Apatow was succinct, saying: 

“I at all times suppose that no matter occurs, they might have figured it out already. When this stuff conclude, you by no means go, ‘I perceive why it took that lengthy.’ It is by no means one thing so ingenious, and groundbreaking, that you just suppose, ‘Oh, folks wanted to go to warfare for months over it.’ It is at all times a really apparent place. […] So that is what’s scary about it’s that there’s a resolution, however I am undecided that the entire enterprise pursuits are concerned about attending to it shortly.”

Apatow hopes that the strike will disclose to beancounters the precise significance of writers within the inventive ecosystem of Hollywood. He compares Hollywood to the current kerfuffle at Twitter, whereby an inexperienced new CEO moved in and, as a cost-saving measure, laid off a substantial amount of the corporate’s employees, deeming them redundant. He feels that the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (also referred to as the AMPTP) would fortunately lay off its employees if it might, all within the identify of saving cash. Apatow feels, nonetheless, that doing so would drive folks away from the enterprise altogether. If writers aren’t being paid, the inducement to change into an expert goes away. The author/director/producer believes that on-line fame could be pursued as a substitute. In his phrases:

“That is why it is an existential drawback. If the ecosystem of writers would not exist, nobody will learn to do it. Nobody will be capable to survive doing it. After which everybody will go, ‘Effectively, perhaps I am going to write video video games, perhaps I am going to make TikToks at house and change into an influencer.’ It is lots of inventive individuals who can do different issues. So you don’t need the entire system to break down.”

Apatow’s daughter, Maude, is one thing of a TikTok celeb already, so he is seen it in motion.