Bookmarks: The site about the "unethical" films The Rotten Apples
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Rotten apples
The site Rotten Apples appeared in December - in response to numerous accusations of harassment and violence in Hollywood, which began at the end of last year and continue to this day. This is a database of films and TV shows, in which you can find out whether people accused of violence and harassment were involved in making a movie or a show: actors, scriptwriters, producers and directors. For example, all parts of the Harry Potter films pass the test, but “The Lord of the Rings” does not, because it was produced by the Weinstein brothers.
“The purpose of the site is to draw even more attention to how widespread sexual harassment is in movies and on television, as well as to make ethical media consumption easier and more accessible,” say the authors of The Rotten Apples. “But this site in no way condemns projects entirely from of the creators' fault. " The authors of the project emphasize that the database is not ideal, but they try to supplement it promptly - and for each accusation of violence and harassment, sources indicate.
All this, of course, does not mean that the films that received the label "rotten apple" (it’s easiest to translate into Russian as the black sheep, which, according to the proverb, spoils the whole herd), definitely need to be boycotted. Any movie and TV series is handled by a team of people, which includes not only actors, directors and producers - and in some cases, such as when working on the TV Card House series, several people working on the project are victims of harassment. The main goal of the site is to tell about the scale of the problem and give you a conscious choice to make: whether you decide not to watch a movie or you still want to do it, keeping in mind the new facts about those who worked on the film.
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