Netflix’s ‘Hollywood’ Shows What Happens When Folks Just Do Right

***Warning: Mild spoilers ahead*** While the #MeToo Movement has ignited a wave of change across various industries, that change is perhaps most obvious in the entertainment sector. Titan likes producer turned convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, former Today show host Matt Lauer, and R&B legend R. Kelly (FINALLY!) have all been brought down in recent years after decades of alleged sexual abuse. But while things are slowly getting better in terms of gender equity, racial diversity, etc., these problems have been with the entertainment industry since the beginning. But what if they weren’t? Writer/producer Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story, American Crime) explores what that alternative history could look like in his new Netflix miniseries, Hollywood. Loosely based Scotty Bowers’s book Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood takes us back to the so-called “Golden Age” of Tinsel Town, a period lasting from 1913-1969. If billion dollar blockbusters, Meryl Streep, and TMZ are today’s planets and stars, then Hollywood’s Golden Age was the Big Bang that birth them all. But while audiences clamored for a glimpse into the glitter, the reality for those working in the film industry was far less glamorous. Hollywood takes the real life stories of screen legends like Rock Hudson (Jake Picking), Anna May Wong (Michelle Krusiec), and Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel (Queen Latifah) and others, and corrects the wrongs that marred their lives and careers. In…

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