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"Mutant Enemy Day" on the picket lines

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Siege

Ever wonder what would happen if Joss Whedon sent out a call to action? The answer appeared in the form of 400 actors, writers and fans walking the WGA picket lines with Whedon this past Friday, including Buffy writing alums Drew Goddard and Jane Espenson.

Sarah Michelle Gellar brought doughnuts.

Summer Glau and Nathan Fillion reminisced about Firefly.

And Eliza Dushku was there, instead of filming the new show Dollhouse, which is being created for her by Whedon.

Obviously, Dollhouse is one of the many shows on hold until the strike ends. Not that Dushku isn't keeping busy in the meantime. She's set to star in a new independent film called The Thacker Case, based on the 1983 death of Kevin Thacker, a repeat drunk-driving offender found dead in an alley behind the Marshalltown, Iowa police station after an arrest. Dushku will be playing a young attorney assisting with the wrongful death case.

Filming on the indie flick started last week in both Iowa and Los Angeles. Clearly Dushku managed to squeeze out a day off to go support her friend Joss out on the picket lines. Would it be too stalkerish of me to try to find out when she'll be filming in Iowa, just so I can go catch a glimpse?

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    • Submitted by
    Siege
    on December 11, 2007 - 12:30pm.
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    Xanadugrrl's picture

    All Hail Joss

    Submitted by
    Xanadugrrl (82 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 1:54pm.

    I just hope that Joss continues to use his awesome powers for good, and not evil....

     400 people??? Now that's power.

    And I appreciate any post that allows forces us to put up pictures of Eliza Dushku, purely for research purposes of course, in case we forget what she looks like!

    Kaytiana's picture

    MAN!!  I wish I coulda been

    Submitted by
    Kaytiana (156 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 2:27pm.
    MAN!!  I wish I coulda been there, and not across the seas in the UK!!  Damnit!  This post was clearly an excuse for excessive Eliza-age, but I am not complaining :D.  Joss is the man!  May he continue to be awesome for a long time to come!
    nogoal4u's picture

    I give.

    Submitted by
    Siege (122 posts)
    on December 12, 2007 - 3:57pm.
    Clearly you're on to my scheme.  At least it was a good excuse, no?
    Kaytiana's picture

    It is an excellent

    Submitted by
    Kaytiana (156 posts)
    on December 14, 2007 - 9:01pm.
    It is an excellent excuse!!  But quite frankly is there a bad excuse for posting Eliza pics?  If there is I'm yet to find one!!
    CharmedLassie's picture

    Go Joss!

    Submitted by
    CharmedLassie (25 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 2:50pm.

    Prime example of a guy who stands up his beliefs... and he has big friends too!

    Eliza!!!

    imthey's picture

    Go Joss...

    Submitted by
    imthey (372 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 2:55pm.
    It just goes to prove what a great guy Joss must be in order for 400 of his friends to come out to support him and the rest of the striking writers.
     
    It's posts like this that make me wish I lived closer to Los Angeles, so that I could be there to show my support as well. 

     

    "Think Sideways"

        I M THEY

    sublime493's picture

    mmm

    Submitted by
    delaWHERE? (37 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 3:12pm.

    I must confess, I am not much into the Buffy genre as a whole. However, they do seem to cast some FINE ladies. I also applaud their incorporation of lesbian storylines.

    That last pic of Eliza is breathtaking!

    Radical Bradacal's picture

    Uh ...

    Submitted by
    Pirategrrrl (1310 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 4:34pm.

    I don't think SMG *eats* donuts. Maybe she bought them for everyone else, and just took small, short sniffs every 2 minutes.  

     

    I smile, I grin, when the gal with a touch of sin walks in
    I hope, and I pray, for a Hester to win just one more "A"

    MsWoo's picture

    Nice

    Submitted by
    MsWoo, Moderator (408 posts)
    on December 11, 2007 - 9:20pm.
    I like how you worked in three Eliza pics :D
    nogoal4u's picture

    I tried for more ...

    Submitted by
    Siege (122 posts)
    on December 12, 2007 - 3:59pm.
    ... but decided that just might be overkill.  :-)
    boston's picture

    joss in boston

    Submitted by
    boston (not verified)
    on December 12, 2007 - 9:39am.

    Joss will be at an event supporting the WGA strike in Boston Friday Dec 14th.

    The event starts with a talk by writers at 12pm at the Meeting House of the First Parish on Church St near Harvard Square. Seating is first-come, first served.

    This will followed by a rally outside the Harvard Lampoon building.

    angel winters's picture

    joss

    Submitted by
    angel winters (228 posts)
    on December 12, 2007 - 10:15am.
    Its nice to find little tid bits of someone who not only makes good t.v. but stands beside those who deserve it.
    Missy2003sl's picture

    joss and co.

    Submitted by
    Echodiana (168 posts)
    on December 12, 2007 - 6:14pm.
    i too wished i could have been there and not far far away. That would have been a party in my eye socket.
    wickedgrrl's picture

    Joss & comp.

    Submitted by
    wickedgrrl (261 posts)
    on December 12, 2007 - 11:41pm.
    I had to come back in here today to look at the pics again.  I wish there had been one of SMG delivering the circles of joy.  I hope I never meet Joss in person, I admit I'd use his friendship to hang out with the women in his life.  I mean he's pretty rad himself but as soon as his entourage strolled by, I'd be lost to him.
    activistlifeforme's picture

    Joss

    Submitted by
    Jess (53 posts)
    on December 13, 2007 - 9:56am.

    I really think Joss could take over the world. I wanted to be at this picket so badly and just reading the list of writers/actors who were there - sounded like my wildest dreams come true lol I would do anything to meet Joss Whedon and the idea of marching shoulder-to-shoulder with him overwhelms me... it would be such an honor to show support in that way.
    Ugh. I wish I could have been there. It looked like so much fun (there's a fan documentary being put up in parts on youtube).

    Interviewer: "Why do you write these strong female characters?"
    Joss Whedon: "Because you're still asking me that question." - Equality Now speech
    If I'm borrowing your icon, I'd be happy to give you credit, just let me know :)


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