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9:52 AM
by Gene
Laughter on the seven-digits' picket line:David Mamet found an immediate outlet for his creativity during the Hollywood writers strike.
In a cartoon published Tuesday on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times, Mamet played the labor dispute for laughs, appearing to lampoon Writers Guild of America strikers.
The cartoon, drawn in a rough scribble, shows two men, each wearing a "WGA on Strike" button. One, with sunglasses and a palm tree-decorated shirt, says: "Whaddaya think, will we end up on the breadline?"
"I don't touch carbohydrates," the other cartoon figure responds.This industry cannot stop talking to itself -- and its psychotic jabber is starting to infuriate us. Maybe people will grow so annoyed at all the mourning talk the sides will settle. We doubt it -- and we don't want them to.