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Amy Pascal Asks Hollywood To Eliminate Gay Slurs And Stereotypes From Movies
Sony Amy PascalIts rare for moguls to push moral responsibility to Hollywood, let alone action. Last night at a sold-out LA Gay & Lesbian Center gala that raised $1 million for homeless gay and lesbian youth, honoree Amy Pascal asked the industry to scrutinize its depiction of LGBT characters in film and television: How about next time, when any of us are reading a script and it says words like fag, or faggot homo dyke take a pencil and just cross it out. Below are excerpts from the Sony Pictures boss prepared speech.
No matter who we are, no matter what we are, no matter where we come from, we learn about ourselves and each other in two ways. The first way is what we hear in our families, from our friends, and from our schoolmates. The second way is what we see on television and in the movie theater. Now, there is not much any of us can do about what people hear from families and friends, but there is a whole hell of a lot we can do about what people see.
The images that impacted me as a teenager had lasting influences on my entire life and I bet that is true for most of us. What we see in the media today affects everybody, whether its film, TV, radio, magazines or the internet. What the media says about your sexual orientation, and the color of your skin, and the shape of your eyes, and your ethnicity
what you look like, what you weigh, what you wear, how poor you are, how awkward you are, how educated you are, and how different you are
this stuff really sinks in. What we see teaches us about how to feel about ourselves and how to feel about each other.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/amy-pascal-asks-hollywood-to-eliminate-gay-slurs-stereotypes-from-movies/
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)I hope she is heard, she usually gets listened to because she is so often correct.
msongs
(67,438 posts)movies will never get made lol