The AMPTP's lighter side

By Carl DiOrio
Despite the tension surrounding the WGA strike, at least some of those clued into the discord seem to have maintained a well-developed sense of humor. A site spoofing the official Website of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers has shown up, and its mocking mimickry is long on impishness and relativity short on outright meanness. An example: “We are heartbroken to report that despite our best efforts, including sending them a muffin basket, making them a mix CD, and standing outside their window with a boombox blasting Peter Gabriel songs, our talks with the WGA have broken down. Quite frankly, we're puzzled as to why this happened. We talked about it all the way home – after we walked into their hotel room, slapped our list of demands on the table and abruptly left the negotiating session – and none of us could figure out what went wrong.” A profile of AMPTP president Nick Counter posted under the “About Us” link on AMPTP.com claims, “For almost fifteen years, Nick Counter was a member of the Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest-selling teen pop bands in history.” The photos, one pictured left, are good for a chuckle, too. Just for the record, the studio group’s real site is accessible at AMPTP.org.

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