Sounds like at least of them fell off the "We love Shonda Rhimes!" bandwagon.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 2, 2020 4:30 AM |
Could you sum up what they say, OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 1, 2020 10:30 PM |
Oh: I spent a lot of time with writers, and television is all about your relationship with the writer. What I was able to get from “Grey’s” is to have the responsibility and the relationship with the writer to be able to direct where she’s going. If something kind of came up which was like, “That is completely wrong,” I would go toe-to-toe with Shonda and a lot of the writers, which has been challenging. But I think ultimately, for the entire product and our relationship, if you’re fighting for the show, if you’re fighting for your character, people can tell that.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 1, 2020 10:42 PM |
It was a back and forth and a lot of it was about their most recent shows, but Oh talks about having to fight for her character on Grey's and it just sounds....less idyllic than prior press where Rhimes said Oh was great, that Yang was a representation of her on the show, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 1, 2020 10:42 PM |
Oh: Absolutely, and that is a slow process that I have been on my entire life — how to bring Asian American identity. Most of the shows that I have done have not been Asian-specific purposefully. When we did “Grey’s,” for at least the first 10 seasons we would not talk about race. We would not go into race, and that was purposeful. And, whatever...In Season 3, Burke and Cristina were getting married and there were the two mothers, the Asian mother and the Black mother, and I’m like, “Come on, there is a lot of story that we can do here!” But they didn’t want to touch it, for whatever reason.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 1, 2020 10:44 PM |
Sounded normal to me... Shonda mentioned, but interestingly, not characterized. I didn't know the actors would get that into interfering - I mean proposing alternatives to - the writing.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 1, 2020 10:54 PM |
Sandra Oh, Kerry Washington and Ellen Pompeo all have discussed their roles in working with writers on set, in on-set diversity initiatives, and have complained about or at least discussed grueling hours on set. And they always sound to me as if they respect Rhimes in a very business-appropriate way. Honestly, it seems to me based on all the commentary as if Rhimes is a mentor to her actresses, very open to collaboration instead of dictatorial, and not as ego-crazy as she could be given that people openly discuss all these things and don’t end up blacklisted for it. She sounds like a respectable boss who has high expectations.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 1, 2020 11:11 PM |
Jesus omg, all that log-rolling was EXHAUSTING. I gave up 2/3 of the way in.
It was like reading James Lipton and Phyllicia Rashad interviewed by James Lipton and Phyllicia Rashad.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 1, 2020 11:22 PM |
I see Kerry has stopped trying to look as white as possible.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 1, 2020 11:46 PM |
R6 obviously Katherine didn't go about it the right way.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 2, 2020 4:09 AM |
I can't deal with Kerry in Little Fires Everywhere. Here character is insufferable. She can't through a single scene without the quivering lip and teary eyes. Reese stole the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 2, 2020 4:30 AM |
