{"product_id":"burn-it-down-power-complicity-and-a-call-for-change-in-hollywood-isbn-9780063269279","title":"Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBESTSELLER • \u003cem\u003e LOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e's Maureen Ryan blows the lid off patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist revolutions that recent scandals have ignited.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is never just One Bad Man.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbuse and exploitation of workers is baked into the very foundations of the entertainment industry. To break the cycle and make change that sticks, it’s important to stop looking at headline-making stories as individual events. Instead, one must look closely at the bigger picture, to see how abusers are created, fed, rewarded, allowed to persist, and, with the right tools, how they can be excised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran reporter Maureen Ryan does just that. She draws on decades of experience to connect the dots and illuminate the deeper forces sustaining Hollywood’s corrosive culture. Fresh reporting sheds light on problematic situations at companies like Lucasfilm and shows like \u003cem\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e The Goldbergs\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Sleepy Hollow\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Curb Your Enthusiasm \u003c\/em\u003eand more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterviews with actors and famous creatives like Evan Rachel Wood, Harold Perrineau, Damon Lindelof, and Orlando Jones abound. Ryan dismantles, one by one, the myths that the entertainment industry promotes about itself, which have allowed abusers to thrive and the industry to avoid accountability—myths about Hollywood as a meritocracy, what it takes to be creative, the value of human dignity, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together insights from industry insiders, historical context, and pop-culture analysis, \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e paints a groundbreaking and urgently necessary portrait of what’s gone wrong in the entertainment world—and how we can fix it.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e does the heavy lifting in helping to uncover not just the ugliness of the behavior of high-profile individuals, but the mundane abuses common in the broader television and movie landscape. Maureen Ryan is a tenacious and meticulous reporter, a sharp and passionate writer, and an advocate for a fairer and better industry. There’s a reason a lot of network personnel with a lot they’re trying to keep in the dark hate nothing more than to see Maureen coming with a flashlight and a pen.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Holmes, New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maureen Ryan is a rigorous thinker and a lovely writer and does terrific and necessary work to trace the places where entertainment and injustice intertwine with profit and abuse.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad and All the Single Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maureen Ryan is not only a keen critic with a fair and far-reaching eye. She is also a leader in dismantling systems of oppression and abuse in Hollywood. Her reporting has single handedly brought consequences for abusers in positions of power. I am continually inspired and grateful for her work in my industry. She makes the entertainment world safer.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelicia Day, New York Times bestselling author of You’re Never Weird on the Internet and Embrace Your Weird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As a journalist, Mo Ryan saw the need for #MeToo coming years before it went viral. And that means that even though the constant headline-grabbing virality has subsided, Mo knows that there is still much more work to do. There are unfortunately many more painful truths about show business that have to be dug up. And there are also more skeletons in closets that need to be dragged out into the light. Mo is fierce, funny, unbossed, and unafraid.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. Kamau Bell, New York Times bestselling author of Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book, director, and executive producer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maureen Ryan is a dogged, clear-eyed reporter, legendary for her miles-deep exposés of Hollywood abuse, toxicity and bullying. In \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e, she makes a powerful case for a less romanticized view of the entertainment industry, one that rejects the ugly traditions of the past, holds bad bosses accountable, and marks a path to a better future.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New Yorker and author of I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maureen Ryan is a necessary agent in questioning the status quo, and \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e masterfully takes on Hollywood power structures that need to be reckoned with and changed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIra Madison III, co-host of the Crooked Media podcast Keep It and author of the forthcoming essay collection Pure Innocent Fun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating. Devastating. Important.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerry Washington, actor, director, producer and organizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Galvanizing.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Film and television journalist and critic Ryan has written the kind of book the phrase 'searing indictment' was invented for: a straight-shooting, rigorously researched and documented exposé of Hollywood’s culture of abuse.... This appears to be the book Ryan’s career has been building toward: she’s always been an advocate for people who work in the entertainment industry, and she’s never shied away from exposing Hollywood’s darker side. This powerful, angry, shocking, and important work should grip all readers interested in the truth about the entertainment industry.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ryan exposes the ugly truths about the entertainment business and the harmful behaviors that have been accepted and normalized in Hollywood for more than a century.... By breaking down the various myths that entertainment workers are told to believe, the author dismantles the argument that there is no changing the business; she also offers solutions. Readers will come away with a better understanding of what creatives have gone through to make the shows and films people love to watch. Some readers may even recognize similar harmful behaviors in their own work environments.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is urgent and necessary, and I am excited to see Maureen Ryan bring it into the world. So many of the books about misconduct and abuse in the entertainment industry focus on One Important Man, and we know the problems are deeper and wider than that at every level. An examination of the systems and traditions that enable abuse and prop up abusers, helping them fail upwards and ensuring there will be a bottomless churn of vulnerable workers for them to exploit is so needed right now. \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e is that book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Keane, Editor-in-Chief of Salon and author of Runaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/em\u003econtributing editor Ryan has been writing about the film and TV industries for many years and has collected a huge number of stories about abuses. While the revelations about Harvey Weinstein shone a light into shadowy corners, the author argues that a propensity for abuse is effectively institutionalized.... Ryan has the experience and insight to explore Hollywood’s dark underbelly, and she finds plenty of monsters.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with revealing behind-the-scenes stories and blistering analyses of the industry’s failings, this makes a convincing case for rebooting Hollywood.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] breathless compendium of malfeasance, which provides a valuable service in giving voice to those who have long gone unheard.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e is a Howard Beale-style, 'mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore' manifesto directed at the overlords and ladies of show business, complete with a multi-point plan for their redemption.... [Ryan] is a dogged and dedicated journalist.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A searing indictment of abusive behavior and work practices in the U.S. entertainment industry.... This is the proverbial look inside the sausage factory, revealing the offal, sorry, awful truth about how those shows you love are made. Indeed, if you enjoy watching television, you owe it to yourself to read this book and see what's really going on.... \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down\u003c\/em\u003e is a heavily researched, beautifully written book that leaves no Hollywood throne unturned.... Constantly engaging and illuminating.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890423394533,"sku":"NP9780063269279","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063269279.jpg?v=1730233252","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/burn-it-down-power-complicity-and-a-call-for-change-in-hollywood-isbn-9780063269279","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}