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Let Them Work! Below-The-Line Workers, IATSE Sound Off About Fire-Related Cancellations


Below the line workers are worried that all the cancelations due to the fires is keeping more people out of work after the strikes.

Getty Images After Jean Smart posted on Instagram that Hollywood needs to scrap awards shows and figure out how to generate revenue for fire victims instead, former lead stage manager Debbie Williams had a few choice words for the Hacks star via Facebook. But some events haven’t been rescheduled while others were straight up canceled — like the BAFTA tea party and premieres for The Pitt, XO Kitty, The Night Agent, One of Them Days, Back in Action, Severance, and The Last Showgirl. “I say go ahead and have the shows, but instead of million dollar gowns that are always ridiculous anyway, and instead of goody bags filled with $1000 bottles of champagne, and diamond earrings, maybe celebrities dress more simple and donate THAT money,” writes one.

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