Issa Rae: Ezra Miller Crisis Reveals How Far Hollywood Will Go to ‘Protect Offenders’
Issa Rae: Ezra Miller Crisis Reveals How Far Hollywood Will Go to ‘Protect Offenders’ https://t.co/oSLOH5XP1l pic.twitter.com/LE3TjCN9dt
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Issa Rae - who has a eight-figure deal at WarnerMedia's HBO - isn't afraid to call out Warner Bros. Discovery's attempts to save "The Flash" and Ezra Miller's reputation despite the abuse allegations against the star.
“I’m going to be real, the stuff that’s happening with Ezra Miller is, to me, a microcosm of Hollywood,” Rae told Elle. “There’s this person who’s a repeat offender, who’s been behaving atrociously, and as opposed to shutting them down and shutting the production down, there’s an effort to save the movie and them. That is a clear example of the lengths that Hollywood will go to to save itself and to protect offenders.”
“Don’t do that, and women may be able to thrive,” Rae said. “They won’t have to live in fear of keeping silent because it’ll ruin their careers. It’s just a constant pattern of abuse that’ll only persist if Hollywood continues to insist on being this way.”
“It feels like we’re regressing, depressingly so. There are just too many enablers for there to be real change,” Rae continued when reflecting on the five years since the MeToo movement. “People have to be held accountable. There have to be legitimate consequences. Hollywood is very bad about consequences. It’s literally the worst industry when it comes to punishing people for misdeeds and actions, because money will always reign supreme. That’s something that, even by working in this industry, we’re enabling. So it’s hard.”
“What I have realized is that I can control my own environment and who I work with. I can hold people accountable within my world and my bubble. I don’t have to work for everybody. All money isn’t good money. All people aren’t good people.”
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