Union members mock AMPTP’s ‘best and last offer’ line – Deadline

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Ongoing talks between the WGA and AMPTP continued to look promising over the weekend, but writers couldn’t help but relish the studios’ claim that they had made their “best and final offer.”

After making the statement late on Saturday before talks continued today, union members took to X to have a little fun with AMPTP’s choice of words.

It inspired Mike Flanagan and a few others to come up with potential movie titles, should Hollywood decide to date this hot mess of negotiations. “Best Final View. 2 Best Final. Best Final View: 3D. Off4: Best and Final. BFO 5: Final View. he wrote.

Eden danger Followed by a few of her own: “Displays Last offer better & Last offer last & Last offer tasty & Last offer Last offer tokyo drift.

Warren Light criticized this phrase by comparing it to David Brooks’ post is now infamous About $78 he spent on a meal at the New Jersey station. “Last, best and last $78 AMPTP meal at Newark Airport” “Light wrotenext to a photo of a supposedly expensive burger and fries from Brooks.

SAG-AFTRA member Mike Boatere Weighed with “I said to my wife, ‘Okay, I’m going to wash the dishes tonight but you have to dry them.’ That’s my country last, betterAnd Last offer. Then the dishes dried.”

Comedy writer This was shared by Mark Agee “I gave my better And Last offer To the doctor with last The matching heart for my transplant. If he doesn’t take it, I’ll walk.”

Dan Singer She posted an ad from Smart & Final, which offers, among other things, bananas at 49 cents a pound. His response: “Guys, I just got this final (smart) offer. I think I better buy bananas. If I don’t, I’ll never be able to get bananas again!”

“When this strike is over, I’m going out to promote my new show, the best and the last,” Glenn Mazzara said. #Debs callSarah Watson to publish, “If you’re in line for the ‘best and last’ joke, stay in line.”

Even the fake Carole Lombardini on X made an appearance With another reading “Please WGA, just accept our best and last offer so we don’t have to come back and give you the best and last best double offer of the Oreo Dream Extreme-tini.”

she then Followed up with “We are having a lot of fun and we have jointly decided to do the best and last day of negotiations” when the talks began on Sunday.

Speaking of fake Lombardini, actor Written by Paul McKinney“AMPTP has done”Another is better And Last offer“But then I forgot to introduce language that demands identity, which is why they are meeting on Sunday.”

Some WGA members were not amused by the phrase, although several people took the time to point out that the words were straight up legal. “a “last, betterAnd Last offer“Dedicated to the negotiating party that has all the powers.” The former wrote Gray anatomy Model Krista Vernoff. “CEOs took 140 days to come to the table. It’s irresponsible. It’s the opposite of powerful.”

Added David Slack“When you’ve already made your ‘last, best and last’ offer three times and then you’re forced to make an even better offer because you can’t make your one and only product without us – maybe stop calling them ‘last, best and last’?”

Added Scott Collett“, “must be AMPTP last, better& Last offer If it is not appropriate, I believe the WGA can demonstrate the need for a federal mediator. I’d love to hear CEOs defend their paychecks and their historic FMCS losses, and open the studios’ books to the government to try to make their case.