The two stories – calling them “novels” would be pretentious, they are fictionalized bargain-basement conspiracy theories – couldn’t be more different. Its main character, Harvard “symbologist” Robert Langdon, is the same protagonist from The Da Vinci Code, although A&D was in fact written first. The writers, of course, are entirely in the right in their labor dispute: if they are going to sacrifice themselves in this fashion, the least Hollywood can do is pay them fairly.īut about Angels & Demons. They should receive the literary equivalent of “combat pay” for added trauma in the line of duty, which I’m sure takes months or years off their lives. Scriptwriters are actually performing a public service in helping us not read this sort of book. In perfect sincerity, adapting something as dumb as Angels & Demons is quite a difficult task. Now, all due respect to the scriptwriter, who was awarded an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, a challenging adaptation from a nonfiction book. The first high-profile casualty, Angels & Demons, the Prequel to the Da Vinci Code, has been postponed by Sony Pictures because they haven’t yet ironed out the script. Making someone write for CBS’s drama Cane is an inhumane labor practice and I hope this strike puts an end to it once and for all.Īll joking aside, the Hollywood writer’s strike has already begun to affect not only television but also moviemaking. Writing is work, and work is a dignified contribution to society. Surely the American public supports the Hollywood writers in their labor struggles and fervently hopes that the writers’ strike be made permanent.
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