On May 1, the current contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Motion Picture Association expires, which means that, about a week after, people will start yelling at one another.
The existing deal between the writers—the group of people in Hollywood tasked with creating, developing, pitching, writing, and producing content for the big and little screens—and the producers—the group of people in Hollywood who pay the people in the other group—is three years old, which makes it an artifact from an ancient golden age.
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