That Show You Love? There’s No One on Set for It
April 21st, 2020 by
DanTBrink
Opinion:
That Show You Love? There's No One on Set for It
My colleagues in the film industry are among the millions of idled workers in America.

Mobile film dressing rooms and production vehicles sit idled in on one of the production trucking company Haddad’s lots in Brooklyn. Credit...Craig Blankenhorn for The New York Times
By John Lindley with Photographs by Craig Blankenhorn
Some five weeks ago those film companies that take your parking spaces, block your sidewalks and keep you awake at night shut down everywhere in the country and in most places in the world. “I’m in between jobs” is a timeworn Hollywood deflection to avoid admitting that you’re out of work. But now I’m part of an entire industry that is in between jobs.
The cameras have been turned off, the sets are dark, and technicians and other crews have been quarantined in their homes. Over 60,000 of my colleagues in the major film industry trade guilds are among the millions of idled workers in America.

The wardrobe department for the CBS television series “Evil,” in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, last month. Credit...Craig Blankhorn for The New York Times
Prop cash used on TV shows like “Power” and “Narcos” at the Barkode Prop House in Greenpoint.Credit...Craig Blankenhorn for The New York Times
To read the entire New York Times opinion article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/opinion/coronavirus-film-sets.html?fbclid=IwAR02_pb0ViKVx-tTAcNNFetTUzWa0in8ZilkPoqilMTQOnLhN5kq6BTfu68

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