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05-21-2018, 06:31 AM
Rashida Jones calls out Pixar's poor track record with female directors
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It's hardly news that Hollywood tends to favor white men, to the exclusion of everyone else. And Rashida Jones is done putting up with it.
Jones called out Pixar's lack of diversity in an interview with Net-a-Porter (https://www.net-a-porter.com/us/en/porter/article-063c4861a5b3c294), while explaining why she and writing partner Will McCormack left Toy Story 4 last year.
SEE ALSO: Rashida Jones denies leaving 'Toy Story 4' over unwanted advance from John Lasseter (http://mashable.com/2017/11/22/rashida-jones-leaves-toy-story-4-john-lasseter/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
Describing the situation as "complicated," Jones said:*
The one female director Jones is referring to is Brenda Chapman, who was to be Pixar's first female director before she was taken off of Brave and replaced by Mark Andrews.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/20/rashida-jones-pixar/)
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It's hardly news that Hollywood tends to favor white men, to the exclusion of everyone else. And Rashida Jones is done putting up with it.
Jones called out Pixar's lack of diversity in an interview with Net-a-Porter (https://www.net-a-porter.com/us/en/porter/article-063c4861a5b3c294), while explaining why she and writing partner Will McCormack left Toy Story 4 last year.
SEE ALSO: Rashida Jones denies leaving 'Toy Story 4' over unwanted advance from John Lasseter (http://mashable.com/2017/11/22/rashida-jones-leaves-toy-story-4-john-lasseter/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
Describing the situation as "complicated," Jones said:*
The one female director Jones is referring to is Brenda Chapman, who was to be Pixar's first female director before she was taken off of Brave and replaced by Mark Andrews.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/20/rashida-jones-pixar/)
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