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Beloved TV show ‘Lost’ wasn’t immune to industry’s pervasive toxic culture

June 3, 20235:37 PM ET, Heard on All Things Considered
Below is the audio file, transcript on article page.

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From my LOST collection…

ERIC DEGGANS, HOST: Looking at media coverage of Hollywood, especially in recent years, it seems obvious – show business has a problem with behind-the-scenes abuse and harassment. But this week, Maureen Ryan, a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and longtime critic and journalist, surprised TV fans by revealing in the magazine that a classic show beloved for its diverse cast and creativity was actually steeped in incidents of racism, sexism and bullying behavior behind the scenes.

That show was “Lost,” centered on the surreal experiences of a group of people stranded on an island after a plane crash, which won Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody Awards during its six-season run on ABC in the mid-2000s. But according to writers and actors who spoke to Ryan behind the scenes, showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof created an atmosphere where racism and bullying were tolerated and encouraged on the set.

Ryan’s Vanity Fair article is an excerpt from her upcoming book publishing Tuesday titled, “Burn It Down: Power, Complicity And A Call For Change in Hollywood.” Maureen Ryan joins us now. Welcome to the program.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/03/1180008736/beloved-tv-show-lost-wasnt-immune-to-industrys-pervasive-toxic-culture

Film & Movies, Television

‎Films seen or mentioned on Lost, a list of films by Christian Høkaas • Letterboxd

Films seen or mentioned on Lost

This is a chronological list of all films mentioned or seen in the hit ABC show “Lost”. Check “Read notes” to see which episode and in what context the film was mentioned.

via ‎Films seen or mentioned on Lost, a list of films by Christian Høkaas • Letterboxd.

English: This is the title screen from the ABC series Lost. Español: Este es el título principal de la serie Lost. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Film & Movies, Games, Memories & History, Television

Lost – the grillo-marxuach experimental design bureau

At the risk of extreme arrogance, I would put the first season of Lost alongside any accomplishment in television drama, including those of the idols who made me want to work in the medium.

Even though I quit the show after its second season — never to watch it again until the series finale — I have never ceased to be fiercely proud, and defensive, of our accomplishments as a writing staff, and those of the show’s creators.

If you are reading this, it might be because you asked me how it all began and I sent you here. Or it might be because — as still happens with depressing regularity — one of the show’s detractors, be that a critic, or, more vexingly, someone who has just created a show and wants to make sure the media realizes that they are above making the mistakes we made (all the while cribbing our best moves) has come out purporting yet again to have some sort “proof” that “the writers of Lost did not know what they were doing.”

via Lost – the grillo-marxuach experimental design bureau.

English: Javier Grillo-Marxuach at the 2008 Comic-Con International. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Film & Movies, Memories & History, Television

Lost Writer Looks Back On Show’s Creation; Responds to Theories – IGN

By Michael Martin – Former Lost writer and producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach has written a highly informative essay looking back on the conception of the show and what it was like to be in the writers’ room for the first two seasons. He also has a lot to say about the question of whether the show’s creators were “making it up as they went along,” noting the answer is a complicated one, as is often the case for TV. With Lost, many notable elements fans would come to know as the series progressed were conceived very early on, even as the nature of doing an ongoing TV show also led to new elements being added all the time.

via Lost Writer Looks Back On Show’s Creation; Responds to Theories – IGN.

English: Title of the tv-series LOST. Français : Lettres Lost (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Film & Movies, Games, Television

I can stop watching Lost any time — really – Winnipeg Free Press

A recent study linking binge-watching with depression has been making some of us uneasy. I got quite antsy, maybe because the story began grabbing headlines just as I started watching Lost.

The six-season TV series about a group of stranded plane-crash survivors is potentially the bingey-est viewing experience ever devised to entertain (and simultaneously torture) human beings. Originally airing on ABC from 2004 to 2010, Lost was known for creating obsessive, unbalanced viewers even before binge-watching was a thing. No wonder I had fears for my mental health.

via I can stop watching Lost any time — really – Winnipeg Free Press.

English: This is the title screen from the ABC series Lost. Español: Este es el título principal de la serie Lost. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)