Bunheads Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Talks Shonda Rimes' Tweet and Leaving Gilmore Girls Behind

MEDIA MAYHEM HIGHLIGHT

After the Monday night premier of Amy Sherman-Palladino's new show, Bunheads on ABC, the producer of Gray's Anatomy and Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes tweeted that the show lacked diversity. Rhimes stated in her initial tweet that "Hey @abcfbunheads: really? You couldn't cast even ONE young dancer of color so I could feel good about my kid watching this show? NOT ONE?" After Sherman-Palladino fans shot back at her, Rhimes added, "I did love seeing girls of all shapes and sizes. That was great. Am a huge Gilmore Girls fan. Just pointing out one issue..."

When asked about Rhimes' comments on twitter, Sherman-Palladino refused to get into a "pissing match" with Rhimes, but did comment on the general lack of support that successful women give other women and questioned Rhimes' decision to criticize another female show runner.

GUEST BIO:
Amy Sherman-Palladino is a TV show creator writer and director. Amy started her career as a writer "Roseanne" and over the years has written for numerous series including "Veronica's Closet" starring Kirstie Alley In 2000, Amy's show hit show "Gilmore Girls" aired on The CW and enjoyed much success during its run. Her latest show, "Bunheads," recently premiered on ABC Family to critical acclaim.

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[thejojo342]

So if two women have a disagreement over storytelling techniques, they should both not say anything because they are both women? Really? And then this whole interview is finding ways to make Shonda Rhimes into a straw-man of a jealous mean girl? Really?

"It's so sad how jealous and petty Shonda Rhimes is about me because I am a women. I have no proof of this but here are some more baseless insults. " - This interview

And Amy isn't even ASKED to respond to what Shonda Rhimes even wrote about?

[slaineryweb]

And the host is not any better.

[lolee101]

wow these two seem bitter and the host needs to chill out im tired of this feminist crap

[heyyy185]

Ehh, it's just girls bitching and making a racial question of it al, STUPID. Michelle was a black guy, wasn't he? There r plently of schools with girls who are not black, doesn't mean that the show is anti afro-american. This is ridiculous, and who is she to tel her whom to put on her OWN show? Sooooooooo stupid.

[s2shapedlife]

Bunheads' budget was low, which means the show had a lot to prove, they had a very short time to cast, and they needed good actors who could dance well on pointe. There was no time to worry about an actor's color. Now, you can find this a poor excuse and think Amy should be more thoughtful on these matters (color, eating disorders, sexuality), but she did answer Shonda Rhimes' critique.

[s2shapedlife]

I think the whole reason why Amy went into the "women don't support other women enough" issue was because the host mentioned it. And while it's true that Amy expressed herself poorly, I think she meant to say that all showrunners should have mutual respect for each other and not criticize each other so easily because they know how difficult their job is. She included men and did answer Shonda. Weren't you listening?

[smashinmelancholy]

That's pretty much what I thought too...why can't one woman offer a critique of another woman's work? I actually like Palladino's work a lot..I enjoy Bunheads and I loved Gilmore Girls...and I found this interview interesting but it really annoyed me that Palladino didn't actually respond to what Rhimes said and they didn't discuss racial/ethnic diversity (or the lack of it ) on the show at all. I kept waiting for them to actually address the matter, but then they just moved on!

[Mina Cohen]

Thank you.

[belleofacadia]

agreed both of them are completely stepping around the issue its not women vs women here it's women who would like to see women of all colors involved. should be obvious to any educated person that transvestite is an offensive word.

[belleofacadia]

this is fucking sad and transphobic, glad i dont watch shows like this. Amy should go puke and then eat it and maybe more intelligent sounds would come out her mouth,

[Jude Watson]

wowww. white privilege much? and it's "transgender", not "transvestite." this was a truly unpleasant interview to watch.