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How vindictive energy on Hollywood sets breeds abuse, according to Maureen Ryan

While writers of popular TV shows are on strike for better pay—forcing productions to halt, Vanity Fair contributing editor and author Maureen Ryan is pulling back the curtain on toxicity in Hollywood. "People who make things that you like a lot, all too often they work under conditions that are unacceptable," she said on "Salon Talks." Ryan, the author of "Burn It Down," details the "damaging, toxic" work environments that characterize some of our favorite shows and movies.

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