To: Albert Cheng, interim head of Amazon Studios
Stop distributing Woody Allen's movie, Wonder Wheel, this December
You know why.
Why is this important?
Amazon Studios, with its own troubling history of sexual harassment by senior staff [1] and talent they've represented, is celebrating the #MeToo movement by distributing [2] a movie produced by a man credibly accused of molesting his daughter, and denied custody on that basis. [3]
Why should victims of sexual assault continue to be told by the actions of our major cultural institutions that if a man is wealthy and famous enough, he can continue to have a career as a prominent tastemaker and trendsetter even after demonstrating that they're a public safety threat? Why must we continue to have the stories [4] that shape society told by men with no regard for the dignity or rights of others?
Please do better.
[1] - "Amazon Studios ousts its scripted and unscripted entertainment heads"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/10/24/execjoelewisoutatamazonstudios/793829001/
[2] - "Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’ Scores December Release (EXCLUSIVE)"
http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-justin-timberlake-1202462903/
[3] - "Dylan Farrow: Why has the #MeToo revolution spared Woody Allen?"
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-farrow-woody-allen-me-too-20171207-story.html
[4] - "Woody Allen’s New Movie Isn’t a Confession. It’s Something Much More Damaging."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/12/01/woody_allen_s_wonder_wheel_plays_like_a_confession.html
Why should victims of sexual assault continue to be told by the actions of our major cultural institutions that if a man is wealthy and famous enough, he can continue to have a career as a prominent tastemaker and trendsetter even after demonstrating that they're a public safety threat? Why must we continue to have the stories [4] that shape society told by men with no regard for the dignity or rights of others?
Please do better.
[1] - "Amazon Studios ousts its scripted and unscripted entertainment heads"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/10/24/execjoelewisoutatamazonstudios/793829001/
[2] - "Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’ Scores December Release (EXCLUSIVE)"
http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-justin-timberlake-1202462903/
[3] - "Dylan Farrow: Why has the #MeToo revolution spared Woody Allen?"
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-farrow-woody-allen-me-too-20171207-story.html
[4] - "Woody Allen’s New Movie Isn’t a Confession. It’s Something Much More Damaging."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/12/01/woody_allen_s_wonder_wheel_plays_like_a_confession.html