The Game Plan to Change Hollywood

Dear Hollywood

Alyson Stoner

Society & Culture

4.9 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Be first to learn more about the Artist Well-being Toolkit here: https://www.movementgenius.com/artist-wellbeing-toolkit Bring our team to your production or performance company. Email DearHollywoodPodcast@gmail.com. Bring Movement Genius to your workplace. Email hello@movementgenius.com. 50% off Movement Genius for 250+ classes and tools to care for your mind, body and emotions: https://bit.ly/DearHollywood50 Thanks for tuning into the first season of Dear Hollywood. As we deconstruct the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline, what can we do to better support child performers in the entertainment industry? What role do you play? Alyson presents strategies for intervention and prevention at every level - the individual and family unit, production companies, union standardization, legislation, audiences at home, and larger cultural shifts. This is only the beginning of a movement. See you soon for season two. Subscribe and follow @alysonstoner to join the conversation. Video filmed and edited by @crispychickenco.

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0:00.0	Big finale, huh? We made it here. Golly. 30 years.
0:07.0	Dear Hollywood, the game plan to change Hollywood.
0:15.0	Wow, a whole season unpacking the toddler to train wreck pipeline.
0:21.0	We've explored tons of topics that factor into Child Stars
0:25.4	Coming Undone. And I'm curious, do you feel like you have a better grasp of what your
0:31.1	favorite Kid Idol's life was like growing up in Hollywood?
0:34.0	What do you think about child stardom and kids in the industry now?
0:39.0	How has this changed your view of the way you consume media and participate in the culture
0:45.4	that enables this reality for children. The reason I started dear Hollywood is
0:50.6	because I've witnessed too many performers lose their lives in the pipeline.
0:56.2	We've had enough documentaries bringing it to light without seeing any progress.
1:01.3	And we've made enough advancements in health science, trauma research, child development
1:07.0	theory, etc.
1:08.0	So we need to update our industry protocols to reflect that, just like we need to update our education system and all the systems really. I mean, unless you're trying to perpetrate harm, there really isn't much to resist in terms of wanting to create safer, more ethically designed,
1:26.4	equitable spaces for humans to exist, including spaces for children.
1:31.6	In the case of Hollywood, it's time for the entertainment industry and everyone
1:36.8	who is a part of the ecosystem to acknowledge our role in the pipeline and take on the
1:42.1	responsibility of proactively improving the system.
1:46.0	Fortunately, we can design clear unified action plans for intervention and long-term prevention
1:52.1	strategies that have been missing.
1:54.0	We can provide resources for families and children to understand the risks, consequences, and difficult
2:01.0	processes ahead if they pursue this path. And it doesn't have to be expensive or burdensome for the peeps who really only
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