By Paul M. Banks feat. Sarah Spain
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The WGA writers’ strike is over, but we still have lots of time to kill until new episodes start airing again. Here’s an example of a way to combat rerun banality. A group of improv comics here in Chicago are staging live spec script readings of all your favorite sitcoms. In the second part of this feature, I interview two Chicago transplants now living in L.A. and working as part of the entertainment industry; exploring how the strike personally impacts them and how it could affect them professionally again down the line. The strike is over, but many of the same issues that incited conflict between labor and ownership could resurface again in the very near future. Follow link for full story


