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Joss has been a noted asshole for decades. He created TV cult faves & made unfathomable money. Being an asshole is not illegal, and he's stayed just this side of a grand jury, but the allegations- Racism, sexism, abusive language, threats...this is not new https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/complete-timeline-joss-whedon-allegations.html
Not to mention that Buffy was the FIRST series he created. A cishet white man knocking it out of the park at first bat was handed the keys to the kingdom without first being tested, challenged, and vetted to see if he actually belonged where the industry placed him, for decades
...nothing new there either!
Sharon Osbourne's behavior was not new
Nothing about SNL has been new since before I was born
What IS new is that abusive behavior and unprofessional behavior aren't as popular as they used to be, and a reckoning is nigh
Sharon Osbourne's behavior was not new
Nothing about SNL has been new since before I was born
What IS new is that abusive behavior and unprofessional behavior aren't as popular as they used to be, and a reckoning is nigh
I keep saying it: Extremely successful people (cishet white men) who've been told they're smarter and more creative than they are for years by people earning $ off of them have no external incentive to suddenly develop empathy or sensitivity for marginalized people. None.
We can hit them in their pockets and they can slink off to live off their earnings in the shadows (hi Bryan Singer!) but at some point we have to realize that the industry was built on "difficult" or "eccentric" directors being revered like Gods, and that's what has to change
And the conservative snowflakes need to understand this is not about "woke" or "cancel culture." It's about fame culture. Capitalism culture. We can't be surprised that a house built on a rotten foundation is crumbling, but the people with the most power to rebuild are in denial
Not to mention, in the most basic sense; what can happen with any human being who suddenly finds themselves in a position they know damn well they don't deserve? Do they act out like an insecure twat? Do they simply tell themselves they ARE worthy, to the extreme of superiority?
There are loads of cishet white men in the industry with empathy, awareness & integrity. And isn't it odd that they rarely rise to the career level of a Whedon? Could it be b/c the cishet white male dinosaurs who've been calling the shots for a lifetime don't like or "get" them?
We're not even talking about the "ol' boys network;" it's literally the same old boys! The same few people making the decisions. So the richer they get, the more successful & removed from general society, what's the likelihood they'll seek out sensitivity training just for kicks?
It's going to be uncomfortable for those in power to exist with this change. Just like I'm sure it was uncomfortable for snakes to watch all their dinosaur friends dying out. They'll wonder if they're they same animal after all, and if they'll be gone next.
So no, it's not "cancel culture." We're evolving past them, and the more society progresses, the clearer it is that there's no place in it for the old behaviors that have been tolerated since the year started with 19 instead of 20
"Progress" used to mean that the old white men in charge hired a person of a marginalized identity...one who would still bow down to them, never steer from their agenda, and step over their own community members for a paycheck or a promotion. (Hi Michael Che! Wassup Marci Klein!)
