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"When Greg Iwinski joined the Writers Guild of America East, his work as a
late-night writer was covered under what is known as Appendix A in the Guild’s
Minimum Basic Agreement with the Association of Motion Pictures and Television
Producers. “It’s called Appendix A because our contract is literally stapled to
the back of the MBA,” he tells me over Zoom when I ask him to explain it to me.
“It’s an appendix of all the weird shows that don’t fit in this thing.”
This means, “Comedy/variety, late-night, daytime soap operas, news and
documentary all fall under there,” according to Adam Conover who is, like
Iwinski, a member of the WGA’s Negotiating Committee with the AMPTP. “And then
there’s this category ‘non-dramatic program’ which represents basically
everything else. We like to call it the black hole.”
Conover might describe it as a black hole, but to me, it sounds like Appendix A
is the WGA’s equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
