Anson Stevens-Bollen
Cover, June 14: “Unscripted”
Martin complex
Siena Sofia Bergt cites George R.R. Martin as an example of “the complexity of the situation,” saying he is an advocate of the strike “yet, not all productions of his work have ceased in solidarity.” Well into the next paragraph, the reader learns that certain productions are, in fact, able to move forward without violating WGA strike provisions—those with “locked scripts.” Is this the case with Martin’s project-in-progress? Without clarifying that point, this reader was left wondering if the implied slight to Martin in that paragraph was merited or inadvertent.
Kathleen Dexter, Santa Fe
Editor’s note: The story explained that while productions of locked scripts may continue without violating contracts, they do so without on-set writers.
Film and Fortune
Thank you for bringing much-needed clarity to this complex bundle of issues; some of us were slapping our foreheads when former Gov. Susana Martinez came in like the sorcerer’s apprentice to wreak havoc on what the Richardson administration had achieved—a pretty obviously positive and expanding cultural and economic sector in our state. Fortunately Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham picked up the wand of damage control, and it’s encouraging to read that the Above The Line and Below The Line unions are on the same page. People working in film are arts and culture workers without whose sweat and creativity our world would be a desolate place.
Tamara Lichtenstein, via Facebook
Editor’s note: This letter writer is the mother of the story’s author.
The Fork, June 8: “We’re Back, Baby!”
Forkette over
I miss the Knoife, the Spork and La Forkette. They didn’t have to fall back on four letter words to be emphatic or make column inches. Your sign-off implies you’re old, but you sound 12. BTW, “Forkette” is feminine, albeit made-up, therefore it uses La not Le. French words are gendered. Isn’t it time for another break, Fork?
Jeanne M. Cunningham, Santa Fe
