The Hollywood Problem:
Saying one thing, but doing the other...
Fixing Hollywood:
Starting with the Unions
The starting point to tackle the problem of sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood is with the unions, by forcing them to put in place a broader and strictly enforceable Morality Clause or Code of Ethics into a contract for all members of The Screen Actors Guild.
Any member who is caught in violation of the code of ethics is investigated and removed as a member, with a lifetime ban on working on any SAG-AFTRA member productions.
This will require a drastic change in the level of secrecy of how Hollywood currently operates. It will require everyone, regardless of social status in Hollywood, to report and speak up for behavior outside the basic standards of morality and code of ethics.
When someone sees something outside of what a normal HR department would tolerate at any major Fortune 500 company, that person or persons is immediately reported to the union.
Before the fall of Diddy the conspiracy theories surrounding Hollywood elites and satanic sexual cults were once mocked and the fodder for stand-up jokes.
However, it is starting to become clear that perhaps these were not conspiracy theories afterall. Is it possible that Hollywood has been grooming people for years, not just the stars within Hollywood, but in their movies as well?
Stopping the next generation from thinking sexual assaults are normal and acceptable, requires actors and actresses refusing to act in roles that include rape scenes.
Better Pay for Everyone
To counter the male-dominated frat boy rape culture that has plagued Hollywood for generations requires that we put more money towards women-led and run production companies and organizations.
It also requries not only hiring more women for projects, but also paying them a decent living wage. This goes for men too. The majority of contractors in Hollywood can barely afford basic living expenses, while the studio executives at the top are multi-millionaires because of the work of art these people created for pennies on the dollar.
River Phoenix (Died of drug overdose in 1993)
Corey Feldman
Rain Phoenix
Summer Phoenix
Liberty Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Tori Spelling
Kirk Cameron
Candace Cameron
Hilary and Haylie Duff
Kirsten Dunst
Jaleel White
River Phoenix and Iris Burton at the Golden Globes in 1989.
Joaquin Phoenix and Diddy in
I'm Still Here (2010)
Sharon Stone stars in 60-second telling scene as Iris Burton.
Disaster Artist (2017)
Heather McDonald was dropped by Iris Burton before booking any gigs
Synopsis:
Terry dreams of fame and fortune in New York City, but following an injury, she is lured into a Satanic cult, sexually assaulted, and impregnated with the Devil's baby, in exchange she is given the fame she so desperately seeks.
Died in 2019 at the age of 64 of Ewing's Sarcoma, a cancer that usually only occurs in children.