Writers Get Creative With Picket Line Slogans – Deadline

UPDATED: It’s a sign … that no one’s creativity is letting up after 15 days on the picket line.

Protesting over past and future lost wages is serious business, but leave it to Hollywood scribes to find the levity in the most depressing of situations. Along with the impromptu flash mobs and surprise appearances (that’s Patty Jenkins with Chris Pine, people!), the WGA is still proving that it’s got the write stuff when it comes to creating the perfect placard.

RELATED: WGA Strike Picket Line Locations List For Los Angeles & New York

“Mini room maxi ream,” says one.

“Fair contracts give you residuals. Residuals make you happy. Happy people don’t shoot their husbands,” said another.

We’d hand out Deadline merchandise for the best sign but … a cheap hat won’t pay your bills. So we hope you’ll settle for the glory of appearing on the site that Nikki made big. Do it for Mama Finke!

you call them picket signs. I call them Tweets on a Stick

— alex blagg (@alexblagg) May 10, 2023

Meet some of the #CWKungFu stars/writers! That’s me in the floppy hat. If you see me walking around, come say hi! #WGAStrike. WHY I’M STRIKING: b/c it took me over a decade to get paid to write, only to see my profession devalued over the years… pic.twitter.com/ygZCLei20J

— Angela Treviño (@Angela3vino) May 11, 2023

The other day I pitched “Donna Martin Graduates” for my picket sign and literally no one knew what I was talking about so now I’m also on strike from young people.

— Eliza Skinner #wgastrong (@elizaskinner) May 11, 2023

Was busy lot coordinating today at Universal so I didn’t get to walk around a ton with with the rare, blank sign I found and scrawled all over. I hope whoever carries it next enjoys the surprise on the other side.

But honestly they should?#WGAStrike #WGAStrong pic.twitter.com/ZknM1Y49OW

— Rob Forman WGA Captain is on STRIKE (he/him) (@robsforman) May 9, 2023

I have made it my job on the line to come up with the closest “It’s Almost a Chant but not Quite a Chant” that I can and so far my best is:

Your abuse is habitual/Pay us our residuals

But this is better. https://t.co/AGOnTTsixm

— Daniel Kunka (@unikunka) May 9, 2023

Hahahahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah pic.twitter.com/DFMeUZkjuj

— TZE CHUN is premiering GREMLINS on May 23! 🍥 (@thetzechun) May 9, 2023

Strike Style by Sadie (who picked out her hat and purse herself) and added colors and pizzazz to my sign. She’s an icon. A legend. A true ally.

And if AMPTP doesn’t give us a fair contract soon, she’s willing to run through any and all active sets shrieking. She’s very loud. pic.twitter.com/GecSp8WmYK

— Allison Sanchez (@_A_Sanch) May 9, 2023

In the face of unbridled corporate greed, the attempted elimination of the middle class of creatives, mini rooms, a broken assistant to writer career ladder, and the abuse of AI there can only be one response:

Dual wielding. #WGAStrong #WGAStrike pic.twitter.com/6X7AYdATXr

— Aaron Edwards (@_aaronmedwards) May 8, 2023

Several reporters today were walking around asking writers how long we’d *actually* be willing to strike. I don’t know dude, how long do you think it’ll take 11,000 unemployed writers to run out of sign ideas? #wgastrong #writersstrike pic.twitter.com/C0cq81jTcF

— mah ree nah (@marinarachael) May 3, 2023

While assembling picket signs at WGA headquarters, MEGAN screenwriter Akela Cooper found this old picket stick that I signed back during the ‘07 strike. We marched and won then, and if we have to, we’ll march and win again. #WGAStrong pic.twitter.com/OR4TanN5EO

— David Slack (@slack2thefuture) April 27, 2023

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