Krista Vernoff, showrunner and producer for the ABC drama
Station 19, said 25 names appear at the end of the show’s George Floyd-inspired episode, because as “a middle-aged white lady” she was “not equipped” to write the story on her own.
In writing Thursday night’s
Station 19episode, “Get Up, Stand Up,” which touched upon the death of George Floyd, Vernoff said in an interview with
the Hollywood Reporter that she invited her “diverse” body of actors, writers, and support staff to share their ideas and perspectives, as she felt unequipped as “a middle-aged white lady.”
While the 25 names who weighed in were not formally credited a decision that came down from the studio each name was nonetheless listed on an end card that flashed at the end of the episode, along with a message stating that Vernoff’s script fee was donated to the Color of Change Education Fund.
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R&B artist HER won the Grammy for Song of the Year for her George Floyd-inspired track
I Can t Breathe. Written in response to the Black Lives Matter protests caused by the deaths of black Americans
Floyd and Eric Garner in police custody, soul singer HER (real name Gabriella Wilson) won the marquee prize amid a strong nominees list that
With the title taken from the final words of Floyd, who suffocated to death in 2020 during an arrest attempt in Minneapolis, the haunting song went on capture the anger and anguish that resulted in nationwide mass protests across the US.
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