SAG Head Alan Rosenberg Now Knows What The Cc: Field Means
SAG president Alan Rosenberg—whom most usually identify as being married to CSI's Marg Helgenberger, virtually glossing over such other biographical highlights as being the NY State backgammon champion of 1982—has learned the hard way of the disseminative powers of the Internets. Instead of cooling down before firing off a highly vituperative e-mail to a colleague who wouldn't see eye-to-eye, Rosenberg decided to click "send." And so did the recipient—in a forward addressed to 17,000 Guild members:
"You realize, I hope, that you are not terribly bright," Rosenberg wrote [Laird] Stuart, a former guild national vice president. "Nobody cares about you or what you think. Go find a place to molt, you sorry excuse for a human being."
Rosenberg's e-mail came to light when Stuart copied it to thousands of members. Stuart could not be reached. [...]
Rosenberg acknowledged that his response "wasn't terribly professional. I wish I had taken him up on the issues. I sent him a personal e-mail. I had no idea it would be sent out to 17,000 people."
As Rosenberg continues to grapple with the mind-boggling complexities of the digital age, we'll assume the 17,000 SAG members who received his good wishes are beginning to wonder if they elected the right man to front a revolution to assure they are fairly remunerated for their increasingly frequent appearances on iPods, DVRs, cell phones, and computer monitors.
