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Theatre administrators, artistic directors, and heads of programs from across Canada have a conversation about how institutional policies and cultures have shifted in the wake of #MeToo. The conversation features Kristian Clarke, Executive Director of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC); Frédéric Dubois, Director of the French Section, National Theatre School; Melanie Dreyer-Lude, Chair of the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta; Weyni Mengesha, Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre; Alisa Palmer, Artistic Director of the English Section, National Theatre School; Kathryn Shaw, Artistic Director of Studio 58 at Langara College; and Jacqueline Warwick, Director of the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University. The participants reflect on the challenges of taking stock of the impacts and effects of a cultural movement that is still unfolding and the ways in which #MeToo has changed the relationship between training institutions and the performing arts industry.
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This article explores what it means to apologize for misconduct in the #MeToo era through three examples from the Canadian theatre industry: a private apology (Randolph College for the Performing Arts), a public apology (Citadel Theatre), and an absent apology (Soulpepper Theatre). Understanding a public apology as a performative utterance meant to restore a community’s trust, this article suggests the importance of examining the paratexts generated by and around it that help it achieve its function. From policy revisions, to media interviews, to public forums, these materials and events are crucial in the meaning-making process in which a #MeToo apology is engaged, especially when the theatre community’s access to the apology itself is limited. The article concludes by situating its case studies in relation to issues of misconduct in theatre education and training institutions.
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This essay draws upon the work of Judith Butler, Sara Ahmed, and Germaine Greer to consider the #MeToo movement and its reflection in the work of the author's students and the scandal at Dublin's G...
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This chapter provides a contextual account of the rise of #MeToo as an global gender-equality campaign supporting those affected by sexual transgressions. Originally articulated by African-American civil rights activist Tarana Burke in 2006, the slogan ‘me too’ was meant as a rallying cry to support young minority ethic survivors of sexual abuse. Years later, social media would turn Burke’s motto into a byword for the global #MeToo movement. The chapter chronicles the events surrounding #MeToo’s inception, including Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual exploitation scandal in 2017, and The New York Times and The New Yorker exposés of his serial offending within the film industry. It also examines the narratives of countless survivors and #MeToo campaigners, including high-profile cases such as those of Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Mimi Haleyi, Jessica Mann and Zelda Perkins. The chapter then critically considers the growth and international significance of #MeToo as well as its inherent shortcomings.
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This article examines the work of intimacy coordinators on television drama and film sets and the rise of this new role in the screen industry from a policy and production studies perspective. Since HBO made the employment of an intimacy coordinator mandatory on all productions with scenes of sex, nudity, and physical intimacy in 2018, intimacy coordination has become an industry standard and expectation. Through interviews and analysis of production practices, this article explores how intimacy coordinators change and challenge established production practices on and off set and interrogates the reasons behind the emergence of this role in the screen industry. It situates intimacy coordination in the context of recent industry policies and initiatives that promote equality and diversity, and counter harassment and abuse in the post-Weinstein era. It analyses this role on relation to changing production and distribution models and regimes in the era of VOD portals. The article argues that intimacy coordination is not only a catalyst for reforming practices on set, but a way for the screen industry to negotiate contemporary and historic concerns about sexual harassment and abuse, comply with recent policy and funding requirements, and a mechanism for mitigating economic and reputational risk to productions.
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Cancel culture is a new phenomenon of public shaming, facilitated by social media. This type of public shaming is accepted due to the alleged transgression of those who are cancelled. Social understanding of cancel culture does not generally allow for redemption. Using the theoretical framework of Feminist Media Studies (Van Zoonen, 1994) and Media Framing Theory (Gitlin, 1980), this study reveals the media’s role and power in the cancelling process. This study utilized a mixed-methods approach of case study and text analysis of episodes from the pop culture and politics podcast, Keep It. The case study focused on podcast episodes pertaining to two comedians cancelled for allegations of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era [Oct. 2017 – Present]: Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. The study also provided comparative cases of other comedians and comedic actors who were cancelled. Findings add to our understanding of cancel culture and appropriate methods of redemption for those who are cancelled.