Why are women occasionally abused on movie sets, ostensibly for the sake of genuine art? The question was raised this past weekend, when Uma Thurman told the New York Times about abuses she has suffered. She says director Quentin Tarantino spit in her face and choked her with a chain on the set of Kill Bill . Maria Schneider famously felt "a little raped" during filming for Last Tango in Paris when she was not warned about a scene in which her character was assaulted. Director Bernardo Bertolucci later said he "wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress." But men rarely suffer such abuses. We discuss the double standard, and we discuss what lines should never be crossed for the sake of art. Our guests: Tina Chapman DaCosta , director of Diversity Theater who teaches Directing the Actor at RIT Jack Feerick , critic at large for PopDose.com and former critic for Kirkus Reviews Gwen P. Scott, actor Stephanie Roosa, artistic director of Out of Pocket, Inc.
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