Agents get down to Realpolitik.(Brief Article)

In thwarting agents' desire to expand their turf, SAG's prexy may inadvertently blow away the mechanism through which actors get gigs.

Memo to: Bill Daniels

From: Peter Bart

You've played a variety of roles in your acting career, Bill, but lately it seems you're typecasting yourself as the next Stallone or Schwarzenegger. You're the last action hero, taking on the advertising industry one day, staring down the studios and networks the next. Now you've even gone to war with people who are supposed to be working for you-- agents.

I appreciate your display of macho, Bill, but your performance is all action and no dialogue. Perhaps you should ease …