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   Wouter Valentijn to All   
   Re: CC Blasts JW and AB Backs Her Up   
   26 Feb 21 06:31:47   
   
   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   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?   
      
   >   
   > I read The Hollywood Reporter a lot, which is where I got most of this   
   > info.   
   >   
      
   Okay.   
      
      
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