Awkward MTV Movie & TV Awards reaffirm importance of writers

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Jennifer Coolidge, Pedro Pascal, and the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race expressed support for the writers strike while accepting MTV Movie & TV Awards

But the most robust of these statements came from “Comedic Genius” winner. “Almost all great comedy starts with great writers.

… As a proud member of [the Screen Actors Guild], I stand here before you tonight, side by side with my sisters and brothers from the WGA that are fighting right now, fighting for the rights of artists everywhere,” Coolidge said in her speech. “I think of the words of Shakespeare where he once said, ‘The play is the thing.

 

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