 This is actually my first interview ever. Hi, um, who am I here with? Stella. Stella, what are your pronouns? They, them. Are you into movies and shows at all? Yes. Are you aware of their current writers and actors strike that's going on? Yes. Any thoughts about what's happening in Hollywood? Yeah, it sounds like since Corporations that made a lot of money from streaming But they haven't passed on any of their profits for the actors since streaming became popular and that's bad and they should pay them. That is bad. What are your views on striking and unions in general? Do you think they're effective? Yes, I think that this general strike is long overdue in this country. So are you aware about the current strike that's going on with the actors and writers go? Yeah, the SAG-AFTRA. Yeah, I've heard of that, uh-huh. What are your thoughts on the strike and would you go see a movie during these times? Well, I don't I don't know about the details of the strike. So I don't know what they were being paid before if it's even about them being paid. It is it is about them the pay and them losing actively losing money and not getting work. So it's about is there a like a thesis like a demand for how much money they should make or No, okay, are there details about how much they were getting paid or I you know if you're asking? I just don't even know enough about it. Don't know if enough of the details. Yeah, so since streaming services have taken over There's not a good way to measure how much viewership a show is making so they kind of get a flat rate and Don't make as much as the media corporation is making and the higher ups So one of their demands is to get better pay I don't know the details of the pay, but That is one of the demands another demand is AI and the use of AI in acting and how it's taking away jobs and Almost literally people's rights Also chat GBT is being discussed and The use of AI in writing scripts the scripts writers are actively Unable to get work because of it. Yeah Yeah, it's unfortunate. I definitely I can definitely get behind the AI thing and I definitely think they should be paid enough Especially if it's not distributed evenly among the producers or whomever is maybe getting too much money about Seeing a movie or not seeing a movie in these times or you know what this going on I honestly hadn't thought about it and I don't know if there's certain production companies that are being more sensitive than others but you know to the idea of researching and only supporting movies that are You know being made by people that are sensitive to the actors and the writers I can certainly get behind that, but I hadn't thought about it until just now The actors are currently not doing any promotional work as per their union And so you won't be seeing promotional content for a bit What are your thoughts on that and Would you would you see a movie or not? I know the Barbie movies coming out and Oppenheimer Yeah, well, I'm glad I'm glad the actors aren't aren't doing promotion like they're finding some way to boycott it Because they have to be paid properly and it acting helps everybody so it's important. I could um Yeah, I could get behind not seeing a movie if it you know again I depend on the movies so I don't know if I if I just kind of personally boycott Barbie if that's if those Producers or whoever is in control the industry is really is behind that so I don't know if that would help but I guess I'd have to learn more it depend on the movie and You know if the people producing it and the people marketing it to me are being sensitive about it And you know if I have some way of knowing. Oh, well, they're not You know, like again, I'm just kind of abstract. I'm kind of describing it an abstract way But I don't really know but if they're not supporting the actors enough if there's some way that the actors aren't getting paid enough and You know these producers or this company or whatever is making this movie. Yeah, I could certainly get behind not seeing the movie Do you know about the writers and actors strike that is happening right now? I do. Yeah What are your general thoughts about strikes and unions? I mean, I think they're pretty useful and I hope that they strike as long as they need to to get paid like what they want and Yeah, I mean, I think collective bargaining has been historically pretty useful and Hopefully it works out for them. So Are you aware of the demands that are being brought up, I don't know the specifics of it. No Around AI, right? Yeah, it's about AI and better pay and Mostly also, yeah, yeah, are you are you in a union? No, I'm not and And Do you are you subscribed to any streaming services? um, I have a peacock subscription right now and then I just kind of I Poach the others from my friends. So I don't pay for it But I have yeah access to to a bunch by only pay for peacock right now That's it