August 10, 2023· 47 min

The Two Strikes That Ground Hollywood to a Halt

Lucas Shaw

Orality

Model

72%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,649 words)

M:93%

HostTracy Alloway(1,414 words)

M:93%

GuestLucas Shaw(3,015 words)

M:26%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic21%

literally, completely, basically

Engagement46%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, right

Repetition100%

like (103x), they (75x), know (50x)

Parallelism76%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And then watching a new show a..., So I think I recently right be...

Sound Patterns53%

49 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases6%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%

could, may, maybe

Passive Voice10%

are excited, are funded, is revived

Abstract Nouns17%

investment, recommendation, entertainment

Subordination6%

while, because, since

Sentence Length47%

Avg: 16.7 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style54%

425 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style74%

literally, completely, usually

Description

Movie and TV productions have come to a nearly complete stop in Hollywood. Both the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America are on strike, with the latter having halted work for the major studios over three months ago. What brought the industry to this point? What do the two opposing sides want? And how do these strikes fit into other labor actions that we're seeing this summer? On this episode, we speak with Lucas Shaw, entertainment reporter at Bloomberg and the author of the Screentime newsletter, as well as Josh Eidelson, a labor reporter for Businessweek and Bloomberg News, about what's going on with the strikes right now, what both sides are looking for, and the prospects of a resolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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