The Anonymous Production Assistant

Start Campaigning Now

People often say that the first thing a politician does after winning an election is running for re-election. As a PA, or any freelance crew, you should be thinking the same way. You never know how long a show will last. It could get cancelled in the middle of the season, or even in the […]

Political Advice

I’ve written about politics in the past, but it’s been four years since the last big election, and many of my readers weren’t even of voting age at the time. Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision to strike down uphold the Affordable Healthcare Act. Of course, in an industry dominated by unions, only […]

My Last Political Post, I Swear!

This week, anyway. John Rogers has posted a clarification about the whole “self-pitying self-indulgent narcissist” thing.  He didn’t mean for it to apply to all conservatives who feel bullied around town.  Fair enough. I think he was referring to me to me when he wrote, “There was one commenter who noted that in some jobs, […]

Hollywood Conservatism

I should amend yesterday’s post.  I made Hollywood’s liberalism seem monolithic, when that’s not completely true. I worked at a video production company where all the top people were conservative.  They went to church.  They had four or five kids each.  They were married to the same person for decades. It was bizarre. The staff […]

I’m a Self-Pitying, Self-Indulgent Narcissist With My Head So Far Up My Ass That I Equate “Occasional Discomfort During Cocktail Party Conversations” With “Being on the Fucking Blacklist.”

Allow me to explain. There’s an article from the Hollywood Reporter making its way around the blogosphere, “Republicans in biz feel stifled, bullied.”  (Their headlines are so creative.) Now, I don’t generally talk about politics, because that’s not what this blog is about.  (Unlike John Rogers, who, in the last two months, has posted maybe […]

Politics in Hollywood

I don’t often talk about politics, but after two weeks of conventions, people aren’t talking about much else. Here’s a sampling of some of my Facebook friends’ status updates in the past couple weeks– B___ wishes he could write hilarity like Palin has foreign policy experience because “she’s up there in Alaska which is right […]

Open Minded

People often regard Hollywood as a liberal place. People are often right. When the California Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, approval was unanimous among people I know or know of in the business. On the other hand, nearly all of my friends disapproved of the way Eliott Spitzer was run out of office. So, you […]