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Vintage furniture: The significance of the casting couch as industry gossip and rumor

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Hollywood gossip circulates through both formal publications and informal interpersonal networks. In this article, I argue that both types of gossip and rumor are essential for understanding Hollywood’s business inefficiencies. Focusing primarily on the role of informal gossip, I explore its importance for aspirant networking and, as #MeToo reporting revealed, as a warning mechanism for women who must navigate the predatory men of Hollywood. Tracing the history of casting couch lore as a particular genre of gossip, I show how informal gossip can empower women working in Hollywood yet also retrench gendered hierarchies.

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Fortmueller, Kate: Vintage furniture: The significance of the casting couch as industry gossip and rumor. In: NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 11 (2022), Nr. 1, S. 18-40. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18827.
@ARTICLE{Fortmueller2022,
 author = {Fortmueller, Kate},
 title = {Vintage furniture: The significance of the casting couch as industry gossip and rumor},
 year = 2022,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18827}",
 volume = 11,
 journal = {NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies},
 number = 1,
 pages = {18--40},
}
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