{"id":113233,"date":"2018-05-24T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/?p=113233"},"modified":"2019-07-15T16:03:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T20:03:40","slug":"arrested-development-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/pop-culture\/arrested-development-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Jason Bateman: Normalizing Harassment Is Not A Good Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s what all of you already know: yesterday, The N<\/em><\/a>ew York Times<\/em> dropped a round table interview<\/a> with a number of\u00a0Arrested Development<\/em> stars ahead of the series’ fifth season which will stream on Netflix at the end of the month. In it, Jessica Walter (our queen and lord) opened up about Jeffrey Tambor yelling at and harassing her on-set (described as a “blowup”). And as Walter cried while recounting it, Jason Bateman, Tony Hale, David Cross, and Will Arnett made excuses for their male costar. After all, Tambor was trying now. He apologized. He was learning and growing. It happens on sets. It’s part of the process. Sometimes people are “difficult.” (Blah, blah, blah.) And even after Walter said that in 60 years in the industry she had never been yelled at that way, these rationalizations led to her repeatedly saying she had to “let it go.”<\/p>\n

It was, in short, an “I’m sorry you’re hurt, but . . .” in real-time. It was a dismissal of her trauma, it was the boys’ club in action, it was mansplaining live and in-colour. It was terrible and it was heartbreaking and anyone who read it seemed to react similarly: what the actual fuck is going on here<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Since, Jason Bateman has stepped up and commented on the piece<\/a>, acknowledging that his actions and words in the interview were inexcusable and\u00a0he was wrong, and that above all, he is sorry.<\/p>\n

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Based on listening to the NYT interview and hearing people\u2019s thoughts online, I realize that I was wrong here.
\nI sound like I\u2019m condoning yelling at work. I do not.
\nIt sounds like I\u2019m excusing Jeffery. I do not.
\nIt sounds like I\u2019m insensitive to Jessica. I am not.
\nIn fact, I\u2019m-<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) May 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n