Mayim Bialik is apparently resigning from Jeopardy, and doing so in solidarity with the WGA. As if it weren't bad enough that every company out there lies straight to our faces, we now watch as those with the power to influence real change refuse to do so, and further the plight of the everyday person.
The support being shown here is insignificant; a small lie told as a means to an end; as a way to keep relevant, and ensure that future paychecks keep coming. Just like every billionaire and multibillion dollar company out there, we're being told something they think we want to hear in hopes of stringing us along long enough to turn an ever inflated profit their way.
Honestly, if she really wanted to support the WGA, she'd keep on sticking it to the man. “Why?” might you ask? “What's the point?” do you say? Welp, it's speculated that she makes what Trebek made per season, or roughly $18 million dollars.
Now, I can't tell her what do to with her money. But I could point out strike pay typically isn't about shit. And the longer you're on strike, the longer you go without a full pay check. After a couple short weeks of that, you could imagine how one would be incentivized to just concede certain points to go back to work. The scales, even with unions, are sometimes tipped in favor of the employer.
If Ms. Bialik really cared, she'd keep collecting that pay, and just donate it to the writers who are on strike at the present. Time to do a good deed, Robin Hood style. Take that paycheck from those fat cat corporations who don't need any more, and give it to the people who really deserve it: the WGA.
After all, even $1 million would go a long way to support the effort in a more significant way than what she's done now. Stepping aside, as she's done here, is nothing more than a minor blip on the radar, and holds no significant value when it comes to influencing behavior. All that stands to happen is a minor, if hardly noticeable, drop in ratings. And those will recover soon enough, and ultimately mean nothing. Stepping aside in support of the WGA is kind of like that pizza party: it draws attention to the issues at hand, but does nothing to offer real change.