The initial shock of the sexual assault and harassment scandals of the last six weeks is slowly, slowly giving way to a discussion of how to address the systematic abuse they’ve laid bare. Members of SAG-AFTRA, which reps more than 150,000 performers, grappled with some of those questions Tuesday at a panel led by attorney Gloria Allred. HWD’s Rebecca Keegan was on hand and today’s newsletter leads with her reporting from the event, including a telling bit of data courtesy of union president Gabrielle Carteris: complaints of harassment are up 500 percent in the weeks following The New York Times and New Yorker’s first Harvey Weinstein stories. “This has created a conversation that we haven’t had in the open in a very full way,” Carteris said. It looks to be just getting started. Yohana Desta writes today that Los Angeles movie venue Cinefamily, which has been at the center of a sex abuse scandal since August, will close its doors. Meanwhile Laura Bradley notes that Gal Gadot has confirmed that producer Brett Ratner, facing his own allegations of sexual misconduct, won’t be back for the Wonder Woman sequel.
Elsewhere in HWD today: Film critic Richard Lawson files his assessment on Warner Bros.’s Justice League. He didn’t like it. And Nicole Sperling reports from a panel discussion with the cast of executive producer Ava DuVernay’sQueen Sugar, who have found that novel idea of women writing male characters isn’t just possible, but revelatory.
Ballooning Complaints
“Everybody’s re-evaluating their policies and procedures. We’re talking about, as an industry, how do we do this?”
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Cinefamily Shutdown
Months after a few devastating misconduct allegations, the organization is closing up shop for good.
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Ratner Out
After allegations of misconduct, the producer won’t be back for the Wonder Woman sequel, star Gal Gadot confirms.
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Not So Super, Friends
“. . . there’s no stopping, no pausing for reflection, in our forever-scaling superhero economy. And so here’s Justice League, this whole clumsy, thwarted effort, flailing away.”
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Sweet Talk
The men of Queen Sugar are effusive in their praise of the women writers and directors who have given them nuanced, realistic characters to play.
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