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Gennifer Hutchison
@GennHutchison
Writer on strike - The Rings of Power. Better Call Saul. The Strain. Breaking Bad.
May 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I failed to get her name because I am a goober, but the Captain at the main Universal gate this morning was 100% f*cking awesome keeping us hyped, blowing out her voice with chants, never losing energy. Thank you, and I hope you get some rest! (I hate chanting, I don't chant... I was, for ME, enthusiastically chanting by the end.)
May 4, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A little story and then a request.

I was an assistant when the 2007 strike was called. I was fired within 20 minutes of the news breaking (not by my boss, mind you). I had maybe a month of savings at that point as I made very little as an assistant... (cont'd) Since I was not union and I lost my job through no fault of my own, I applied for Unemployment Insurance.

They held off my claim for two months as they decided whether or not those fired because of the strike would receive benefits. I had no money coming in. (cont'd)
May 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I get this question CONSTANTLY.

The answer is that no, writers on shows do not write for a single character across episodes. We write every character in our scripts. Individual writers may have an affinity for specific characters, but we have to be able to write them all. The other one I get a lot is “so do you just come up with, like, a scenario and the actors make up the words?”

No.

We write all of it.* Action, description, dialogue. That’s us. If it sounds improvised, that’s 99.9% of the time good writing and good acting.

*see below…
May 2, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Studios set show budgets, not Showrunners. Studios control how much money is budgeted for writing staff. Every single showrunner I know has been fighting tooth and nail for more money for writers. So studios started minirooms and short orders and a thousand little workarounds... That's why the WGA is proposing minimums for size of writing staffs. That's why they're proposing minimums for length of employment. Why they're proposing pay increases.

That's WHY we're doing this. We're flexing our power collectively. That's how we make change.
Jul 25, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
My favorite historical "discoveries" are ones male anthropologists/historians just *can't* figure out for YEARS that are swiftly answered by a woman when one is finally given access.

"But what could this ancient tablet of instructions even MEAN!"
Woman: "it's a recipe". They're almost always things traditionally associated with women or the domestic sphere.

"Why did they keep knives up on the ceiling beams?! Must be about being closer to their gods."
Woman: "To keep the kids from getting them."