'My singular responsibility is to securing and maintaining the civil liberties of all those we employ during the course of a production,' David Simon tweeted.
non-fiction miniseries based on events in Texas, but I can't and won't ask female cast/crew to forgo civil liberties to film there. What else looks like Dallas/Ft. Worth?"
"My response is NOT rooted in any debate about political efficacy or the utility of any boycott. My singular responsibility is to securing and maintaining the civil liberties of all those we employ during the course of a production," Simon wrote in a separate tweet. He received some backlash over the decision. The Dallas Film & Creative Industries Office responded to the tweets, saying that the law is not necessarily reflective of the entire state.
"Not bringing a production to Dallas only serves to further disenfranchise those that live here. We need talent/crew/creatives to stay & vote, not get driven out by inability to make a living," the office wrote. David Simon, the creator of the hit television show"The Wire," announced that he would no longer be filming a new project in Texas over the state’s anti-abortion law. Above, people are seen at a protest against the law in Austin, Texas, on September 11, 2021.Simon joins several other businesses in voicing opposition to the law, which reproductive rights advocates have slammed as extreme.
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