Posted on 11/19/2018 7:16:14 PM PST by EdnaMode
Ellen Pompeo took a stand in an on camera interview for Net-A-Porter, calling out the publication during an actress roundtable interview. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star appeared in the video interview opposite Gina Rodriguez, Gabrielle Union, and Emma Roberts. When the conversation turned to representation in front of and behind the camera, Pompeo took a moment to address the elephant in the room and advocate for more inclusive sets of all shapes and sizes.
“This day has been incredible, and there’s a ton of women in the room. But I don’t see enough color,” Pompeo said about the Net-A-Porter set. “I didn’t see enough color when I walked in the room today.”
“I had a meeting with a director of another endorsement project that I’m doing where I said, ‘You know, when I show up on set, I would like to see the crew look like the world that I walk around in everyday,'” the actress continued. “I think it’s up to all productions to make sure that your crew looks like the world we see. As Caucasian people, it’s our job. It’s our task. It’s our responsibility to make sure we speak up in every single room we walk into [and say] this is not ok and that we can all do better. It’s our job. We’ve created the problem.”
Pompeo has been one of the most outspoken actresses when it comes to advocating for inclusive film and television sets and gender parity. The actress made headlines earlier this year for coming forward about her fight to get the salary she deserved after leading “Grey’s Anatomy” for over 14 seasons. Following her comments about the Net-A-Porter set, Pompeo’s co-interviews saluted her with a cheers.
“Grey’s Anatomy” is currently in its 15th season on ABC. Watch the Net-A-Porter video interview in its entirety below. Pompeo’s comment begins around the 16-minute mark.
>>BUT - she does seem to be partnered with a man of darker color - black or Spanish? So, she’s got that going for her ..... How about that.
http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheWizard.htm
Waitress at Monk’s, handing Elaine a menu: “Here you go.”
Elaine, to the black waitress: “Long day?”
Waitress: “Yeah, I just worked a triple shift.”
Elaine: “I hear ya, Sister.”
Waitress: “Sister?”
Elaine, as Darryl comes into Monk’s: “Yeah. It’s OK. My boyfriend’s black.
Here he is. See?”
Darryl: “Hi, Elaine.”
Elaine: “Hey.”
Waitress: “He’s black?”
Elaine: “Yeah.”
Darryl: “I’m black?”
Elaine: “Aren’t you?”
Waitress, leaving: “I’ll give you a couple minutes to decide.”
Darryl: “What are you talking about?”
Elaine: “You’re black. You said we were an interracial couple.”
Darryl: “We are. Because you’re Hispanic.”
Elaine: “I am?”
Darryl: “Aren’t you?”
Elaine: “No. Why would you think that?”
Darryl: “Your name’s Benes, your hair, and you kept taking me to those
Spanish restaurants.”
Elaine: “That’s because I thought you were black.”
Darryl: “Why would you take me to a Spanish restaurant because I’m black?”
Elaine: “I don’t think we should be talking about this.”
Darryl: “So, what are you?”
Elaine: “I’m white.”
Darryl: “So, we’re just a couple of white people?”
Elaine: “I guess.”
Darryl: “Oh.”
Elaine: “Yeah. So do you want to go to the Gap?”
Darryl, leaving with Elaine: “Sure.”
does she make the same demands about crew members with different hair color or eye color that she makes about crew members’ skin pigment?
Either all of it matters or none of it matters.
Hitlery Rotten Clinton has never been on the side of Justice.
Unattractive on-shot ponies should learn to shut their mouths.
I don’t suppose that she ever considered that the crew is the best that the network could hire, or that perhaps, “POCs” didn’t apply for the available positions.
Proponents of contrived diversity are simply racist.
>And only those in the know were aware of the VIP Preview. Weird that they're not all about equality...
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated;
but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end
for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
C. S. Lewis
a.k.a. Sodomy in Seattle
BTW, Pompeo is a coalburner.
oh lawd that’s hysterical! Thank you :)
Bingo. Makes me want to puke.
What is laughable is that they don’t see that it puts them in this light.
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