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Largely because she started talking about it in public saying she didn t want her children to watch shows where there weren t more diverse casts. and i think it really benefitted abc and will continue to benefit going forward because it changed their thinking a little bit. still, have i to get back to the idea like all the people who are making those decisions at those net works are white. ty? that is this new general market. the thing that hasn t changed is this. we ve seen this rise and growth in this new general market and but yet what we haven t seen is the leadership and the people who make those decisions. totally. that hasn t changed. you saw that in the hacked sony e-mails, saw is that when chris rock was doing his movies. he was like i stick out. i walk into these rooms we should be careful about this. i m happy to see a lot of my friends getology tv and making names for themselves but we should be very cognizant that this could be one of those ups. until the l ....
Actors in this year s pilot season. according to deadline, a new approach comes with pitfalls. the article s headline says it all, pilots 2015: the year of ethnic casting about time or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. i m only slightly exaggerating. this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have swung a bit too far in the opposite direction. instead of opening the field for actors of any race to compete for any role in the color-blind manner, there are a significant number of parts designated as ethnic this year. making them off-limits for caucasian actors. here s the thing. i m very, very happy this article was written. because it reveals the awful truth about many of the institutions and the people deciding what you see. joining me now is film and tv producer, gavin palone, and the who often writes for hollywood reporter and ty jones, director of the classical theatre in har ....
Wille happen in terms of real diversity to stay. how does that change, gavin? how do you get the situation where essentially the gatekeepers themselves come to reflect the way the country looks? it happens in other industries. the ceo of merck, which is arguably the most pharmaceutical company is a black man, the ceo of american express, one of those prestigious companies in america, is a black man. there have been many others in other industries. i think collectively, people in the entertainment industry have to start thinking, hey, we have to change this. we have to promote people in part because they come from different backgrounds. because we need to reflect the audience better. that s going to make economic sense for us. i think the other thing you re going to see is that whole the kind of cartel of cultural gatekeepers is coming apart anyway, right? i think there s going to be a little bit of a shakeup. because you re asking folks to essentially have jobs for folks in s ....