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Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan
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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Maureen Ryan's expose on the Hollywood machine is something else.
I've heard of and watched a lot of the situations Ryan details, lived in the moment as some happened in real-time.
And I'll be honest, I really only got this book to hear the chapter on Sleepy Hollow and the horrors of what happened on that set. I know a lot of other readers who did the same.
Not out of some masochistic need to hear it read to me all over again, but to know and see the pain actors like Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones are seen and acknowledged. Surrounding the SH debacle is a plethora of stories of people who entered creative industries like Hollywood to tell stories, only to be harmed and pushed out by self-important personalities who thrived on a culture of abuse.
"Burn it Down" is a hard read. I stopped more than once to cry and to take a breather. I started reading this at the start of June and only finished it today.
Feelings of despair and anger were a constant, but they didn't leave me hopeless. Instead, I'm hopeful for the work that people are doing to, as Ryan puts it, "burn the old temple down". It's happening everywhere, and I truly hope to see the fruit of this labor.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone invested in social change and community action and collaboration. Just pace yourself.
I've heard of and watched a lot of the situations Ryan details, lived in the moment as some happened in real-time.
And I'll be honest, I really only got this book to hear the chapter on Sleepy Hollow and the horrors of what happened on that set. I know a lot of other readers who did the same.
Not out of some masochistic need to hear it read to me all over again, but to know and see the pain actors like Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones are seen and acknowledged. Surrounding the SH debacle is a plethora of stories of people who entered creative industries like Hollywood to tell stories, only to be harmed and pushed out by self-important personalities who thrived on a culture of abuse.
"Burn it Down" is a hard read. I stopped more than once to cry and to take a breather. I started reading this at the start of June and only finished it today.
Feelings of despair and anger were a constant, but they didn't leave me hopeless. Instead, I'm hopeful for the work that people are doing to, as Ryan puts it, "burn the old temple down". It's happening everywhere, and I truly hope to see the fruit of this labor.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone invested in social change and community action and collaboration. Just pace yourself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Rape, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence
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