Hundreds jobless after Roseanne Barr바카라 게임 웹사이트s 'abhorrent' tweet prompts cancellation of show
The unprecedented sudden cancellation of one of television바카라 게임 웹사이트s top comedies has left a wave of unemployment and uncertainty in its wake.
Roseanne Barr바카라 게임 웹사이트s racist tweet and the swift axing of her rebooted show put hundreds of people out of work, with some wondering whether they would be paid, most knowing they wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be, and few with any legal recourse.
바카라 게임 웹사이트A lot of people there are just middle class Americans making a living and now they바카라 게임 웹사이트re out of work, especially at a time when we바카라 게임 웹사이트re ramping up into production for the fall season,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Rebecca Sun of the industry trade publication The Hollywood Reporter said in an interview with The Associated Press. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It is pretty devastating for all of the people who worked on that show who are now collateral damage as a result of their star바카라 게임 웹사이트s racist beliefs.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Contractual details for those involved with the show, including Barr, were not immediately clear, and will play out in the coming months.
Experts say high-profile figures in the television industry typically have contractual clauses that give them significant severance for shows that are not produced.
Lower-level workers are generally out of luck at an unfortunate time. Though 바카라 게임 웹사이트Roseanne바카라 게임 웹사이트 and many shows just had their season finales, jobs for next season are mostly taken.
Ben Sherwood, president of Disney-ABC Television Group, apologized in a memo Wednesday to 바카라 게임 웹사이트the many men and women who poured their hearts and lives into the show and were just getting started on next season. We바카라 게임 웹사이트re so sorry they were swept up in all of this and we give thanks for their remarkable talents, wish them well, and hope to find another way to work together down the road.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The cancellation came on the first day of meetings for the newly assembled writers for the fall season of 바카라 게임 웹사이트Roseanne.바카라 게임 웹사이트 They arrived after Barr바카라 게임 웹사이트s tweet, but before ABC President Channing Dungey바카라 게임 웹사이트s announcement that the show was finished, leading to what executive producer and writer Dave Caplan said were 바카라 게임 웹사이트a lot of bittersweet hellos 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and a couple hours later, a lot of very difficult goodbyes.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Everybody is still in shock at how quickly this all went down,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Caplan told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s unfortunate because the writers did pass on other jobs to take this job and nobody really knows yet what kind of compensation they바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to get.바카라 게임 웹사이트
For cast and crew members that did have longer-term contracts, Barr바카라 게임 웹사이트s show-sinking tweet could be deemed, strange as it sounds, an 바카라 게임 웹사이트act of God.바카라 게임 웹사이트 A 바카라 게임 웹사이트force majeure바카라 게임 웹사이트 or 바카라 게임 웹사이트act of God,바카라 게임 웹사이트 legally, is some unpredictable event such as an earthquake or a riot that changes the underlying circumstances.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It means something outside of the control of the parties. Roseanne바카라 게임 웹사이트s speech wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t in the control of ABC,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said F. Jay Dougherty, a professor who specializes in entertainment and media law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t surprise me if this was treated by the studio like that kind of event, giving the studio a right to terminate contracts.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Barr herself suggested on Twitter lately that she may try to take some action.
바카라 게임 웹사이트You guys make me feel like fighting back,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Barr tweeted to her followers Wednesday. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I will examine all of my options carefully and get back to U.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Her contract may have a 바카라 게임 웹사이트morals clause,바카라 게임 웹사이트 however, which are often included in the contracts of television stars, athletes and other prominent figures, demanding a standard of behavior as the face of an enterprise.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If there is a morals clause in her contract, then breaching that would give the studio a right to terminate her contract, and possibly even sue her for damages for breach of contract,바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트We can바카라 게임 웹사이트t predict whether there will be lawsuits or not,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Dougherty said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트but I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t think there will be successful lawsuits.바카라 게임 웹사이트