Another week, another seven days of sound and fury signifying… maybe something. Maybe nothing. Maybe shadow plays of bravado to misdirect away from the weakness just under the surface.
Round and round we go. The writers threw a rally. Warners threw a Gatsby party at the Hotel du Cap and announced a… new commissary makeover!
This is a battle of pain now — which side can inflict the most on the other without self-immolating along the way.
Yet, we’ve now managed to create a giant Rube Goldberg construct that even our most nightmarish AI couldn’t generate. One action by one union will impact the outcome for the others. Netflix’s intransigence may or may not be holding the process hostage. And certain narratives are taking hold that will prove hard to shake (or forgive).
Today I’m gaming out how if things go this way or that, it might impact matters downstream. There are now a lot of players involved in this outcome here, and with the main parties dug in, let’s look at the levers that could influence the stalemates as well as the new details I’ve gathered.
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