
Analysis: Park Chan-wook’s WGA Expulsion and the Confusing Nature of Hollywood Guilds - THE ROLLING TAPE
On Friday, August 8th, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced the expulsion of two members based on violating the terms and conditions of the 2023 strike. After a five-month-long investigation, Park Chan-wook and his writing partner Don McKellar received notice that their post-production editing work on HBO’s The Sympathizer (2024) constituted a violation of strike rules. While this isn’t the first case of expulsion caused by violating the 2023 strike rules, Park and McKellar’s expulsion,...