Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast
Episode 19: Billy Ray in conversation with Rep. Susan Wild and Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Episode 19: Billy Ray in conversation with Rep. Susan Wild and Sen. Sherrod Brown.
From Deadline:
Today, [Billy] Ray presses on the theme of the “Pyrrhic victory,” so named for King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose lust for power brought victories in war that so cost his troops that they could only be considered losses. This culminated in his battles to defeat Rome, which became his undoing. Ray likens this to the current strike and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ unwillingness to recognize that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA aren’t caving in this point of inflection, and that they had better return to the table with deals that reflect the tectonic shifts in tech and streaming, and provide for the future of the art form.
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Joining Ray today are Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), chair of the House Ethics Committee, and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the senior U.S. senator from Ohio and chair of the Senate Banking Committee. They discuss the labor movement in this country, and how it relates to the current stalemate that has ground Hollywood to a halt.
Throughout this podcast series, Billy Ray has provided one brilliant point of historical comparison after another. This week’s recounting of King Pyrrhus is especially appropriate given the AMPTP’s pursuit of winning the battle … only to potentially lose the war.
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