So Universal Pictures may have just intentionally over-pruned all of the city owned trees in front of their LA corporate office in an effort to fuck with the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picketers during what is predicted to be the hottest week of the year so far:
And the LA City Controller is looking into it:
Once again it looks like it's time for:
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JUST REVEALED: In honor of the film’s 15th anniversary, Laika is bringing back their very first movie to the big screen.
Remastered in 3D, “Coraline” will return to movie theaters this August.
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It's strange to see anyone surprised by Universal using a tactic as cruel as denying even shade to picket line members, in the heat-based hellscape that is Los Angeles. So let's try to condense the explanation.
By and large, executives are people who already come from wealth and privilege, and have that wealth and privilege protected throughout their life as they're escorted through whatever levels of education and then into employment.
Most of them have never received any kind of culture shock to make them aware of the struggles of 'lessers'. Their parents and peers had a vested interest in keeping the then-children from mixing with 'those people'.
They are insulated enough from daily life that they no longer see anyone outside their immediate wealth and influence bracket as human.
So a strike, to them, is not "people who want enough money to live and work in health", it's "The machine that makes us money is broken, get those workers back into their jobs so we can keep making money."
So the executives treat the strike like they would a broken machine or a disobedient pet. Hit it until it works, and replace it if it breaks.
And don't doubt for one minute that this wasn't at the advice of a Pinkerton or similar union-busting agency consultant. This is more than just petty; this is tactical cruely.
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The picture in the last two panels is the statement from the Berueau of Street Services saying that Universal Pictures whoever pruned those trees most certainly did not have a permit to do so and might be totally fucked in accordance with the law.
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Some people say Wednesday's Gomez ↑ isn't handsome enough, because they met the Addams in the 90s movies ↓
Some people say the 90s movies got the characters wrong because in the 60s show, the Addams were spooky but harmless...
While a niche group likes to remind us that the Addams started as a bunch of evil and ugly characters
Don't gatekeep the Addams. Every incarnation is valid
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Universal is out here literally using environmental warfare as a union-busting tactic. Rough chopping healthy trees in the middle of a heatwave is unimaginably cruel. Hope they get their ass handed to them in court.
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JUST REVEALED: You’ve asked for his return. And now, one of the most beloved members from DreamWorks Animation is BACK and with DOUBLE the fun!
“Megamind” is coming back for a new series AND a new movie!! BOTH installments will be available to stream on Peacock on March 1st!!
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Universal studios is not immune to tree law
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