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Amazon Releases ‘Inclusion Playbook,’ Includes Rules For Writing Humor And Satire

Chrissy Clark
Amazon Releases ‘Inclusion Playbook,’ Includes Rules For Writing Humor And Satire
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Amazon Studios’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team released an “inclusion playbook” that sets standards for the number of minority and underrepresented employees and characters required to create a movie or series. 

The playbook is based on Amazon Studio’s inclusion policy, which requires that “Each film or series with a creative team of three or more people in above-the-line roles (Directors, Writers, Producers) should ideally include a minimum 30% women and 30% members of an underrepresented racial/ethnic group.” The media giant aims to increase these goals to 50 percent by 2024. 

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