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Lee Daniels, Damon Lindelof, A-List Writers On Race, Ignoring Critics, An 'Empire' Axing
This story first appeared in the May 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
Just because the television business has made notable inroads in the realm of diversity this year doesn't mean the subject is any more comfortable to discuss. So when Lee Daniels, co-creator of Fox's Empire, recently questioned a table full of drama writer-producers about the racial makeup of their writers rooms, the group grew tense. But doing so ultimately led to an important discussion about the industry's shortcomings — as well as the challenges of collaboration, their frustration with critics and the day that Beau Willimon, showrunner of Netflix's House of Cards, danced shirtless on set with Russian punk-rock group Pussy Riot. Daniels, 55, and Willimon, 37, were joined April 28 in Hollywood for a frank conversation about the pressures and rewards of running TV's hottest dramas by Damon Lindelof, 42 (HBO's The Leftovers), Alex Gansa, 54 (Showtime's Homeland), Michelle King, 53 (CBS' The Good Wife), and Sarah Treem, 34 (Showtime'sThe Affair).
Lee just wrapped his first season as a TV producer, during which his Empire hit the zeitgeist in a major way. It's an experience that many at this table have had. What advice would you give Lee about how to sustain it?
ALEX GANSA Oh, I did a terrible job. Stop now, you're ahead! There's no advice to give; you just have to submit to the process.
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