The new platforms bought the shows fairly on the market. No need for any additional payments. Also there are many more industries where people create, build and maintain much more important things for us, for the civilization and they are only paid a regular salary, no residues or royalties. So in my view these other industries are standard, not the entertainment industry. About Nanny being good, for some it is. But in my view, calling Nanny good show is like saying a McDonald's is good food. Absolutely no value at all. Ridiculous comedy show to calm working masses and fill their brains with useless stuff, while getting overweight on sweet drinks and fast food.
they are no different. unions are just more entitled classes looking out only for themselves. these tired "you wouldnt have rights" if it werent for us are just more excuses covering up the reality. a small entitled percentage of the population gets treated better than the rest. Exactly the same problem as these 50 million CEO's. want to earn the publics trust and respect? mandate unions or protected worker classes for ALL workers. but you wont, and youll just cancel me as a negative nancy or whatever else is convinient so that the unions can get where they need to go, maximum gain for THEM with minimal loss.
CEOs make 50mil because their unique talent to pick the best shows and staff, to never make mistakes. It has nothing to do with their daddy's money. Not at all.
“They proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their company should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity, in any project they want with no consent and with no compensation.” That's definitely worth striking for.
But background actors just walk around and many times aren’t even featured on film. Wouldn’t that save so much resources on makeup wardrobe, catering, water breaks, gas money supporting all those jobs. It seems if anything insanely sustainable for the earths sake. Heck Californias air quality!
@@ValleyRose21 And how do you think people build experience for bigger roles? They start off as background actors and hope to build portfolios. Do you want every aspiring actor to start off acting in indie self-funded stuff now to try and gamble on someone recognizing that as "job experience" instead of "faffing around on the internet instead of looking for a real job"? You need entry-level jobs to build experience getting intermediate jobs, it's not that hard to grasp.
@@neoqwertywhat the heck kind of experience does being a background performer bring to the table??? They already hire random people to walk around for hours on set to not even be on screen. Zero experience to be a background performer literally. What a waste of human life and Human Resources.
You go, wonderful Fran! I am a nurse and fully understand how important unions are. Even the non-union members benefit from union outcomes. To management, they forget what makes it all run. Great speech.
It’s up to the top people in the Union to strike to hole the industry’s feet to the fire to uplift the many who are important to the story but who the managers treat as mere numbers.
I have never seen her upset, even when she got cancer. It must extremely upset. The only reason I’m on MSNBC, wasting my time trying to educate Trump supporters, is because of the strike…no late night shows. So, I hope they solve this soon, because judging from the quality of movies have been sucking.
What about the Natural Law Party? According to the wiki, they proposed that " political problems could be solved through alignment with the unified field of all the laws of nature through the use of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs."
The whole AI extras proposal is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen a business propose. The fact that the media companies thought that was reasonable is a shocking indictment of who the people running those companies really are.
Corporations, especially those that sell non-essential product, forget that they cannot exist if people have no money to be able to afford their product. Corporations need to support people and then people support them. Fran is so right, it is unconscionable that they would even contemplate basically replacing background actors with AI, it is too far.
American living in Austria. Unions are STRONG here. Each year, industry by industry, they make their new contracts (such as all grocery workers, all teachers, all hospitality workers, etc). They have EXCELLENT benefits here, such as mandatory minimum 4 weeks paid vacation. However, society bands together more here than what I ever saw in the states. So much so, that they forced Walmart out by refusing to shop at their newly opened stores, keeping their own stores strong (though it can be hard for remote stores to stay in business). Unions work when they know how to accomplish things.
Ms. Drescher is showing great leadership. I support these entertainment writers and performers and all the other workers who create costumes and props, etc. They are getting taken for a ride, and struggling to make ends meet while corporations get fat. Unfair. Outdated employment agreements.
Not apart of any of these, but I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH WGA & and SAG-AFTRA, and I will stand with FED EX when the time comes. Collective bargaining is a necessity !
These strikes have shown me just how much streaming has changed Hollywood. As Fran stated, actors aren't getting residuals from streaming like they did with cable tv or home media (VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray). Meanwhile tv writers have less job security because the series exclusively on streaming platforms have fewer episodes. If the strikes continue through the Fall, I see a lot more projects being delayed again
I get the non-A List actors & actresses going on strike, those performers who are struggling to find their big break or have a decent steady but not huge career deserve to get paid more but why are the A-Listers going on strike when they're already regularly getting paid millions & millions of dollars to star in big blockbusters & award-seeking types of films? Somebody like say Tom Cruise, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt or Jessica Chastain going on strike doesn't make any sense because they're the types of actors who are already millionaire performers who get paid way better than the average up & coming talent who are still making a name for themselves.
@@DragonHeart613 The A-listers go on strike as well because they’re all in the same union, and someone like Jessica Chastain or George Clooney withholding their extremely desired labor makes it more likely for their less famous union siblings to be able to secure better wages and protections for themselves.
@@Refresh2b so? it's not the actors or writers fault if the streaming services have a bad business model. Or are you suggesting all actors and writers everywhere should accept crap contract so that the average joe can enjoy a cheap netflix subscription?
Fran is absolutely correct when she says that SAG is just the most prominent lightning rod in the struggle to make a living in ALL professional circles. Everyone who has a job should be concerned about ai taking their livelihood away. It is a real threat across the board. People should speak up with a united voice.
@@hollyholy641 Artificial Intelligence -- if it could be utilized to effectively solve our climate crisis, that'd be a good thing. And end to all the plastics pollution. Yes, good idea.
@@rr7firefly AI taking away poor unfortunate actors’ jobs, so they can’t pay for their yachts and private jets, limos, lambos, and Coachella water bottles will certainly help climate change.
The hard facts are is that it is rare to be a big time star, there are thousands of actors, camera operators, set designers, etc. etc. that are not millionaires and just regular folks. Geesh.
camera operators and set designers are not on strike. they aren't replaceable (yet) and also they don't get residuals. I am IATSE, we aren't striking but we stand with SAG and WGA in solidarity.
Only 5% of SAG-AFTRA members make their living exclusively from acting. All the others are part-time to some extent. It's an extremely difficult profession to make a living in at all, let alone a wealthy one. I'd say less than 1% make it to that level.
But that's the point. There are people in the industry that just want to be normal middle class people. It's becoming harder and harder to even just make enough money for even one person to survive. Working on film sets are not the normal 9 to 5 hours, it's more like 12-16hr days for months.
I've been doing background work for 5 plus years including stand in ect and I'm part of the union here in bc Canada 🇨🇦 thanks Fran for standing up for us, I watched the nanny growing up and I feel a connection to you ❤ I hope everything turns out for the better! Prayers 🙏
I'm loving this massive wave of unionization and talk of workers rights. I think the trades willing to strike, the more you'll start to see this affect every single industry in the States and for every labor worker - in a positive way
As a working actor in the union - one of those people she describes - I’m deeply proud of and grateful to Fran. She couldn’t articulate this more perfectly. Many of us saw this sea change coming, and I didn’t think anyone would go to the mat for us as she is doing. It’s a scary time in general to be a creative person - and it was never an easy thing. These greedy overlords think that you can keep getting quality out of people by investing next to nothing in them. It’s like stretching a recipe so much with water and cheap ingredients that it becomes thin and empty. It’s unsustainable. You don’t get quality out of that. I spent years doing background work before going back to school and changing professions, although I’m still a proud union member. You can squeak by a living as a background actor, but I assure you dear readers - even when you’re in the union, it is a hard, soul-crushing life. Your sleep cycle gets messed up, you never know where you’ll be working, you’re often treated like a pariah on the caste system that is a set, and various professionals on set patronize you and treat you like you’re without skills after many of us trained for years to be performers - and we don’t even really get to show what we can do while increasingly fewer people with legitimate training get the speaking roles. I once had a moment that actually involved me acting with Ray Liotta. Even though I didn’t have a line, it was a thrilling experience. For just two seconds, more people saw me do that than have ever seen me in years of theater. The way that sets work, I wasn’t even permitted to say “hello” to him. He and I had a mutual friend - he would have loved hearing about how we both know Linda - but the usual workplace humanity is not permitted on set. Too much money is at stake. The makeup woman for the scene went out of her way to compliment my work after and I’ll forever appreciate her kindness - it just never happens that people are that kind and gracious on set, and that says a lot. It is often soul-crushing work - and it shouldn’t have to be. The fact that the powers that be now want to take even more and give even less to hardworking SAG members - that my experiences when I was at my most active would be considered the good old days - is jaw-dropping. Fran is absolutely right. To try to own people digitally and pay them even less buffs away humanity, quite literally. It’s disgusting. I’m glad I will not have to rely on performing to pay my bills anymore, and this is yet another reason why. This is a profession that chases away hardworking people who don’t have connections and actually need to make a living, and that is because - as she put it so perfectly - too many people in power don’t do the right thing unless they absolutely have to. No one is asking for the moon. No one I know in my shoes got into this profession thinking it would be easy or glamorous. We just want to be treated like human beings, not cattle. For an industry revolving around telling stories that reflect our humanity, so few who drive it are treated at all like we are worth even being looked in the eye or given the time of day. It can’t go on like this. There have to be basic sanctions, rules and guard rails to reflect our changing times, and Fran knows it. It’s an industry more than ever built on fear, on making pennies to the dollar for the exact same work compared to the 1980s or 90s. It can’t go on like this anymore.
Question: with streaming platforms, how does it affect residuals? Because from what I understand, you get residuals when a show or movie will air on a network for syndication
Isn’t this EXACTLY what musicians are going through with music streaming platforms like Spotify….? They did deals with record labels and then record labels did deals with streaming platforms…and the musicians NEVER saw any money from those streaming deals. Without the Artist there is NOTHING. Without the ‘deal makers’ they would like to think there would be nothing but it’s speculative at best. The Artist, Writers and workers need to get paid FIRST…and they need to make a viable living too.
Yep, and now music artists are finding other ways to go independent and build an audience on their own, because many are sick and tired of a cabal of corporate entities controlling the arts. Two good examples of it are Ren and Chinchilla, both blew up here on RU-vid this year, both independent artists with their own experiences of being with labels. While they might never reach the kind of status of Madonna or Metallica, those days seem to be over anyway. Maybe we're looking at a revolution where power shifts from a handful of those who control the industries to a more diversified landscape of independent production? This would plausibly allow millions more creators to earn a good living, instead of these industries being controlled by corporate entities who pick and choose who gets to "make it big". Isn't RU-vid kind of a good example of that having already happened? Could you imagine someone like Markiplier or Jenna Marbles ever becoming a millionaire from a TV show?
Even for the indie musician -- we've been hit hard. There's some overhead with getting CDs manufactured and shipped, but you'd end up making a lot more on one time buys of CDs than streaming. Same for song downloads when stores like iTunes Music Store and Amazon MP3 were bigger than streaming. You'd at least get maybe 75 cents a track. Now it's fractions of a cent a stream. Indie musicians today still need to come up with ways outside of streaming to make money, even if they have a lot traction.
A woman who has all the money and accolades in the world, and chooses to be a union leader. That is what a call using your power/influence for a higher purpose
She hasn't worked in the industry since 2014. Her last show was canceled because it had bad writers and was acted poorly. She was also black listed by studios for being hard to work with as a diva and demanding
@@djew67 You don't have to be in union boards to be vocal about workers' rights in your everyday job. Encouraging co-workers to claim their rights in their relation to the employer can be reason enough for the employer to get cranky.
Do studios and media companies make shows and movies? No, they pay for them. They rely on talented writers and actors and they need to pay them what they deserve. Studios are nothing without their workers. These execs have another thing coming
Same with Starbucks and Amazon. If everyone just stops work, these companies will just go belly-up. At the same token, if everyone is out of work because of AI, how exactly will the common man have the funds to buy whatever products these corporations are producing with their fancy robots? And pretty soon, all those with the wealth will see those numbers in their bank accounts, is worth nothing as the people stand up and make their own, new, friendlier anti-capitalist economy.
I agree. And these companies are cray-cray if they think AI is going to produce the same level of quality programming as that which is generated by human beings. Calling them arrogant is the understatement of the century. The suits have NO idea what goes into the making of a quality program that people actually will pay to watch, and much of the magic comes from this human thing called collaboration. Artificial intelligence is just that: ARTIFICIAL.
This is soooo needed, get ‘em Fran!! You are well spoken, passionate, intelligent and for fairness and the hard working people that need it most, thank you!!
Yeah, Fran Drescher! The idea of someone's likeness being owned and then used via Artificial Intelligence, or computer, making the living person expendable/superfluous, hence possibly ending their career is disgusting. It'll be interesting to see how this ends up. Hopefully the two unions can hold out. It's an important fight, that ultimately isn't just about writers and actors, but all of us.
It's the move into the 4IR, IoBNT (4th Industrial Revolution/Internet of Bio-Nano Things) mixed-reality prison where everyone has a socalled digital twin that serves as their next gen straw man/woman. That's the bigger picture, and the irony here is that Hollyweird has helped usher this in but, for the most part, remains clueless. Once a person's own bottom line is affected, they may wake up. Hopefully it's not too late.
The core issue is easy to identify: Greedy corporations and executives who do nothing but leech off the workers. This is nothing new, this has been going on throughout history, and we just used to call them the monarchy.
Hence why Teddy Roosevelt was elected he hated monopolies and fought to end them. We need someone of his caliber for modern times. Fran could make an excellent POTUS. As an independent I think her energy definitely could revitalize the Democratic Party.
Wooow!! They wanted to even exploit some of the lowest paid people in the industry, background actors and use them for a day and then exploit their images over and over without pay for multiple days?!!! How disgusting. That was how I took care of myself many years ago. Multiple day shoots were a BLESSING!
As someone that barely watches tv, I mostly watch RU-vid and listen to podcasts I had no idea what was going on. She very eloquently give a full picture of what is happening including raising the point that shows are 8-10 episodes and how can you make money working on that. What a point.
Eschewing her comedic persona, Ms. Drescher exudes warm and passionate humanity and understanding every time she opens her mouth. SAG-AFTRA members couldn’t have a better President fighting for them or spokeswoman to represent them…
Great comment! She's so warm and engaging, I loved watching her in this segment and listening to her words. It's so cool she went from the Nanny to SAG-AFTRA president. She seems like an interesting person.
As a ghostwriter, I'm inelegible for WGA membership, but I wholehearteedly support them and SAG. AI isnlt what's killing our jobs, it's greed and disrespect for artisans of all industries.
Frankly I think it's BS that you're inelligible as a ghostwriter, you do just as much of a job-- and get even less credit for it because that's how ghostwriting works. I know some of the books I've read were ghostwritten or written under pseudonyms that still haven't been tracked down, so I'll have to just say that I love you and your fellow ghostwriters past and present for writing some of my favorites. (it's most likely not a personal thank-you-I-love-your-work since I've mostly been reading gamebooks and teen mystery novels, but if you've worked in those areas then hey thank you
No, her normal voice is not like the Nanny for sure, but she now sounds hoarse and tired. She does not normally sound this hoarse, like she needs 2 big glasses of water.
I'm a video editor of 10 years. Not a millionaire or famous in any way. I get by doing gigs and working on all types of projects wherever I can. This is the most disrespectful thing to do to those who have been working in this industry for so many years. To have no respect to not just writers, actors, but all roles in this industry is unacceptable. Absolutely greedy and evil. Stand together otherwise we all get replaced, not just because of AI, but because higher ups in a company are blinded by greed. All of this is not to "Save the Company Money", Do not buy into that BS. This is so they can "save their company money" and say that in a corporate meeting, but then immediately take all of that money "they saved" and distribute those profits among themselves at the end of the year in bonuses and dividends. Machiavellianism at its worst. These ends do not justify these means. Tyler Durdern would agree.
I know a guy that does sound. He's been doing it for at least 16 years. I only know that because he works for us as extra-help a few times a year, it's rough a business.
Media worker for 35 years. Didn’t see a pay rise for the last ten years while I was working full time. There was little or no union presence at my workplace and management grew fat on it.
Morally I agree, but this is a capitalist society, every man for his/ herself. They are doing what they want with their money, their business and sag should do what they feel is best. Thier greed is what fuels the financial world that enables you to make a living, to have a car, a house, food. Etc....
@@thethirdman225 Yeah I worked in TV for ten years before our department collapsed and everyone was laid off. But we understood we followed a "dream" that didn't pan out and didn't moan or complain about how poor we were either.
I had no idea Fran was the president of SAG. She is passionate, articulate and completely in her element being the face of working actors. Nothing but respect and admiration is what I have for Ms Dresher, an icon if I ever saw one.
I remember Dustin Hoffman's Oscar acceptance speech for _Kramer vs. Kramer_ when he referenced actors who had to practice accents while driving a cab. Those are the people that Ms. Drescher is fighting for too. We stand in solidarity with the WGA & with SAG-AFTRA in this fight.
God bless her and all the hardworking creative men & women who bring joy and entertainment into our lives. I support them and hope they get all that they deserve.
The transparency Fran offers in her own nativity in assuming the best in those she’s negotiating with is also incredibly impressive - shows no ego, but also speaks to her character that she assumes the best in people and works towards the best for people.
@@mehrcat1Naiveté, actually, unless you're British, who dumbed-down everything they stole from other cultures. Especially the food. They're the culinary equivilent of salt.
@mehrcat1 yeah "dide" why should anyone bother with actually caring about spelling? It's not like they have spell correct on phones or anything. GOSH!!
She has a point. The AI thing is so bad. The contracts they are working with are way out of date and need to include fair compensation for streaming etc.
The streaming model was made to enrich those at the top while paying everyone else peanuts. Want to do something about it? Stop your streaming service, and send them a letter telling them why you cancelled it. Once enough shareholders start feeling the impact, the higher-ups will gladly renegotiate the contract! We stand with you Fran!
Scarlett Johansson….. didn’t she sue them for streaming rights cause she only had a contract to be paid for the movie theater release rights? Because of COVID her movie wasn’t released in theaters n only in Disney +! They changed their methods but never the contracts. I think if everyone in the movie sued they’d have a different outcome. Cause now no one wants her.
It’s kinda magical getting to see your fav childhood tv nanny take on the- I’m being literal here- bourgeoisie class of studio execs that have put the ENTIRE working class on a chokehold.
Eloquently explained by beautiful Fran 🙏 was wondering what the gist of the strike was about. Never even knew The Nanny was now the President of SAG-AFRA! Now I know and I’m sincerely impressed by her fire and passion. I’m a movie buff and I know people that worked in the film industry. The amount of effort and work put in by those behind the scenes are just not as well known, appreciated or rewarded as they fairly should. Now with AI shaking it up, it’s another additional blow to creatives.
I am so inspired by listening to Fran drescher . and i thank her as a retired TWU worker , Labor deserves more respect . Without us they don't have corporations of even Movies and television .
She is highly intelligent and very well spoken. She is passionate about her cause and I'm proud of her as a female in a traditionally male-dominated position.
I have taught as an adjunct in higher ed for two decades, and we are treated so unwell and disrespectlly. I've only been a union member at two places for a few years. A lot of what Ms. Drescher says is so familiar and true. I grew up working class in a union family. One.of my.friends is a SAG-AFTRA member and was a working actor (he's been in film and tv). I support SAG and WGA.
I'm not so familiar with this issue, but this woman explains things SO well in the space of 8 minutes; she's an excellent communicator. I'm with the unions and actors...
@@thomasjones4570So you clearly didn't listen to the video. She stated that the vast majority of their membership are working class journeyman actors.
Passionate, well-spoken and driven. That's what Fran Drescher is. She is a great champion for the hundreds of thousands of actors and actresses who don't have the clout of an A-lister to negotiate decent pay and good working conditions.
This is what fighting for the masses looks like. Big name actors don't and won't have any problems getting roles but they are all now willing to put their careers on hold and take a stand for literal background actors. We should all be taking actions like this in every industry.
It is beautiful to see a united front from union-labour, of all branches. The people, united, can never be defeated. Ms. Drescher's advocacy for labour across field is inspirational here. ✊
Run for office Fran. You got my vote already. A couple more Katie Porters and Fran Dreschers and we might get some respect back for workers in all industries.
I'm pretty sure she's further left than the Overton window in the US will allow. Only right wing conservative Democrats like Joe Biden can succeed at this point as the country continues to slide into fascism
I was just saying a few weeks ago, how much I have always loved Fran Drescher. I am an even bigger fan now. What a smart, impressive, woman. I'm just a random person but I support everything all the writers and Actor's are doing. These are talented, hard working individuals who have brought, happiness, laughter joy and inspiration into my life.
The bus comment literally just made me cry. Creative folks really bring such joy and inspiration to our lives and to know they are being treated unfairly is very hurtful.
Heck yeah Fran Drescher! So much respect for her for using her success in the industry to stick up for everyone else. It’s wild what’s going on. Some of which sounds like a Black Mirror episode.
As a former member of the AFL-CIO, CWA and IBEW I can attest to the uselessness of unions. They take your dues, and give it to politicians you don't like. All the time helping people who were rightfully fired get their jobs back. At least that was my experience
@@prometheus5700 Respectfully, maybe you needed a better union then. My union (wardrobe for live theater, film, and TV) support pro-worker politicians and fight for us. Are they perfect? No. But we are standing with SAG and the Writers. Without my union I would have absolutely no way to stand up for myself against the producers who are trying to take away my benefits.
I'm a writer and have been a member of SAG since 1994. I am currently homeless and living in my car. There is no way to make a living wage anymore. I fully support my union and the writers in this strike no matter how long it takes to be resolved.
Her backstory as to how she became a successful actress is like WOW! She was a hairdresser back in the 70s.She got a small part in Saturday Night Fever.Shes like that person,that doesn't quit and dosent give up.
She had a good role in “This is Spinal Tap” as Bobbi Flekman telling Ian Faith, Nigel, Derek and David that no distributors would sell the “Smell the Glove” LP because it was too offensive showing a greased naked woman on the cover with a glove pushed in her face to sniff it. All the albums were replaced with “Smell the Glove”, the black album. FUNNY!
I’m so proud of Ms Drescher !!! I’m so glad I had a union as a nurse because even when I worked at a non union hospital we benefited from the union’s efforts! The Nanny was my therapy during rough times You go Fran. Standing with you all
What she said about Background Artists resonates with me as I have done a fair amount of BA work in the past. My daughter was a BA on a major film and they did exactly as Fran described: they 3D scanned many of the Background Actors and then used their digital likeness to fill in the scene. The BAs were supposed to get extra money for this, but the production refused to acknowledge that they had done this.They also dismissed many of the BAs for subsequent days of filming once they had scanned them. Unions need to step up to support their members in this and I'm glad that seems to be happening. I hope BECTU follow their lead.
I once talked to a performance artist, contortionist, dancer in a big Las Vegas show. When they released the video presentation her face was removed and another face was overlaid. All her work ! They took her out of the presentation completely. She got NADA
The lesson to be learned from your daughter's experience is that you have to secretly record anything that management tells you. If you can't prove they said it, they'll just lie and say it never happened.
I haven't seen the whole interview yet, but I'd love to hear what we, as consumers, can do to support their efforts here. If they don't touch on it here I'll try to do some research on my own. Thank you Fran for your passion and strong leadership ❤️
Adore Fran. Any exec who says they're going to break a union is an out of touch a**hole. I read an article yesterday about the cast of Orange is the New Black. Most of them were paid pennies, meanwhile the CEO of Netflix bragged at a party (in front of them) that more people watched their show than Game of Thrones. It's ridiculous that they're not paying the people who are literally the lifeblood of an industry and then taking huge paychecks for themselves. I miss the content, but support their strike.
I just got so much respect for fran as an actress cos she’s clearly not a airhead like the characters she played “ stagggering beautiful but stupid “ she’s such a wise mind and so empathetic
@@commodoor6549 for me at least, I most recognize her from her TV sitcom "The Nanny". maybe not airhead, but a somewhat stereotype curvy / somewhat ditzy female nanny.
@@ragingdemon9868 Fran's character wasn't ditsy on the Nanny, but rather a caricature of a Flushing, Queens Jewish woman with a wry and often self-deprecating sense of humor. The character was written as witty and cleaver, and by comparison she made her employer look out of touch with basic parenting skills. Her intelligence was that of common sense and blue collared homespun smarts, and well suited to the social-emotional role of a nanny, i.e., a competent nanny. She was not to be confused with a Harvard grad, but the show was about a nanny, not a theoretical physicist. Btw, the term _ditsy_ is demeaning to women. And in the case of the Nanny is superficial and misses the main premise of the show.
It takes great talent and dedication to play roles, like the beautician and the beast, so convincingly. Plus, she was one of the writers for almost all the projects she works on and writes these wonderfully endearing characters like Fran Fine from The Nanny. So talented, intelligent and hilariously funny.
A lot of people don't realize actors don't have a real job. Actors can only exist in societies that are rich enough to afford adults playing make believe. They are an unnecessary by product of a rich period in time.
I agree that workers need unions in order to prevent exploitation. As a former manager, my views on this were considered disloyal to the company. But, I saw first-hand the salary disparities between those who kept the engine running, and those who collected the profits.
I don’t know why but hearing Fran, who I grew up watching and LOVING for years as a kid, standing up for my coworkers and my industry just made me cry. I love her and I’m so thankful she’s doing this work.
