TV Guide Online wrote about Eddie Murphy walking off the set of his new movie Nowhereland after picketers from the WGA arrived and started protesting.
Eddie Murphy was in the Pacific Palisades yesterday to film his new movie Nowhereland, but when picketers from the WGA arrived, the actor left the set and didn’t return. There were reports that this drew huge cheers from the crowd of around 50 protesters chanting on megaphones and playing music loudly in order to shut down the production. However, I spoke to writer and protester Katherine Butler, who was at the protest and said the writers were being anything but disruptive. “The press is making us sound like we were purposely being obnoxious and disruptive in order to shut down the movie. When, in fact, we were walking in a small circle, occasionally chanting. They even handed out whistles, and no one blew them.”
Butler did not witness Murphy leaving, but did say that, “Ninety-nine percent of us writers know that the problem is not with the [actors], teamsters, grips, sound guys, etc. We really should be focusing on protesting in front of AMPTP [representing the producers] president Nick Counter’s office. We’re aware that we’re not making the actors and crew’s life any easier, but all we’re trying to do is make our point. We had leaders from the protest at the film set yesterday thanking the teamsters and crew for their support and understanding, and relaying to them that our goal is not to be disruptive; it’s only to be heard.”
While it’s clear that production on the movie was suspended for the day, and the WGA is championing Murphy’s actions, there has been no official comment by Murphy’s camp on whether or not his film walkoff was strike-related or not.
Ok, first and foremost, it was a completed script. What possible reason could they have for protesting the move? Now onto specific parts of the comments made by writer and protester Katherine Butler, who was at the protest and said the writers were being anything but disruptive.
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All I can say is wow . . . Jack’s flashbacks were actually flashforwards and everything on the island was the flashback and now Jack wants to get back. That is definately the game-changer everyone is talking about and it really caught me offguard. At first I thought it was showing that Jack and Kate knew each other before the island and it was all a scam of some sort, but wow, Jack breaking down and echoing what Ben said about leaving the island being a mistake. It left me wanted more.
There were many twists and turns that had me glued to the TV. I thought Sayid, Jin and Bernard were dead. I am glad Tom decided against it, even though he paid for it by being executed by Sawyer. It was nice to see Alex and Danielle reunited. There was just so much to take in for the finale.
There was alot of death in this episode. I was sad to see Tom get killed. And Charlie’s death was pretty heartbreaking. I really thought Cuse and Lindelof would be creative and not kill Charlie like everyone knew was coming. And the two women in the Looking Glass station we hardley knew.
Overall I really enjoyed the episode but all it left me with are more questions:
Where is the temple the Others are going to and why?
Was that really Walt or an apparition?
How did Locke lose use of his legs again and then get it back?
Who was talking to Locke in the pit before he saw Walt?
Is Mikhail really dead this time?
Who died when Jack went to the viewing? Was it Locke?
Who is Kate with (who will wonder where she went)? Is is Sawyer?
If everything on the island was a flashback, what happened between Jack making the call and the present?
What happened to Ben and the Others?
Who was on the boat and were they bad like Ben said?
Where is Penny and what happened with her search?
What happened to Desmond?
What happened to everyone else?
Why did Jack want to go back to the island?
Was everyone forced to leave or did they get a choice?
And most importantly . . . will the next season be about Jack rounded up the Losties and trying to get back to the island . . . and is anyone still there?
I am sure there are more questions I am forgetting. I have to watch the finale again. So much happened and I am sure there was a lot of subtle things happening as well. And we have nine months to think about the finale and wait and see where Lost is going.
Jason Calacanis of Weblogs, Inc and Netscape.com posted an interesting piece on his blog titled “The Discovery Channel Killed Steve Irwin“. An interesting read, he puts the blame for Irwin’s death squarely on the Discovery Channel and its lust for ratings, pushing people to perform more dangerous stunts to get on television. Aside from Irwin, he also references Dave Salmoni who starring in such Discovery Channel programs as “Sharks: Are they Hunting Us” and “Into the Lions Den”.
While I agree with his point that the Discovery Channel audience is so desensitized to danger that they keep pushing their shows to be more dangerous, I don’t think it applies to this particular incident. In an article on CNN.com, Irwin’s manager John Stainton explained that Irwin’s death was an accident and they weren’t filming an Animal Planet documentary, but instead Steve was exploring and explaining coral for a kids show he was working on.
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