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Clackamas Print Arts Culture 3 Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 fiiite/ 7ithan alarming deficit f working writers due > the strike, America sks, when will it end? Kylei Steele PheCjtipkamns Print By now most television lowers have noticed a lack 1 new sitcoms and dramas, d anplarming amount of :d reality shows popping i each day, the result of cuiyent writers strike in i llywood. Popular shows like he Office,” “Desperate usewives” and “CSI” have me to an early season end, 1 many movies have been icellfed, due to a lack of rking writers. With both n and television affected, the industry likely won’t start back up for some time. “It’s going to be inter esting to see how it pans out,” said Screenwriting and Film Instructor Sue Mach. “I think it’s going to last awhile.” The strike began on Nov. 5, 2007, when talks broke down between the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA), a group of 12,000 television and film writers, and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) over issues ranging from residuals from DVDs to how writers will be paid as new **- media outlets become common means of watching television. These outlets include the Internet and programs such as iTunes, where shows can be accessed without resulting in pay for their writers. “The writers have never been more united,” wrote writer Yahlin Chang in an e-mail. “The more the com panies have tried to beat us down, the more united we have become.” Chang’s current work can be seen on episodes of ABC’s “Dirty Sexy Money.” Since November, many TV shows, lacking the help of writers who previously were able to do rewrites while filming, have had to finish shooting using scripts that studios have had on hand. “Television production has been mostly shut down. Shows have gone into repeats, with no new episodes coming down the pike,” Chang said. “Movies have been called off because there’s no one to write them or do rewrites. Even if the strike were to . end today, it will take at least six weeks to two months for shows to start airing again while we write scripts.” However, some television shows may actually benefit from the strike. “Bubble shows,” or programs that don’t have a large audience, may get a second chance when the strike ends, as the dispute has now lasted into pilot season and studios do not have replacements for said programs. , The fate of movies in the upcoming year doesn’t look so promising. “For the movies that are still in production,” Chang said, “I foresee a bunch of bad movies coming out in a year or so.” 'lackamas chosen to iost ‘The Big Read’ iolleen Watkins Bale Balbi 'he Clackamas Print Attention readers of all Dlafkamas will host an event ed “The Big Read” Feb. 1 pugh|18. According to the Web site for 5 Big Read, www.neabigread. , thesprogram “is an initia- 5 of the National Endowment the Arts (NEA) designed to :ore Beading to the American Fre.” It is the product of a ^Hip between the NEA the! Institute of Museum I Library Services, a source federal support for thousands libraries and museums in the (ted States, and maintains a Iking, relationship with non- fit regional arts organization s Milwest. Support for The Big Read is vided by the W.K. Kellogg Indation. A grant from the 1G. Allen Family Foundation > helps? fund the program in Pacific Northwest. Clackamas was chosen to t The Big Read over other eges in the Northwest due to college’s Osterman Theater, I Dean of Humanities Bill ire. The world premier of the play “The Illustrated Man,” based on a selec tion of American author Ray Bradbury’s collections, took place at the Osterman Theater. John Frohnmayer, the for mer chairman of the NEA, will kick off The Big Read at •Clackamas.'. He will speak at Osterman Theater on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The second event will be the showing of the movie “Fahrenheit 451,” which is based on the book by Bradbury. It will be shown from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. The Big Read does not tar get a select group of people. “The idea of The Big Read is to get more people to read,” Braire said. The most important event is the Student Soap Box on Feb. 18. “It gives students an oppor tunity to speak whatever is on their mind,” Braire said. “It’s the guarantee of America and the guarantee of the First Amendment,” he added. The Student Soap Box will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All of The Big Read activi ties are free. The Big Read is geared toward everyone. 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