Wow, a lot of disturbing allegations from Ruby Rose about season 1 of Batwoman. The execs forced her to work 10 days after surgery and allowed dangerous working conditions for many other assistants and stunt people. Unfortunately, instead of assuring us that Batwoman is now safe for current stars, Warner Brothers decided to issue a combative statement, claiming that she was fired based on complaints about her. Complaints from whom? About what? Anything at all equivalent to sexual harassment and endangering people's lives? How tone deaf can they be? Who the fuck works this PR for Hollywood types? Why do they think hitting back is the way to go, instead of a simple apology?
It's like when Scarlet Johansson sued Disney over her Black Widow paycheck; her lawyers calmly stated what was in her contract and said that they offered to renegotiate the deal when Disney wanted to release on streaming too, but they ignored her requests. So Disney, instead of being nice and calling it a misunderstanding, decides to accuse her of being greedy and heartless about people suffering because of the pandemic. What the fuck kind of response is that? Instead of addressing the issue about her paycheck or just saying, "sorry, the decision for streaming happened too fast for us to renegotiate with her beforehand. We're happy to negotiate now," they decide to look like jackasses who hate their own talent. Fuck these Hollywood corporations who can't show simple respect for human beings, let alone their valuable stars! I have my own problems with Scarlet Johannson, but even I could see that Disney were totally in the wrong and shouldn't have been shooting their mouths off.
It's like they assume that the audience won't turn against them. Even now, with all the controversy over Dave Chappelle, and the Netflix walkout, I'm only hearing Sarandos apologize for his tone, not his policy of free speech for anti-trans speech. If you really understood the pain you were causing, you'd accept the demands of your trans employees. Maybe you could negotiate in good faith to add a content warning or label like Disney does with its old offensive content. But not even giving a little bit is just horrible. It's like how Facebook and Twitter let hate speech run wild and let Trump violate policies just because he was "newsworthy" and attracted attention. Only now are they reining things in, out of fear of regulation by Congress. Don't let the hate stand.
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