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Bill Maher announced that his Real Time would be back "sans writers or writing"

https://qz.com/stephen-king-blames-bill-maher-for-breaking-the-hollywo-1850837325

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maher's a scab, no surprise to anyone paying attention to him.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. He's also despised by most of his peers, so it's not like he can join anyone in raising money for his staff - like the daily talk show hosts who started a podcast to raise money for staff salaries.

It's not supposed to be easy, it's a strike.

Fucking Scab Maher, lol...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He totally peaked in that House movie where he played himself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The worst part of an otherwise pretty great movie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Maher, but he definitely doesn't have a track record of supporting fellow guild members.

But he won't lose much, he's rich and probably at the tail end of his career tbh. There aren't a lot of future benefits he'll be missing out on if he's kicked out of SAG or the WGA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also think his more extreme views make him tough to cast for larger roles, nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't find his views extreme, nor do I think that perception would keep him from getting roles (Chris Pratt and Zachary Levi have been able to get roles, for example). But I don't think he wants to act at all. Wouldn't be shocked to see him want to write though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago