Screen industry willing to weather job storm to end sexual misconduct
TORONTO — When Kelowna, B.C., animator Jeff Saamanen recently heard that a Louis C.K. series he was hired for had been shelved due to the comedian’s admissions of sexual misconduct, he was conflicted.
On the one hand, he was concerned for his immediate financial future and how it would affect his colleagues also working on the high-profile production that was being made for FX.
But of course he also had the standup star’s victims in mind.
“I feel good that there’s actually something starting to be done about (sexual misconduct),” Saamanen says, adding he doesn’t “want to be lining the pockets of someone like Louis C.K.”