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   Adam to Wouter Valentijn   
   Re: CC Blasts JW and AB Backs Her Up   
   27 Feb 21 00:06:17   
   
   From: AdolanNoSpam62@gmail.com   
      
   Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   > Op 26-2-2021 om 02:50 schreef Adam:   
   >> Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>> Op 21-2-2021 om 20:27 schreef BTR1701:   
   >>>> In article , Madlove    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>> Marsters tweeted "there were challenges on the set" and Michelle said   
   >>>>> "there was a rule that he wasn't allowed to be alone with me" so JW's   
   >>>>> actions were not hidden.   
   >>>>> Sounds like a good rule to have just as standard procedure with any   
   >>>> minor of either gender with regard to adults on a film set.   
   >>>>> If I was a studio boss, it would be a rule across all productions on my   
   >>>> lot.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Sounds prudent.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does the industry have some sort of confidential counseling? Officially   
   >>> appointed 'trusted persons' people can contact if they are in a bad   
   >>> situation because of co-workers or people in charge?   
   >>> Lurker and occasional commenter here.   
   >>>> Trusted persons, as in, an independent entity or agency?  No, apart from   
   >> union representation, which in the US would be SAG-AFTRA.   
   >   
   > Yes. A go-to person for cases like these. To be on the side of the one in   
   > need of help / protection. Someone those 'in power' can't get to.   
   >   
   >>> Studios or production companies would presumably have some kind of Human   
   >> Resources department.  How effective such a department would be, I can't   
   >> say.  There's a recent movie called The Assistant that, while fictional,   
   >> probably is pretty accurate in its depiction of the sad reality of that   
   >> situation.  (It's on Hulu if anyone is interested.)   
   >>>   As far as a company officer specifically put in place to deal with this   
   >> kind of issue: two or three years ago I would have said no company had such   
   >> a person. Today I suspect most probably do, if only to protect themselves.   
   >> There is also a job called Intimacy Coordinator, which has been created   
   >> fairly recently, that deals specifically the delicate issues surrounding   
   >> onscreen sex scenes.   
   >   
   > Part of the on-set safety regulations?   
      
   Not really, as it isn't mandatory.  Unless an actor/actress has it built   
   into their contract.   
      
      
   >   
   >>> I read The Hollywood Reporter a lot, which is where I got most of this   
   >> info.   
   >>   
   > Okay.   
   >   
      
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