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Old December 21st, 2013 #49
Alex Linder
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[article by indian female comedy writer on diversity hires in tv writing in hollywood]

In Hollywood, the old saw goes, success is very much predicated on who you know. While hard work and talent are needed to take you far, getting your foot in the door is much easier when you know people who have walked through it previously. Jewish summer camps are often joked about in this industry as the best film school a Hollywood hopeful can attend, but is that joke really that far from the truth?

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A few years ago I attended some seminars that were being held in conjunction with the city's annual film festival. One of the sessions was about screenwriting, led by someone who worked on "Entourage" and several other TV shows and movies.

The speaker said that unless you're gay or Jewish, one has no chance of making it in the business as a writer. The audience was horrified and shocked by his response, but I got the sense he wasn't kidding. I'll never forget that. Yesterday 4:28pm

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