WGA Members to NYT Writer Brook Barnes: Wise Up!

Remember when FBLA suggested that New York writers were clueless about LA and show biz? Our point is proved again, thanks to Brooks Barnes of the New York Times. Writing about the upcoming WGA vs. AMPTP residuals smack-down, he’s wrong about nearly everything. To wit:

Movie script writers get an upfront payment, now at least $1 million for a major film, according to studio executives.

Su-u-u-re they do,sonny.

And also:

Under their proposal, unveiled with unexpected zest in early July by Barry M.

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