'There’s no shows being shot.' A night of strike woes and drinks at industry bar Residuals

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As the SAG-AFTRA strike continued, we visited Residuals Tavern, an actor bar in Studio City, to chat up people in the entertainment industry.

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Edwards also noted the importance of increasing wages “so that more actors can get access to healthcare.” Currently, members must have $26,470 in earnings in a 12-month period to qualify. “That’s a big thing,” Edwards said., which some writers and performers fear could threaten their livelihoods and, ultimately, put them out of work completely.

She described being rounded up with other actors and taken into a truck, one by one, and lifted up on a pedestal to be scanned by a sea of cameras.

 

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