The ATA's response to writers' concerns is simply insane
In the early stages of the current war between the Writers Guild of America and the Assn. of Talent Agents, it was difficult for anyone who was not a writer or talent agent to get terribly worked up.
Screenwriters are not coal miners fighting for safety measures, and talent agents aren't teachers who'd like to earn a decent living for once. This isn't a strike; no one has to worry about late-night hosts ad-libbing through their scraggly beards.
But now? Now it's gotten completely insane.
For those of you who haven't been following, the WGA (for which, until recently, my husband worked as a magazine editor) wants the talent agencies to sign a new code of conduct to ensure the agents do their jobs - getting their
