'Am I crossing picket lines if I see a movie?' and other Hollywood strike fan questions answered

[Omaha Steve]

By The Associated Press
Published 8:31 AM CDT, July 19, 2023

You watch movies. You watch TV. And now you’re wondering how the dual Hollywood strikes — a pitched battle with actors and writers on one side, and studios and streaming services on the other — will affect you. We have answers.
Do the strikes mean “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” aren’t coming out?

They — and all other summer releases — are still on track! Many flashy premieres have been canceled, however, or dramatically scaled down.

Am I crossing the picket line by seeing one of those movies?

No, the unions have not asked fans to boycott productions, and are quick to make that explicit. Instead, the guilds have asked supporters who aren’t members to post on social media and donate to community funds.

FULL story and video here: https://apnews.com/article/how-hollywood-strikes-affect-fans-b7d9f908207629dd3c30e65a77666d8f

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. The sad thing...

The posts, Tweets, etc. I've seen from SAG-AFTRA and WGA explicitly asking people not to strike are being met with a lot of pushback from non-union people insisting they are just going to boycott anyway.
The worst I saw was from a theater company saying "We're not on strike, so come see us instead of going to the movies!"

[DFW]

2. As far as I know, studios still automatically pay out residuals

In the early sixties, „Advise and Consent“ was being filmed, and some scenes were filmed in the actual Capitol in Washington. One scene called for a reporter asking some member of Congress something, and they didn‘t have one. Someone spotted my dad, and said, hey, that guy is a real reporter! So they hired him on the spot, took ten minutes to film the scene and get his name address. From then on, for the next forty years or so, he was still getting a yearly check for $1.25 from some Hollywood studio for his one line in that film so many decades ago.

[Kablooie]

3. Except for animators. They only get a flat salary.

Musicians that work on animated moves get lifetime residuals.
Animators, nothing.