A new book by Maureen Ryan that seeks to expose “patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood” takes aim at the writers room of Lost, where executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlto…
, Ryan interviews several people from the long-running drama that aired from 2004 to 2010. Those who did speak on the record, including writer Monica Owusu-Breen, recalled an environment rife with bullying and inappropriate comments about race.“All I wanted to do was write some really cool episodes of a cool show. That was an impossibility on that staff,” said Owusu-Breen, who worked on ’s third season. “There was no way to navigate that situation.
“I can’t be another person who doesn’t care about missing Black boys, even in the context of fiction, right?” said Perrineau. “This is just furthering the narrative that nobody cares about Black boys, even Black fathers.”“That was the thing that was always tricky. Any time you mention race, everybody gets—their hair gets on fire, and they’re like, ‘I’m not racist!’ ” Perrineau said in the book. “It’s like, ‘Nope. Because I say that I’m Black doesn’t mean I’m calling you a racist.
When asked about the incident involving Perrineau, Lindelof said, “What can I say? Other than it breaks my heart that that was Harold’s experience.” He didn not recall “ever” saying those words about Perrineau. “And I’ll just cede that the events that you’re describing happened 17 years ago, and I don’t know why anybody would make that up about me.”
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