Writer's Strike Thread

[Vee]

That's fine. But ask yourself what's more likely, given the two explanations being put forth to you: That virtually everyone who has crossed the woman's path on the Internet (including on black literary boards) is actually a hardcore, vicious white racist dedicating all their time and energy to tearing down her high-flying career, or that this is one very persistent troll with the same MO?

But hey, I'm sure numerous different people emailed you personally and told you otherwise, right? Right.

[ChangedBYSon]

Well then please help me understand.

WHY do you care??????

I admit, Vee, that I'm ignorant to the situation and I'm assuming it must be racial, because

I can't figure out any other reason that grown ass men would still be going on about this

as we approach 2008.

Why is she so important to everyone? She's not even a HW.

[stenbeck212]

[bellcurve]

Because of people who constantly bring her name up.

Every other post is...

Koala, Koala, Koala!

Koala, Koala, Koala!

Koala, Koala, Koala!

Koala, Koala, Koala!

I mean, she's a fascinating figure and I am sure that she, occasionally warrants mention. But It's just interesting that you ask her importance when you are the one contantly mentioning her. And I'm not saying it's a good or bad thing...it's like when I always praise Karen Harris, when R. Sinclair mentions Bugler and Beall as The Devil or when Toups mentions Jolly Ole' Jimmy.

I complain about her being mentioned sometimes, but that's only because discussions that barely have to do with her always mention her, WOST and SON.

I do think that if the networks are using her talents, they need to properly credit her instead of doing some Milli Vanilli-ness...(that's IF Veronica Sandbridge is indeed the one and only Koala). If she is good as a writer and if the ratings go up, who's gonna really care about some story with her being kidnapped by Bin Laden, forced into relations and fellations, and then later released?

The networks have hired people over the years who have had much worse stories to tell the press and more stupid things to say than Koala and her militant, black-power like stance.

But it is also her own damn fault fault if she continues to be exploited by the industry and constantly has to use fake names or constantly goes uncredited to get her stories and scripts on the air. What is she gonna do if she becomes a HW and garners an Emmy for her work? Will she send Christel Khalil up there to play (if it is indeed her pen name) "Veronica" and script her saying..."Like, Oh my God. This is such an honor, and to, like, all the losers...I'll be praying for you!"?

But...back to my question which got lost in the Koala lovefest:

"Isn't it the HW's job to edit scripts? What's the point of even being a HW if you're not supervising the work of those you employ?"

[Vee]

I don't think anyone is exploiting that woman if she even exists as she's been presumed to exist (at this point I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually three white guys and a superintelligent housecat, desperate for work, working in tandem to create a false identity). She knows exactly what she's doing everywhere she goes online, and she keeps doing the same things expecting a different result. It's the definition of insanity.

People might stop to pay attention to her actual potential talent for writing for daytime again(?) if she would just shut the [!@#$%^&*] up and let the work speak for itself instead of questing from board to board to make her name as "Googleable" and rumor-heavy as possible, claiming she is here, there, and everywhere, with everyone, into a million daytime projects. That's why she's not in daytime now: She can't stop herself from repeating the same patterns of bullshit. It's not that she can't write; I have no idea if she can or not. It's that almost everything connected to her seems to be built on bullshit and Scotch tape and name-dropping, and after a while you get tired of dealing with it. Apparently someone at NBC did.

[Faulkner]

LMAO. This is one of the funniest posts I've seen.

[DaysFanatic777]

Why must SHE always come up? Why do some posters continue to post about her and defend her? (my problem ain't w/ vee...) They way she has constantly tried to attract attention to herself is absolutely immature and unprofessional. Yet, she would still think she is entitled to a major writing gig on a daytime drama series.

Last time I checked this thread is about a writers strike, one which could cripple daytime and suck the life out of it. I check it everyday hoping there is a solution before it becomes noticable, and we have no soaps to watch. The lady in question has nothing, NOTHING to do with this as of right now. NO confirmed sources, NO real evidence that she's writing, NOTHING. Considering how she insanely posted on this board during the interim period between writers several months back, she isn't worth the time.

Making this about anything other than her bizarre behavior, and her manipulative actions is absurd. She brought all of this on herself by putting professionalism aside and chasing after her desire for the spotlight.

She's a good writer, but her bad judgement has kept her from becoming more solidified as a public figure. She brought that on herself.

And thats the LAST post I will post concerning her. I watched the enitre time ERICKACANE posted, lurking like I use to. I think it was reprehensible. I kept quite then, but hearing about her now just makes me irritated and annoyed. She will do anything for attention, and twist any situation to involve her.

[Vee]

And until something is done about her that sticks, this will come back again. More unwitting posters will share private correspondence with sources that they consider unimpeachable and completely unrelated to Kobe Beef, correspondence manipulated and engineered all in the hopes of saturating the Internet and soap fandom with her name just so she can get a message board fix. What's more, her nonsense is pretty easily spotted when it recurs on the board with new names, so if you clamp down on those every time, you don't have a problem.

I look forward to seeing what the mods come up with. I am tired of seeing the strike thread and others like it about hardworking writers in daytime trying to fight for their rights getting co-opted into another shameless publicity tour for Kobe Beef - the 21st century food product that daytime just won't give a chance and just doesn't understand!!

[Ryan]

Lol ya'll...get back on topic.

I really think I shouldn't peruse SON while I'm at work. I burst into laughter while reading the past couple of posts.

Gossip aside, there was evidence to back the claims that was being made. Had SON and WOST been on good terms from the beginning of the "controversy", the mess regarding [S.W.S.N.B.N.] wouldn't have happened, because we would have worked together. It was WOST who had enough of the drama and thankfully we both worked together to prove what was thought to be true.

"Controversy" aside, there's no doubt that the woman has talent. I wish people would focus more on that, than her alleged pot stirring (and I use alleged because the "proof" we have aside, you don't want to falsely accuse someone). Some of it she brought on herself, some of it was brought on by the media (mainly that horrible article that photoshopped Osama Bin Laden on Bo's body). To deny her writing ability is unfair. As a ghost writer and consultant, she worked well at DAYS and Y&R. Hopefully she can find more work and do some good.

[Vee]

As I said above, I'd be more inclined to consider her writing ability if she'd just go away and do her work. All this unending circus has done is make me lose all respect for a woman I was once interested in the future of and make me never want to hear anything about her again.

[Ryan]

Yep....I know how you feel.

[Toups]

It's simple, if someone brings her up, just ignore it - that's a sure way to stop all this talk about her. I'm so sick of her, she only wrote 2 damn scripts for DAYS and she is still talked about here. Someone clearly wants to keep her name out there to generate buzz. Until she officially joins a soap and WE SEE her name in the credits, let's just stop talking about her. I'm tired of this sh!t.

[Vee]

Well, suffice to say if there's any way you can...tamp down the flow of constant Kobe Beef propaganda, I will happily owe you a Coke.

Perhaps several Cokes.

Now back to the topic.

[ljacks13]

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/

As the WGA strike begins its 4th week, I've been told positive news about today's resumption of contract talks between the writers and the producers. So positive, in fact, that I'm almost fearful to post it. But here goes: a very reliable source tells me that there appears to be a deal seemingly in place between both sides.

"It's already done, basically," the insider describes. That's because of the weeks worth of groundwork by the Hollywood agents working the writers guild leadership on one side, and the studio and network moguls on the other. I was told not to expect an agreement this week. But my source thought it was possible that the strike could be settled before Christmas.

Look, I don't want to raise false hope here. But this source has been very accurate in the past. The negotiations starting today will have a news blackout, so don't expect any significant leaks. But consider the real possibility there's been a breakthrough. Still, I must caution that this is Hollywood -- where defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory nearly every time.

[Ryan]

Toups

I love it when you go all....administratorial on people.