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This partly stems from a perception that in [[Show Business]], writers really ''are'' frequently at the bottom of the creative totem pole; they might write the words on the page, but the [[Executive Meddling|executives will tell them what to leave in or take out before the work even gets to the production phase]], the director (often, in the world of film, considered the "auteur" ultimately responsible for everything) will freely re-write, rework or drop material when filming, the actors will ad-lib or creatively reinterpret the lines, and so forth. This, naturally, tends to produce both self-depreciating humour ''and'' bitter resentment on part of said writers, which tends to consequently crop up in their work. Not to mention the age-old stereotype of the struggling novelist alone in a dark room trying to overcome their writer's block if they're lucky.
A subtrope of this, somewhat frequent in literature especially, pokes fun at actors, artists or, yes,
Sort of a reverse version of [[This Loser Is You]]. Compare [[Biting the Hand Humor]]. A form of [[Self-Deprecation]],
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'''Geisler:''' This is Hollywood! Throw a rock and you'll hit one. And do me a favor, Fink. ''Throw it hard.'' }}
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time]]'' features a sympathetic version. Synonamess Botch treats his head nightmare writer, Scuzzbopper, like garbage, constantly belittling him. At one point, he introduces him with "That's Scuzzbopper. He's nobody, he's a writer." On top of all that, Botch [[Driven to Suicide|drives poor Scuzzy to attempted suicide]] (and later a [[Heel Face Turn]]) by throwing out the manuscript for the "great A-Murk-ian novel" he was writing.
* Christian in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' is hopelessly naive and excessively
== [[Comics]] ==
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*** The commentaries mention that the looks of the writers in that scene are all based on the show's actual writing staff.
** Earlier episodes enjoyed making fun of the fact most of the staff were Harvard Alums.
* In an episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' taking place in the mid-forties, Brain takes Pinky to the radio station, and teaches Pinky of the several [[Chekhov's Gun
** In another episode, the Brain hires some Hollywood writers and tells them to write a movie in which he takes over the world, but this is because he's running out of ideas for [[Evil Plan
{{quote|'''Brain:''' "I am forced to conclude that there isn't a single original writer in Hollywood."}}
* In ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]'', a recurring character is the show's writer, who happens to be an obese bald man in his underwear, who is most commonly shown in an asylum on a tire swing.
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