Nadria Tucker, a writer who was fired from The CW’s Superman and Lois show, has spoken with Huffington Post about his experience working on the program.
“In the grand scheme of things that have happened to people in the course of their work in Hollywood, I have not experienced even a fraction of the worst things that happened. But the level of microaggressions and toxicity is so widespread that it is almost inevitable, ”Tucker said. HuffPost. “What’s crazy is that it never felt completely toxic at the time. As a writer, you release things and expect your releases to be rejected. And then cumulatively, you realize that all your pitches that are being rejected are a certain type of pitch. “
Tucker, who says she wasn’t the only woman or POC on the staff, says she talked about things she saw as potentially problematic, such as the show’s black main character being portrayed as a villain from the start, joking Me Too, and a foul . meaningful dialogue between female characters.
“I said, ‘You know, this is not a good look. You want to have representation so that people of color are not just represented as the villains, ‘”Tucker recalled. “Y [showrunner Todd Helbing] He responded with: ‘We’ll see what we can do. We may have to send them because there are not many black people in Canada. [where the show was filmed]. ‘”Black Canadians form the third largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians and Chinese, especially in places like Toronto.
Anyway, when Tucker was finally removed from the show, she says Helbing told her that his “outline and draft were not where he needed them for a writer of my level.”
Tucker had previously worked at WGN America’s Underground and SyFy Krypton, the latter being another Superman myth show.
“It was just weird, having previously heard from him, you know, ‘This looks great. This is great. Good work. Good job, ‘”he explained. “It was like a wild spin out of nowhere.”
Tucker later tweeted that her contract had not been extended, and representatives approached her for an exit interview, during which she says she went into detail about her experience and provided supporting documents. As of this interview, she says that none of this has been followed up.
HuffPost says a Warner Bros. TV spokesperson declined to comment on the record.
Tucker’s story is disappointing and part of the reason I haven’t seen Superman and Lois, despite finding that clip of Clark saying his mother made his costume painfully endearing. As someone who has learned not to trust The CW when it comes to truly understanding race and gender, beyond the superficial level, I don’t doubt Tucker’s experience. Especially considering all the other issues surrounding Warner Bros. right now.
(via HuffPost, image: Dean Buscher / The CW)
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