Re: HBO Launches Fellowship
Has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry for age discrimination? I've been in the broadcast television industry for thirty years and I've never heard of one. Not even for a secretarial position. I overheard a conversation between a reporter and her boss once that she was looking aged and needed more time in the gym. What do you do but nod and say ok. Quit at 36? File a lawsuit? Don't think so.
As far as the motion picture industry, all I ever hear is 'don't tell them how old you are.' To me it's just a given and I don't think about it because there's no point. I mean crimanitley-whittler, look how they treat women. And people of color.
The entertainment industry as a whole is discriminatory and always has been probably since Vaudeville. But the difference between Hollywood and a cotton gin in Mississippi is Hollywood does it solely for return on investment. Because in Hollywood that's all that matters. And God knows they got the lawyers to prove it.
Has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry for age discrimination? I've been in the broadcast television industry for thirty years and I've never heard of one. Not even for a secretarial position. I overheard a conversation between a reporter and her boss once that she was looking aged and needed more time in the gym. What do you do but nod and say ok. Quit at 36? File a lawsuit? Don't think so.
As far as the motion picture industry, all I ever hear is 'don't tell them how old you are.' To me it's just a given and I don't think about it because there's no point. I mean crimanitley-whittler, look how they treat women. And people of color.
The entertainment industry as a whole is discriminatory and always has been probably since Vaudeville. But the difference between Hollywood and a cotton gin in Mississippi is Hollywood does it solely for return on investment. Because in Hollywood that's all that matters. And God knows they got the lawyers to prove it.
Comment