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I meant to blog about this earlier, but author Jim Hines posted this rant about an interview with Bunheads and Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. What happened was that Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy, posted on Twitter, "Hey… Bunheads: really? You couldn’t cast even ONE young dancer of color so I could feel good about my kid watching this show? NOT ONE?"
Sherman-Palladino gets defensive and instead of addressing the issue, attacks Rhimes for not showing enough female solidarity: "As far as the women thing goes, I've always felt like women have never supported -- in a general sense -- women to the level that they should." Sure, women should support each other, but it's ridiculous to imply that a woman can never disagree with or criticize a female colleague without becoming a traitor to feminism. As for the issue of diversity, Sherman-Palladino doesn't address it directly, but said she had only a limited time (a week and a half) to cast the show, and went on to say, "I don't do message shows. I don't give a shit who you learn your life from. Someone said, 'Oh god, I hope we don't see the eating disorder show. You won't because I don't give a flying f--- about that."
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Sherman-Palladino gets defensive and instead of addressing the issue, attacks Rhimes for not showing enough female solidarity: "As far as the women thing goes, I've always felt like women have never supported -- in a general sense -- women to the level that they should." Sure, women should support each other, but it's ridiculous to imply that a woman can never disagree with or criticize a female colleague without becoming a traitor to feminism. As for the issue of diversity, Sherman-Palladino doesn't address it directly, but said she had only a limited time (a week and a half) to cast the show, and went on to say, "I don't do message shows. I don't give a shit who you learn your life from. Someone said, 'Oh god, I hope we don't see the eating disorder show. You won't because I don't give a flying f--- about that."
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