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‘Stranger Things’ Crew Member Accuses Duffer Brothers Of ‘Verbally Abusing’ Women On The Set

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ZattMurdock

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Peyton Brown apparently worked on "Stranger Things" as a member of the crew, but in an Instagram post issued on Thursday indicated she won't be back for season three due to allegations that she "personally witnessed two men in high positions of power on that set seek out and verbally abuse multiple women."

Brown — who, according to her Instagram page, has also worked on such series as "The Walking Dead" — did not identify the people she was discussing, not the exact nature of the verbal abuse.

"I promised myself that if I were ever in a situation to say something that I would," she writes. "I have 11.5 thousand followers who can hear me say this, TIME IS UP."
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Link to her Instagram post: https://instagram.com/p/BgEm89tHmzJ/

Now deleted posts confirming that she is talking about the Duffer Brothers:

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Source: https://etcanada.com/news/307378/st...rothers-of-verbally-abusing-women-on-the-set/

Oh well, while I'm kinda relieved that we are not talking about sexual abuse, FUCK YOU for not getting your shit together on your sets, Duffer Bros. You better clear up your act going further, and good on Peyton for calling them out on their bullshit (and no, she isn't related to Miley).
 
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ZattMurdock

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There's no reason to a professional that obviously worked in the production to go out of her way to make something like this up. Duffer Bros need to get better, and we need to get better at listening and believing the victims of abuse.
 
Elegant Weapon

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They gave off creep vibes on Beyond Stranger Things but let's wait to see if anyone else on set confirms these accusations.
 
BlueTsunami

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Kalentan said:
According to some who saw the posts before they were deleted. No, it seemed like it wasn't just women.
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Would be hilarious in that its a normal thing for men to be subjected to I guess. And I dont doubt this scenario. I'm sure a lot of crew members get their ass chewed up on set, doesnt make it right though.
 

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JCHandsom said:
Does that matter? It's not like the thread or OP tried to spin it that way. Abuse is still abuse.
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It does matter, largely because people yelling at each other on big time movie/tv shoots is viewed as part of the job. It's fucking embarassing, but it won't destroy your life.

See: Christian Bale
 
kyle mechlachlan

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If they're the kind of creators that feel the need to be assholes to their subordinates - then that also needs to be addressed. Even if this is a one-off, nobody deserves to be screamed at in a professional setting.
 
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BlueTsunami said:
Would be hilarious in that its a normal thing for men to be subjected to I guess. And I dont doubt this scenario. I'm sure a lot of crew members get their ass chewed up on set.
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Gonna go with this for now. Hard to really establish a pattern of abuse against women if it's not mostly against women and the language used itself isn't sexually charged.
 

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JCHandsom said:
Does that matter? It's not like the thread or OP tried to spin it that way. Abuse is still abuse.
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It's not good, but asshole directors is really nothing new and like posted above a lot of this is really vague. I wouldn't be shocked if they are assholes and their personalities made people quit or they fired people. But none of that so far is breaking the law.

I DO think it's disgusting you already have people in this thread going with the "Prove it" handwaving of this whole thing though.
 
Mariolee

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Fuck, the more time goes on the more shit seems to be coming from the Stranger Things set.

Good on her for calling them out, no one needs to be in that kind of work environment.
 

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Someone who worked in Stranger Things said this on reddit on a post regarding the news

I worked on Stranger Things. I will most likely be back for season 3. I never witnessed any behavior of this type. My cart is usually setup near video village too so I'm pretty close to them when I'm on set.
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Looking through his posts you can confirm he indeed worked on Stranger Things (at least he's credited on IMDB)
 

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Locking thread.

This feels like a thread that should be made, but only when there's more info to it than just screencaps/one article from what seems like a gossip site. If more articles come out, feel free to make a new thread.
 
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