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Entertainment
Alaina Demopoulos

‘Don’t you wanna know how Yellowjackets ends?’: the best signs at the writers’ strike

Netflix Chris Pizzello Ashley Landis Caroline Brehman Los Angeles New York
actor holds sign saying 'i told chatgpt to write a sign and it sucked'
Gina Gershon marches with protesters during the Writers Guild Strike on Wednesday in New York. Photograph: JNI/Star Max/GC Images

It’s not exactly breaking news that writers are funny – but anyone who needs a reminder can take a look at their strike signs. For the first time since 2007, more than 11,000 WGA writers behind television’s biggest hits have put down their pens and stopped working after contract negotiations with major studios failed. The ensuing picket lines in New York and Los Angeles are filled with signs making fun of Netflix, Quibi and greedy executives. But the best material is reserved for ChatGPT: one of the writers’ biggest demands includes a ban on AI generation of scripts for film or television.

sign says ‘without writers, you can’t even finish this si’
Writers at Netflix’s New York headquarters. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A group of striking writers marches outside, with one in the center holding a sign that says, “Our therapists keep saying we have to stand up for ourselves, so here we are, sorry.”
Outside Netflix in Los Angeles. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
group poses with inflatable rat Scabby, an icon of organized labor. one sign says ‘no scripts for you’. another says ‘do the write thing’
The playwright Jeremy O Harris, right, at Netflix in New York. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A man holds a sign that says “Netflix: Just OK TV” in one hand and a dog in the other while protesting in New York.
A writer’s dog joins the protest in New York. Photograph: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
signs say ‘the revolution actually could be televised for very cheap’ and ‘don’t you wanna know how yellowjackets ends’
Demonstrators at Netflix in LA. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
Sign says ‘ext. netflix, day - a thousand angry writers take on corporate greed - and win.’
At Netflix in LA. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
sign says ‘logan roy didn’t die on his own - a writer killed him off’
Outside Netflix in New York. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A writer holds a sign that says “We’re in our pay me era” while standing in view of the “Hollywood” sign.
On the picket line in LA. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA
A dog wears a white coat that reads, “hey AMPTP, throw us a bone!”
A dog becomes a walking picket sign in LA. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA
A striking writer holds a sign that says “My mom’s Netflix password is Elvis1965”
Signs in Los Angeles. Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP
signs say ‘we have some notes’ and ‘you want it on spec? we want it on a check’
Outside Paramount Studios in LA. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
A striking writer holds a sign that says “My brother’s career is more stable than mine and he’s a magician!”
A sign outside Paramount. Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP
Two striking writers sit behind a merch table selling t-shirts and candy. One holds a sign that says “Pay up or we’ll kill your favorite characters.”
Protesting outside Universal Studios in LA. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
A writer holds a strike sign that says, “You came up with Quibi.”
Outside Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
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