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I now officially despise Marina Alburger. She's one of LML's lackeys...off with her head! How dare she be so smug and superior about her 'talent' and 'education' and how that makes her a 'good' writer. What a subjective cow!

Oh and how awful about B&E going Fi Core. If I was Susan Lucci or Agnes Nixon I would be quite concerned, that son of a bitch Brian Frons seems intent on getting AMC canceled.

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LOL! What's so wrong with being a cocktail waitress or working at Nordstrom's? That's kind of a smug thing to say IMO. I remember being a time where I had to do a private party and I got these people drunk of their asses being a cocktail server and I was all about the cash! And I made the $$$$!

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You may be at odds with her candor, but that doesn't mean every episode she writes brings in half of the average annual salary. Maybe she did work jobs like those before moving to bigger things. Who here knows her entire life story? Is she supposed to LIKE taking a huge step backward in life? Probably not. If that makes her an overachiever, so be it. I'm reminded of Martha Byrne, who said that she didn't formulate a backup plan in case acting didn't work out, because she didn't plan to fail. Nobody here plans to work at Nordstrom's, I assume. Giving voice to that opinion shouldn't make you the devil. Are we out of compassion for the writers who don't want studio greed to detour their careers during this strike?

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Let me just start off with, I have always supported the writers in their decision to strike, and will continue to do so....

However....I think the biggest problem with her comment is the blatant disregard for the production assistants, janitors, interns, lighting guys, etc. who will have to be a cocktail waiters/waitress' and/or work at Nordstrom's because of this strike. The people who don't make nothing near what some of the writers make, who lost their jobs because of the strike.

We aren't out of compassion, we have compassion for the writers, but also have compassion for those who have now become unemployed because of the strike.

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