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The WGA and SAG Strikes in Hollywood Are Getting Spicy.

The workers are fighting back.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 15, 2023
Photo by Nathan DeFiesta on Unsplash

As most of us already know, it’s been getting interesting over in Hollywood.

Not only has the WAG decided to go on strike and bring screenwriting and production to a halt, but the SAG has as well. It’s been a standoff between those who do the labor with the acting and the writing, and the Hollywood executives who make handsome profits off of their work. Well things are getting a little intense, with a certain Hollywood executive apparently getting bold enough to say he’s just waiting on people to start losing their homes.

As you can imagine this comments was not well received, and actor Ron Perlman filmed his response, looking into the camera saying:

One more thing before I get off this…The Motherf*cker who said we’re gonna keep this thing going until people start losing their houses and their apartments…Listen to me motherf*cker. There’s a lot of ways to lose your house. Some of its financial. Some of its karma. And some of it is just figuring out who the f*ck said that — and we know who said that — and where he f*cking lives. There’s a lot of ways to lose your house. You wish that on people. You wish that families starve while you’re making $27 f*cking million a year for creating nothing. Be careful motherf*cker. Be

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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