Burn It Down: Investigating Hollywood's Power Dynamics with Maureen Ryan

Hollywood Confessional

“The only thing that works to take down abusers is Mo Ryan writes something about them."

If we weren’t already on fire to talk with the author of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, this quote from a confessor would have set us aflame. This week we get our chance, as entertainment journalist Maureen “Mo” Ryan steps into the confessional booth.
Mo is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, and has written for Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, EW, Salon, GQ, and Vulture. She has spent much of the last decade writing in-depth pieces on matters of inclusion, misconduct and abuse in Hollywood -- and on efforts to make the industry better.

Join us for an eye-opening conversation as Mo unpacks the complex web of power dynamics in Hollywood, the need for a safe and empowering space for marginalized voices to be heard, and what makes her hopeful for the future of the entertainment industry.

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Hollywood Confessional is a Ninth Way Media production, produced by Meagan Daine and J.R. Zamora-Thal.
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Chapters

1. Burn It Down: Investigating Hollywood's Power Dynamics with Maureen Ryan (00:00:00)

2. Navigating Power Dynamics in Hollywood (00:00:01)

3. Challenges and Progress in Reporting (00:11:09)

4. Uncovering Power Dynamics in Reporting (00:20:52)

5. Addressing Power Dynamics in Entertainment Industry (00:27:29)

6. Awareness and Action in Hollywood (00:36:15)

7. Industry Power Dynamics and Validation (00:42:19)

8. Evolution and Change in Hollywood (00:48:23)

9. Empowering Creativity and Change in Hollywood (00:57:14)