The text is signed by the actors Amy Schumer, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, as well as by celebrity producers like JJ Abrams (“Lost”), Shonda Rhimes (“Bridgerton”) and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.
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More than 200 American celebrities published an open letter on Monday, June 13, asking that films and series set an example in terms of gun violence. This text was written in response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school at the end of May, and to a previous deadly shooting in Buffalo. He’s signed by actors Amy Schumer, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo, as well as famed producers like JJ Abrams (“Lost”), Shonda Rhimes (“Bridgerton”), and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.
“Cultural attitudes about smoking, drinking and driving, seatbelt use, and marriage equality have all evolved in part through the influence of movies and television. It’s time to start with the dangers of firearms”, says this letter released by the Brady Campaign, an association calling for stricter firearms regulations in the United States. “We’re not asking everyone to stop showing guns on screen. We’re asking writers, directors and producers to pay attention to gun violence shown on screen and to promote safety in the handling of these weapons.
The films could, for example, show the characters in the process of locking the safety catch of their weapon. Teams could also try to find an alternative to guns in certain scenes without “harming the integrity of the narrative”. They point out that while guns are ubiquitous in shows and movies around the world, “Only America is experiencing such an epidemic of violence.”