‘Salsa Outsells Ketchup’: FX’s John Landgraf, WarnerMedia’s Karen Horne Talk Industry and Inclusion

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‘Salsa Outsells Ketchup’: FX’s John Landgraf, WarnerMedia’s Karen Horne Talk Industry and Inclusion
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, co-founder of film fund Gold House — held Wednesday as part of the UCLA Entertainment Symposium. The hourlong session was moderated by Catrice Monson, managing director and co-founder of RightSize Media.

Horne pointed to past efforts to open doors for Black and brown writers that had unintended consequences. “We know that salsa outsells ketchup. Why would you leave this on the table,” she said. “The talent is out there what’s not out there is an abundance of opportunity.” “A single job or two early in someone’s career has a disproportionately large effect. Opportunity piles on opportunity piles on opportunity,” he said. Early on, Landgraf promised all of FX’s showrunners that if less experienced directors required more support or reshoots, the network would bear the cost.

Horne said she was gratified to see “more people understanding that if we all share the pie equally, we’ll have enough for everyone.”

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