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John Singleton Says He Doesn’t Think The Sony Leak Emails Are Racist
By: allhiphop.comPosted On: 12/18/2014 12:55 P
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Since the Sony hack revealed some distasteful emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment executives Amy Pascal, Scott Rudin, Clint Culpepper and Michael Lynton, no one has come to their defense, until now. Film director John Singleton penned an essay for The Hollywood Reporter where he defended his friends and said he was able to see the humor in their comments.
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Since the Sony hack revealed some distasteful emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment executives Amy Pascal, Scott Rudin, Clint Culpepper and Michael Lynton, no one has come to their defense, until now. Film director John Singleton penned an essay for The Hollywood Reporter where he defended his friends and said he was able to see the humor in their comments.
The Boyz In The Hood director wrote about the first time he met Rudin and how Pascal has helped him throughout his career. He and Pascal worked together on his film Baby Boy, where Singleton says "she was the first studio head to give me contractual final cut, the holy grail for director."
Singleton went on to say that due to racially charged news that is dominating the media many are living in fear, which can make someone (the Sony execs) act irrational and added that "the facilitators of creativity cannot fully function in a fearful environment."
In one of the leaked email threads, Pascal and Rudin joked about what to ask President Barack Obama during a 2013 fundraising breakfast hosted by Dreamworks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg.
"Would he like to finance some movies," Rudin wrote. Pascal wrote b, "I doubt it. Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?" Rudin replied “12 YEARS," to which Pascal responded by naming other films starring African-Americans: “Or the butler. Or think like a man? [sic]."
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