TALKING AROUND THE TRUTH
(how to disrespect Gale Anne Hurd... and think you got away with it)
In your October 24th issue, you responded to a feedback letter written by a lady concerned about the fact that you failed to add Gale Anne Hurd to your list of female producers in an earlier issue. The fact that the Executive Editor, Sean Smith, gave such a lame, weak and flat-out disrespectful reason as to why she was omitted from the list was NOT WORTHY OF THE EFFORT.
If he was giving a respectful capitulation for that omission, I would not be writing this letter. But, his explanation for the omission was a long winded walk through the trees of “I’ll just talk my way out of my disrespect.”
Gale Anne Hurd should have been on the top of the list! Period! The list of movies, and TV shows she has produced... including The Walking Dead in 2014... is second to none, including most of the male entertainment producers out there.
She produced The Terminator, for goodness sakes! That was her second, or third film, beginning a list of films, and TV shows, that is A++! How on earth can EW allow Sean Smith to disrespect Gale Anne Hurd like this?
I would have respected Sean Smith if he told the writer of the feedback letter, Robyn Goldy of Ankeny, Iowa, that EW simply made an error and that he apologized for the error. Instead, he wrote a disingenuous walk around the truth.
I am going to guess Sean Smith is a young guy without proper context vetting and seasoning. I, a 55 year old man, was in my 20‘s when Gale Anne Hurd was making tidal waves with her presence when she first began producing... and I KNOW her worth and power in the industry!
I would NEVER exclude her off ANY list of the most powerful women in ANY industry! And if, by chance, I did omit her because of a lost of mind... I would lower my head in respect and tell her I am sorry -- after I make the corrections I should have never had to have made in the first place.
EW, if you want someone to write for you who is filled with the proper respect for the medium, and the women, in question --- all you have to do is contact me at: horrorwalker@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Ronald Lee Jones
thehorrorwalkerworld.blogspot.com
