The writers strike in America brought often solitary artists onto the streets to come together to protect their livelihoods When Australian writer and actor Harriet Dyer first heard about the Writers Guild of America industrial action, she was in Los Angeles. 'We got the email from the union telling us. We knew it was coming, so we were unsurprised when it happened. We knew it was a fight worth having, but I think we all hoped it would be wrapped up soonish, so the feeling was one of hope. But obvs that hasn't happened…' You know Dyer: along with her husband, Patrick Brammall, she created the local comedy series Colin From Accounts , which swept the recent Logie awards.

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/october/marieke-hardy/embolden-age-hollywood

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