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fratboykate · 1 year

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Hi, So since you're a writer, how do you feel about the whole Jenna Ortega situation? I've seen a lot of writers taking a dig at and I don't necessarily agree especially in such important moment like now , but Idk, thought?

She deserves every bit of it. You'd be hard pressed to find a writer who isn't rightfully fucking pissed at her horrible attitude and straight up disrespectful comments so unless she's planning on writing every script for the rest of her career I can guarantee you she's going to have a tough time, at least behind the scenes. And I know her stans love to say "Oh but the showrunners haven't said anything bad about her!" Yeah, because unlike her they're professionals 🤷🏽‍♀️

#truly no writer is having it and I'm so happy they're putting her on blast #she evidently has no respect for us or the work we do so why shouldn't we be allowed to make a few jokes???#if she doesn't like them then she can rewrite them 😊 she wrote the entire show anyway basically #at least according to her lol #you have NO idea the amount of extra work she made for the already underpaid overwork and abused writers in that room by refusing to do job #you guys think scripts are pulled out of thin air #TV is a medium that takes MONTHS #every script takes MONTHS and dozens of layers of approval form different people #from the showrunner to studio execs to the network to legal to...everything #sometimes one line of dialogue may seem insignificant but it is the thing that later triggers an entire storyline.#and we spend months crafting that in rooms #painstakingly going through rounds of notes from every department and level until you FINALLYYYY get a script approved #after 5 or 50 drafts.#and after all that work from literally dozens upon dozens of people for the actor to not only blatantly refuse to read what was written #but turn flippantly change it and BRAG ABOUT IT IN THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL WAY?!#it's immaturity and entitlement at its finest #the idea that the people who spent years and hours on end developing this show knew less about the character than her is...PHEWWWW #anyway...I hope we see MORE signs #if I wasn't immunocompromised and could safely be at the picket lines one of my signs would probably be a joke about her now lol #at least a dozen people have already tested covid positive so I can't go until people start wearing masks and being safe #but I'm sure she's been talked about plenty at one point or another at every line that there's a sign about this #the idea that we should brush off this level of disrespect or consider it unimportant when we're in this position #exactly because so many people seem to think what we do is unimportant and either AI or actors who 'know better' could replace us #or do a better job is...something #anyway...your faves are nothing with writers #give us the credit we deserve #jortega #anonymous #answers #rants

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