Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Divestment and Dissent – Artists Speak Out on Steppenwolf Theatre
rescripted.org: Steppenwolf has had internal complaints about equity from their staff of color for years, which began to accelerate after The Great Leap when Deanna Myers’ complaints of harassment on the job went viral on social media. In the past year they have struggled to retain their staff of color for a variety of reasons, many having to do with inhospitable job environments, under-resourced shows, and pay inequity. Recently, two artists affiliated with the theatre have spoken to their journeys of navigating and negotiating with this institution. This article includes all three statements from these artists including the essay published by Isaac Gomez just today.
Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants
www.vulture.com: Like Harvey Weinstein before him, Scott Rudin has been called an “open secret” throughout the entertainment industry. For decades, the megaproducer — one of only 16 people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony — has held a reputation as one of the worst bosses ever to work in Hollywood. Still, the press, and the industry itself, has often presented his abusive behavior — throwing computers, insults, and tantrums at his assistants — as the idiosyncratic by-product of an eccentric man.
Retired Hollywood workers: Industry isn’t diversifying as fast as it should be over past 50 years
www.kcrw.com/news: The Oscars are this Sunday, and the acting categories are showing diversity efforts by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For people working “below the line” — those involved in daily pre-production, production, and post-production work — studios agreed to diversify their workforce and created a minority training program in 1969. It happened after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recommended the Justice Department file a discrimination suit.
‘We’re Not Going Back’: Inside Broadway’s Racial Reckoning
www.forbes.com: It’s been over a year since the live entertainment industry went dark, and while the damage has been catastrophic, hope of recovery is on the horizon. Vaccines and federal aid are allowing venues to plan - finally, cautiously - for autumn reopenings.
SAG-AFTRA Sets Intimacy Coordinators Accreditation Program
Variety: SAG-AFTRA unveiled an accreditation program and a registry for intimacy coordinators on Thursday, as part of the union’s broader efforts to combat sexual harassment on set. The union has been involved in standardizing the intimacy coordinator profession since 2019. In January 2020, the union issued guidelines for intimacy coordinators, including standards for how to communicate with actors before filming explicit scenes, details of nudity riders, and closed-set protocols.
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