There's some writer strike going on right now. I know this because I recently applied to be a scab screenwriter and my new film, Spring Break, will be in theaters next week. It's a romantic comedy about a college kid who goes to Cancun and becomes a paraplegic after breaking major nerves in both his legs while riding the bull at Mardi Gras. He goes into a coma, which totally prevents him from hooking up with this cheerleader, and once he regains consciousness, he has trouble closing the deal with a hot-yet-attainable sorority girl because of his accident. There's a hilarious scene where the lead character's wheelchair brake fails and he rolls off the side of an ancient Mayan ruin. We're in talks with Anna Faris to play the sorority girl. Should be a blockbuster.
But my ambitions aside, there are a bunch of writers out there with nothing to do right now. So, for them, the owner of the Roxy Theatre on Hollywood's famous Sunset Boulevard has offered free tickets to any show.
Said Roxy owner Nic Adler:
People forget sometimes that LA is as small as it is big. We are all a family, whether it is rocking a stage or writing a mind-blowing script. Writers, like musicians, are here to entertain the world. We support artists here at The Roxy, that's what we do.
What a guy. Here is a list of acts that will be playing the venue in the near future:
-IMA Robot
-The B-Side Players
-The Octopus Project
-Links
-The B-52's
-Black Light Burns
-MyEvolution
-Puddle of Mudd
Upon seeing this list, the Writer's Guild of America issued the following statement:
Seriously? What do you think we are, Internet writers?
Just kidding. This is a really generous offer from the Roxy. A little homeless-shelter-y, but generous.
