yes, I agree that taking executives who have been ousted for sexually harassing their employees and trying to knock them down a peg as part of their rehabilitation is not realistic.
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THR: John Lasseter Gets a New Job - Leads Animation at Skydance
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I thought he did, but maybe it was more of a realization that his actions were unwanted than outright wrong. I'll have to dig up his memo, I remember it sounding at least somewhat sincere, assuming he wrote it himself.
Which is a lot better than most accused reactions that amount to 'they're lying.' I don't know if he can sufficiently reflect on how he treats his female subordinates and what kind of office environment he cultures, but if he can learn and change then that's something. But how you measure that, I don't know.
None of the major studios would touch him due to the bad PR and shareholder pressure but I can totally see a startup/private company like this overlooking his transgressions for his experience: it's sad but even the former CEO of Yahoo! Who lied about his degree landed somewhere again as CEO. The perception is that these guys have unique creative experience and thus are allowed a pass. It's not right but that's the reality and short of social media outrage and boycotts of new films he produces that ain't changing.
You didn't mention a peg. You mentioned a very unrealistic option of him becoming a rank and file animator and working his way up. That's not operating in reality.
I agree that he should not be running thing, but your suggestion doesn't make any sense.
GAF ain't doing that well nowadays, so at least there's that.
My suggestion is that he should not be granted any kind of leadership positions since he has proven himself to abuse such positions of power to sexually harass his female employees! The specifics of where exactly his new job should fall in the corporate hierarchy weren't really my point. He could be rehired as a janitor for all I care.
Some women groups commented on it, and some are still being reached out for comment.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...d-blast-skydance-hiring-john-lasseter-1174908
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday following the hiring news, Time's Up said, "Skydance Media's decision to hire John Lasseter as head of animation endorses and perpetuates a broken system that allows powerful men to act without consequence. At a moment when we should be uplifting the many talented voices who are consistently underrepresented, Skydance Media is providing another position of power, prominence and privilege to a man who has repeatedly been accused of sexual harassment in the workplace."
On Wednesday Women in Film, Los Angeles added in its own statement to THR, "Lasseter's innappropriate touching and kissing has been reported by a number of women - from colleagues to subordinates." WIF went on to quote David Ellison's statement about Lasseter's hire. "What does this mean?" the organization asked. "For women in this industry to feel safe, we need more transparency than the above statement and we need to know what the company plans to do to ensure that safety. By saying Skydance has conducted an independent investigation and then proceded [sic] to hire Lasseter, do they mean to suggest that they are hiring him in spite of the numerous accounts of women and colleagues? We do think that people can learn and change, and we look forward to men who model this, but true reparation requires transparency."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...d-blast-skydance-hiring-john-lasseter-1174908
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday following the hiring news, Time's Up said, "Skydance Media's decision to hire John Lasseter as head of animation endorses and perpetuates a broken system that allows powerful men to act without consequence. At a moment when we should be uplifting the many talented voices who are consistently underrepresented, Skydance Media is providing another position of power, prominence and privilege to a man who has repeatedly been accused of sexual harassment in the workplace."
On Wednesday Women in Film, Los Angeles added in its own statement to THR, "Lasseter's innappropriate touching and kissing has been reported by a number of women - from colleagues to subordinates." WIF went on to quote David Ellison's statement about Lasseter's hire. "What does this mean?" the organization asked. "For women in this industry to feel safe, we need more transparency than the above statement and we need to know what the company plans to do to ensure that safety. By saying Skydance has conducted an independent investigation and then proceded [sic] to hire Lasseter, do they mean to suggest that they are hiring him in spite of the numerous accounts of women and colleagues? We do think that people can learn and change, and we look forward to men who model this, but true reparation requires transparency."
Skydance must be pretty fucking desperate if they're willing to weather the media shitstorm they had to know this would bring
And just a quick reminder that Lassiter's behavior at Pixar was so bad that they had to give him designated handlers at parties to keep him from groping people and they eventually had to bar young female employees from meetings he was in
And just a quick reminder that Lassiter's behavior at Pixar was so bad that they had to give him designated handlers at parties to keep him from groping people and they eventually had to bar young female employees from meetings he was in
Makes sense. I also agree with the suggestion that having his own business doing consultative work with no senior role in an established company would probably have been his best job roadmap post-Pixar.
eh they've kinda been reborn and seem to be doing okay ish with right wing nutjobs
Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Kevin Spacey, just to name a few.
Make him take out the trash instead but that's pretty insulting to the janitorial crew.
John Lasseter Tells Skydance Employees That He Wants To Tell Stories About Women
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-...wants-to-tell-stories-about-women-169221.html
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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-...wants-to-tell-stories-about-women-169221.html
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Off a slight tangent; so Brad Bird opined a bit in regards to Lasseter and harassment in a recent interview with The Daily Beast...
Brad Bird said:
Brad Bird said:
Not doing himself favours with pretending he's not an Ayn Rand fan with statements like that
If you wait long enough, most celebrities will disappoint you and the ones that don't, have better PR.
As well as fostering a sexist environment at Pixar. He was against women making executive decisions and made things super difficult for female collaborators such as Brenda Chapman and Rashida Jones.