Striking Outside of Netflix Can Be Hazardous To One’s Health. Just Ask Joe Syracuse
deadline.comEditor’s note: One in a series of stories marking the 100th day of the WGA strike. Since the start of the WGA strike in early May, screenwriter Joe Syracuse (Parental Guidance, Amateur Night) has walked the picket line outside the corporate offices of Netflix.
Traversing Sunset Boulevard on an almost daily basis has given Syracuse a feeling of both joy and resolve, as it helped him to forge new friendships and to appreciate the youthful energy of his fellow union members.
Little did he know it would end up sending him to the hospital. On one of his many days picketing in late June, Syracuse made the mistake of eating the last cellophane-wrapped turkey sandwich from the food table.
Though a strike captain and his wife/writing partner Lisa Addario told him not to eat it — the sandwich had been sitting in the sun for at least two hours, they warned — Syracuse devoured it, anyway. “As a writer, I’ve been trained to charge ahead when I hear people say ‘that’s a stupid idea.
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