October 21, 2000

I'm driving through Westwood on my way to lunch and came across a Screen Actor's Guild picket line outside of some industry office.  They're commercial actors, on strike for the past few months, and they look -- I dunno -- really, really fake.  They're a prefect demographic mix of young and old, black and white, man and woman, all coated in with a heavy layer of television-like unreality.  They look too good, like the hamburger in fast food spots or the old couple in heath insurance ads.  It isn't so much a labor protest as a commercial for a labor protest.

What they need to do is hire some burly, sweaty Teamsters.  That's the way to sell labor unrest.

 



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