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Video Series Highlights Shocking Lack of Diversity in Hollywood Movies
This film image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from “American Hustle.” (Francois Duhamel/AP Photo)
(USA Today) – Hollywood has a diversity problem. If you disagree, watch Into the Woods — all 8 seconds of it.
Dylan Marron, a 27-year-old actor in New York, asks movie lovers and budget-controlling film execs to take a hard look at white-washed blockbusters in a YouTube series called Every Single Word. The series dramatically cuts critically acclaimed films into seconds-long clips, only highlighting portions where a person of color is speaking.
Oscar winners American Hustle (the clip: 54 seconds long — total), Her (47 seconds) and Black Swan (27 seconds) are among the selected films. The cut-down version of Disney’s Into the Woods is the shortest, followed by Noah (11 seconds) and Moonrise Kingdom (11 seconds).
