The Hollywood Reporter has a post-mortem on the two month battle that occurred between The Hobbit and the worldwide actor guilds that resulted in a financial bonus for Warner Bros and actually made it more difficult for actors to unionize. Overall their theories match up with many of the issues I had with the boycott but still misses a few points.
THR's theories come down to a few points:
- New Zealand Actors Equity (NZAE) never established while the boycott was necessary and what their actions would do to improve things for actors.
- The legal issue was never addressed. NZAE said unionizing the Hobbit was legal, the gov't and others didn't believe so.
- No local support from actors, the industry and the public.
- Using an Australian as spokesperson for the beginning of the boycott.
- Ignoring New Zealand's love of Peter Jackson.
- Mismanagement from a public relations perspective.Read more »
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Actor Boycott