02354cam a2200301 i 4500 898567703 TxAuBib 20230831120000.0 230511s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023018989 9780063269279 HRD 32.50 0063269279 HRD 32.50 TxAuBib rda Ryan, Maureen, author. Burn it down [BOOK] : power, complicity, and a call for change in Hollywood / Maureen Ryan. First edition. New York : Mariner Books, [2023] ix, 388 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-380) and index. Abuse and exploitation of workers is baked into the very foundations of the entertainment industry. To break the cycle and make change that sticks, it’s important to stop looking at headline-making stories as individual events. Instead, one must look closely at the bigger picture, to see how abusers are created, fed, rewarded, allowed to persist, and, with the right tools, how they can be excised. In Burn It Down, veteran reporter Maureen Ryan does just that. She draws on decades of experience to connect the dots and illuminate the deeper forces sustaining Hollywood’s corrosive culture. Fresh reporting sheds light on problematic situations at companies like Lucasfilm and shows like Lost, Saturday Night Live, The Goldbergs, Sleepy Hollow, Curb Your Enthusiasm and more. Interviews with actors and famous creatives like Evan Rachel Wood, Harold Perrineau, Damon Lindelof, and Orlando Jones abound. Ryan dismantles, one by one, the myths that the entertainment industry promotes about itself, which have allowed abusers to thrive and the industry to avoid accountability—myths about Hollywood as a meritocracy, what it takes to be creative, the value of human dignity, and more. Provided by publisher. 20230831. Motion picture industry Corrupt practices California Los Angeles. Television broadcasting Corrupt practices California Los Angeles. Sexual harassment of women California Los Angeles.