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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deposition of Sony execs are really interesting and kind of epic - the CEO of Sony, the president of Sony and the chief communication officers of Sony said this about Blake

- that she bought the bad publicity “onto herself” and then she insisted on “bringing drama around the film and it backfired”

- they called the decision to promote her hair products along with the film, “epically stupid, and she should know better”

Wow, sounds like no love lost between Ryan Blake and Sony. Guess they won’t be in any more Sony flicks lol[/quote]

Those comments were not from depositions but from emails that took place in, I believe, August 2024. They were written in response to Blake complaining to Sony about the negative online commentary about her as the film was being promoted.

I have only read Ange Giannetti's deposition so far (I think other Sony people were deposed but if so I haven't read their depos) and she doesn't say anything unkind about Blake in what I read. She is asked whether she called Blake a "f***ing terrorist" in a communication after the meeting for the 17 point list, and she confirms she said that, but she doesn't say that's what her currently feeling towards Blake is.

I would not assume that Sony hates Blake (or Ryan) or that these comments reflect their beliefs now. Not saying they like her, just saying that since none of these comments were actually stated in depositions, they offer just a snapshot in time.

Also my sense reading the Giannetti depo is that Sony is more than a little defensive about the fact that they were aware of the many complaints on this set (Giannetti calls the production a "shitshow") but at no point felt they needed to bring in HR or legal or even raise the issue of whether there might be potential SH liability here. I think this reflects generally bad practice in Hollywood around these issues, actually, and is not specific to Sony or even this production. The idea that you'd have a production where the lead actress and another actress playing a major character are lodging multiple complaints about the behavior of not only the director (who is also the co-star and producer) but also one of the producers on the set, plus another producer also raising concerns is kind of surprising to me as someone who works in another industry and has dealt with similar issues. Especially when I consider this was 2023/2024, so post-MeToo, so I would have expected people to be a bit more careful and self aware, if only to avoid getting sued. I thought Slate's commenting to Justin about how people don't make those kinds of comments anymore were really on point and I think it's weird he didn't seem to get that. What a bubble they must live in.[/quote]

Can you list the sexual harassment claims that are still surviving? I’m reading some of the lawyers on Reddit that it’s now shifted to hostile work environment and less sexual harassment. It seems like the narrative is now that he didn’t get along with people and that people were uncomfortable, but I’m not seeing any of the claims that were listed in the New York Times article (nothing about how she felt uncomfortable during the dancing scene, nothing about how she felt like she was doing unscripted intimate scenes, nothing about not being given time to pump our breast-feed privately, and nothing about the fat shaming.

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