Jason Woliner, the director of Borat 2, on why solidarity during this WGA strike is crucial

[highplainsdem]

Six-tweet thread starting with the one below. He rarely posts on Twitter - which he refers to as "this shitty dying platform" - and he posted his message in a series of screen grabs, which I'll copy below.

Link to tweet

a thread (1/6)


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See message 5 in particular.

[MutantAndProud]

1. This was something I had a discussion about in 2017

I ended up getting physically assaulted for not supporting the corporate line he (and his partners/friends) did

[highplainsdem]

3. ????

[MutantAndProud]

4. I have an interesting life story so far

What can I say.

[highplainsdem]

5. You didn't specify whom you meant as "he" in your previous message. What you said

is defamatory, so please make it clear you were NOT referring to Jason Woliner.

You don't need to name anyone else, and I'd advise against doing so. But I don't want your very vague comment misread as referring to Woliner, since this thread is about him.

[MutantAndProud]

6. Ohh no definitely not the tweet author he deserves credit for speaking about this

100%.

It would be inadvisable for me to say with whom I was entangled at this time, I’ll leave it at that. It has been reported, and is known about, but it’s sort of a ‘silent secret’ at this point within certain circles.

[highplainsdem]

7. Thanks for explaining it wasn't Jason Woliner. I didn't think it could be, but

it was important to make it clear that it wasn't him.

And as I said, I'd advise against naming whoever assaulted you, in this thread. You said it was reported, and that's what's important. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[MutantAndProud]

8. Definitely

I didn’t think that was implied but very much so on board with making that clear.

And yeah… that would be a bad idea. It’s been an interesting couple of years for me, I appreciate the sympathy

I’m glad to see a lot of this stuff being talked about more openly. My case has been pretty tied up at the local/state level, not sure about federal since it’s stonewalled as is.

[Tetrachloride]

2. 1. What major studios / producers are not on the strike list ?

2. What “broadcasters” / streamers whatever are not on the struck list ?

3. What political pressure can be brought to bear ? Is “it” being brought to bear ?

4. Make your own streamer.