Hollywood Died and Nobody Noticed

Phaylen Fairchild
4 min readJul 19, 2023

It isn’t just a strike, it’s a tipping point that will define an entire industry forever.

Although this isn’t my typical beat, as a writer, it has personally impacted myself and most of my friends. It isn’t a typical strike, where there is conflict of pay raises or residuals increased due to the sudden rise of the stream wars- this is much bigger and far more monumental than anything that has happened in Hollywood since the McCarthy era that saw hundreds of working actors, writers, directors and producers blacklisted after allegations of supporting communism. Iconic…

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Phaylen Fairchild

Actor, Filmmaker, LGBTQ+ & Women’s Rights Activist All work copyright phaylens@gmail.com