“Hollywood Scriptwriters Strike Movement: Why Jenna Ortega is Under Fire for Her Controversial Remarks on Rewriting”

Right now in Hollywood is taking place an unprecedented strike movement from television and film scriptwriters. A social uprising started by the Writers Guild of America, a powerful union representing more than 11,500 screenwriters in the sector, and which denounces the precariousness of their profession at a time of grossly lucrative streaming for the bigwigs of major firms.

And if the enemies are clearly identified, others take stray bullets, like actress Jenna Ortega, recently acclaimed for her role in the Netflix series Wednesday. A few placards from strikers and other creaking tweets from screenwriters on strike pinpoint the actress, wondering: “Where is Jenna Ortega?”. But why ?

It all started last March, when Jenna Ortega took part in an episode of the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. During the conversation, the actress talks about her experience filming Wednesdayiand asserts that she would have “lack of professionalism” by changing the scripts, as she deemed them too silly and not incisive enough, the character of Wednesday Addams being notoriously dark. All without the approval of the scriptwriters of the series.

Since this controversial statement, the actress has drawn reactions and even some mockery from Hollywood screenwriters, who do not hesitate to come back to the event in the context of the current screenwriters’ strike.

Karen Joseph Adcock, screenwriter for the series Yellowjacketstweeted: “Rewriting is writing! See you on the picket line, Jenna!” while Nick Adams, screenwriter for the series BoJack Horsemanreacted to Jenna Ortega’s appearance at the Met Gala by tweeting: “Jenna Ortega better be back from New York for her afternoon picket shift.”

In the street too, we see references to the actress, as on the sign of Disney Channel screenwriter Brandon Cohen, relayed by Variety: “Without the writers, Jenna Ortega would have nothing to improve!”

Although there is an element of humor and obvious second degree in these various strike slogans, the situation still raises the crucial question of the revaluation of the various less “visible” trades in the world ofentertainment. And if we do not doubt the good intentions of Jenna Ortega, we can not help but be impatient to see her, her and other darlings of the small screen, join the social movement which rumbles within their own environment. professional.