HBO CEO Richard Plepler On 'Confederate' Backlash - GoFuckYourself.com

brassmonkey · 10-04-2017, 11:48 AM

With Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman, who are black, writing alongside Benioff and Weiss, Confederate apparently will depict a third American Civil War in an alternative reality, in which the South has separated itself and slavery has continued. Negative reactions to the concept included a Twitter campaign #NoConfederate by activist April Reign, who also started #OscarsSoWhite in 2015. Reign urged HBO viewers to tweet #NoConfederate during a Game of Thrones broadcast.

The show's concept, Plepler further explained, was about "showing what we call the thin line, the thin veneer of civilization - that's what we were meant to explore. Where we screwed up was we tried to explain a complicated subject in a press release in three paragraphs."

HBO's president of programming Casey Bloys said something similar when he addressed the controversy at TCA, calling the decision to issue a press release for Confederate "misguided."

"A lie goes halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on," Plepler said, "and we bear some of the responsibility for that."

Plepler added that HBO's intent was to bring people together, not divide them. "We have a long tradition through our documentaries, through our film, of trying to bring the capacity of people to see other people in a more profound way, to the table, and we use our documentaries and our films to try to do that. Creative producers have always known that was part of our way, and that's why they come to us to do that."

HBO might be trying to show its good intentions more in the future. Plepler said the network would be releasing its new Sonja Sohn-directed documentary Baltimore Rising online for free. The film, "looks inside the culture of Baltimore as it resurrects itself after the Freddie Gray murder," Plepler said, "and we're going to give that film away, we're going to put it online so people can see it whether they're a subscriber or not."

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crockett · 10-04-2017, 11:54 AM

Great, throw more fuel on the fire for the deranged loonies to get their rocks off with..

ilnjscb · 10-04-2017, 11:03 PM

All this publicity is just terrible for them!

oppoten · 10-04-2017, 11:20 PM

You'll know a backlash when you see it.

Barry-xlovecam · 10-05-2017, 05:37 AM

CSA fantasies. The south will (up)rise again ...
They are a limited minority that will die off-- probably from inbreeding -- possibly when the coal mines and factory towns close up.

oppoten: what does someone know of America who is from Sheffield? Not a fucking thing. What do you know about the Jewish people? Not a fucking thing. Just that you know we make you feel very inferior -- Brit Ape.

Paul Markham · 10-05-2017, 09:09 AM

It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the South were allowed to separate and no civil war.

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brassmonkey Pay It Forward Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Yo Mama House Posts: 77,053	HBO CEO Richard Plepler On 'Confederate' Backlash With Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman, who are black, writing alongside Benioff and Weiss, Confederate apparently will depict a third American Civil War in an alternative reality, in which the South has separated itself and slavery has continued. Negative reactions to the concept included a Twitter campaign #NoConfederate by activist April Reign, who also started #OscarsSoWhite in 2015. Reign urged HBO viewers to tweet #NoConfederate during a Game of Thrones broadcast. The show's concept, Plepler further explained, was about "showing what we call the thin line, the thin veneer of civilization - that's what we were meant to explore. Where we screwed up was we tried to explain a complicated subject in a press release in three paragraphs." HBO's president of programming Casey Bloys said something similar when he addressed the controversy at TCA, calling the decision to issue a press release for Confederate "misguided." "A lie goes halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on," Plepler said, "and we bear some of the responsibility for that." Plepler added that HBO's intent was to bring people together, not divide them. "We have a long tradition through our documentaries, through our film, of trying to bring the capacity of people to see other people in a more profound way, to the table, and we use our documentaries and our films to try to do that. Creative producers have always known that was part of our way, and that's why they come to us to do that." HBO might be trying to show its good intentions more in the future. Plepler said the network would be releasing its new Sonja Sohn-directed documentary Baltimore Rising online for free. The film, "looks inside the culture of Baltimore as it resurrects itself after the Freddie Gray murder," Plepler said, "and we're going to give that film away, we're going to put it online so people can see it whether they're a subscriber or not." article... __________________ TRUMP 2025 KEKAW!!! - The Laken Riley Act Is Law! DACA ENDED - SUPPORT AZ HCR 2060 52R - email: brassballz-at-techie.com

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