It s a normal reaction to wonder why a negative thing has happened to you. But don t get hung up on it. These useless questions are a waste of your time and energy. The screenwriters and actors are making noises like they might go out on strike. The main bone of contention between the labor unions and management appears to be over residuals, a form of compensation unique to a favored few in the entertainment industry.
Residuals is basically a perk.
A pretty terrific perk. Getting paid again and again for something that you did five years ago, and were already paid for at the time you did it, is something all of us would like to be in on. During my years with Disney I wrote thousands of gags, hundreds of stories, and dozens of comic books and comic strips. I storyboarded on feature films. I conceived book and character merchandise programs.