The ones in a belt pouch? They look like a handy little set to keep in the car.

The ones in a belt pouch? They look like a handy little set to keep in the car.

It sounds like they just work really well, which is about as much as you can hope for from any tool. I'm tempted to pick some up now.

It sounds like they just work really well, which is about as much as you can hope for from any tool. I'm tempted to…

Yep. While the suggested use case (replacing a socket set) isn’t really accurate, the consensus among people that actually use tools for a living seems to be that these are basically the best pliers you can get, full stop:

Yep. While the suggested use case (replacing a socket set) isn’t really accurate, the consensus among people that…

Nailed it. He has like 17 grandkids. Would you want to visit Pops and Grandma if they had a theater and cars in their basement?

Luckily there is no possible way for this feature to be abused.

Yes, the people who work under a DP (typically camera, key grip and grips, as well as electricians and lamp operators) are all IATSE as well, although different local numbers. There is a ton of paperwork that is signed by everyone on their first day of work that explicitly says you can’t harass people at work that it…

I didn’t read that they were union guys. Probably a dozen PA and assistants - who are usually young women or males. The DP isn’t going so harass a bunch of Grips. 

I’m sure they are paying them out. Probably cheaper to do that then deal with the government and public fall out.

If that’s not a burner made for the occasion, it’s excellent name/comment synergy.

PA eh?

It largely depends on the contract with the studio. If you have hundreds of people working on each show, and a large studio might have several shows going at one time, you may not immediately notice a couple dozen people getting let go over the course of a season or two as long as the studio keeps re-hiring back from…

Coul be a case of “contracts not renewed”.

The three main goals of an entertainment union are credit, working conditions and compensation. Typically, producers can terminate without any real issue, expect possibly having to pay a bit. That said, a lot of grips, etc. are dailies and so aren’t guaranteed anything beyond that day.

They probably did go to IATSE, but no union that’s ever cracked a book on sexual harassment is going to demand its members go back to work for their harasser. I won’t be surprised if this asshole has multiple union claims against him.

Technically *YES* there are unions and guilds and such involved.
However let me regale you with a tale (stripped of any identifying info as I would like to work again) of a nightmare show.
Production fired people. Like ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS at one fell swoop.
They were running out of union members and were crewing with…

I’m a rigger, I have never experienced anything like that without the union having to step in.

Maybe he had some ins with the union? But yes, it does seem odd, but apparently reached its limit.

Leave it to the AV Club to not only use the term “gas-lighting” incorrectly, but also attempt to paint a literal psychopath as a sympathetic character just because she’s a woman.

I haven’t seen this and I’m not going to, so take my opinion for it’s worth (not much), but: murdering your children’s father and a presumably innocent other person is, like, maybe not so relatable? Or defensible? This woman had many, many other options, including leaving her husband years ago.

Here’s my Avatar story: