Sexual Banter, Tantrums, Abuse: Hollywood's Work Environment

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.5 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood’s hostile work environment goes under the microscope. When a former Desperate Housewives actress filed a lawsuit against the creator of the show for abuse, gender discrimination and wrongful termination, we began to wonder what you have to put up with if you want to work in Hollywood.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.
0:06.9	You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.
0:12.5	Everybody thinks his own business, business, really, really, all right life.
0:18.3	He doesn't clean.
0:19.1	What's with him?
0:21.0	Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood. This week on the business. This week on the business, Hollywood is notorious for being a challenging place to work.
0:28.1	You may hear the raunchiest sex talk in the writer's room, or you might have to contend with an abusive tyrant on the set.
0:34.3	Two lawyers debate what you have to put up with and what you don't if you're working
0:37.7	in show business. But first, it's the Hollywood News banter. Stay close. It's the business from
0:42.8	KCRW. You can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money. What's with him?
0:50.7	I'm joined in the studio by my fellow banterer John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.
0:55.7	Hello, John.
0:56.7	Hello, Kim.
0:57.4	So it's the kickoff of the summer box office derby.
1:01.8	What do we got?
1:02.6	What's on deck?
1:03.7	Smash up derby is, I think, the better way to describe it.
1:06.5	I mean, summer is the most important season for the movie studios and this summer's no different. And it
1:11.9	starts earlier. It starts this Thursday at midnight. I'm sure you'll be lining up to go see Iron Man
1:17.1	too. Absolutely. And then it just gets more crowded and more crowded. I mean, Iron Man
1:22.1	too, I think, if you believe the audience tracking surveys could enjoy the biggest three-day
1:27.2	opening in Hollywood history, beating even Dark Night.
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