Replaced: The Media and Entertainment Industries' Fear of Inclusion

On March 31st OBSCENE podcast will air the first of a three-part series about inclusion or lack there of in the entertainment and media industries.
It's clear there are many leading actors and producers worried about being 'replaced' by actors of color and more inclusive stories. Take a look at what Pat Sajak said about it:

I remember a time when you could enjoy - or not enjoy - a movie based on its merits. Now we have to worry about the social implications of the film and even the validity of the reviewing process. The joy is being sucked out of pretty much everything.
Pat might feel better if he know that very little has changes in the 40+ years he has been in the entertainment business: 
While Marginalized communities currently make up over 40% of our population and 1 in 4 US adults has a disability: Only 1.4 out of 10 lead actors in film are people of colorOnly 1.3 out of 10 film directors are people of colorLess than 1 out of 10 film directors are female92% of shows are created by white people88.7% of the Dominate Agencies are WhiteAnd according to the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in the 900 films released in theaters between 2007-2016, only 2.7 percent of the characters with speaking parts had a disability and a majority of those roles when to non-disabled actors.  Feel better Pat? In the next few episodes I’ll be speaking with disability inclusion consultants and casting agents in the entertainment industry. I’ll be speaking with several disabled and non-disabled actors, including a black deaf female director and a Palestinian Muslim comedian who just landed her first comedy show on ABC. 
Stay tuned. 
If you like what I am doing, feel free to swing by my Patreon page to support the program. Thank you, Maya https://www.patreon.com/ObscenePodcast
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On March 31st OBSCENE podcast will air the first of a three-part series about inclusion or lack there of in the entertainment and media industries.

It's clear there are many leading actors and producers worried about being 'replaced' by actors of color and more inclusive stories. Take a look at what Pat Sajak said about it:

I remember a time when you could enjoy - or not enjoy - a movie based on its merits. Now we have to worry about the social implications of the film and even the validity of the reviewing process. The joy is being sucked out of pretty much everything.

Pat might feel better if he know that very little has changes in the 40+ years he has been in the entertainment business: 

While Marginalized communities currently make up over 40% of our population and 1 in 4 US adults has a disability: Only 1.4 out of 10 lead actors in film are people of colorOnly 1.3 out of 10 film directors are people of colorLess than 1 out of 10 film directors are female92% of shows are created by white people88.7% of the Dominate Agencies are WhiteAnd according to the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in the 900 films released in theaters between 2007-2016, only 2.7 percent of the characters with speaking parts had a disability and a majority of those roles when to non-disabled actors.  Feel better Pat? In the next few episodes I’ll be speaking with disability inclusion consultants and casting agents in the entertainment industry. I’ll be speaking with several disabled and non-disabled actors, including a black deaf female director and a Palestinian Muslim comedian who just landed her first comedy show on ABC. 

Stay tuned. 

If you like what I am doing, feel free to swing by my Patreon page to support the program. Thank you, Maya https://www.patreon.com/ObscenePodcast

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