Talking Simpsons - The Susie Dietter Interview
Added 2022-09-07 04:01:01 +0000 UTCHere's big treat for listeners this week as we briefly shift from our standard style to post two brand new interviews! Our first is with Susie Dietter, a legend of The Simpsons, Futurama, and modern animation in general. Susie joined The Simpsons in season 2, directed classics like Radioactive Man and Grade School Confidential, plus Futurama eps like Godfellas, AND she was the first woman to ever direct an episode of The Simpsons. Learn all about that milestone moment and so much more in this honest, illuminating discussion with this talented artist!
And be sure to stay tuned for another new interview on Friday!
Comments
Thank you so much for the frank interview, with a talented artist who proves once again that the "Golden Age" wasn't so golden. As you move away from the Harvard inner-circle-jerk and the longstanding wrists still in the Simpsons' employ (!), you're gonna find out more and more that industry vets really have come to hate this show. (Not saying Susie's interview was this - but the pendulum definitely swung with it.) Someone commented on an old post here that I wanna fight the whole industry - I guess someone of Dietter's stature having to peddle for work isn't an indicator of why... (Susie is credited on the disastrous Larry Doyle Looney Tunes shorts. Understandable that blurred in her memory.)
Thad Komorowski
2022-09-08 23:06:16 +0000 UTCNot discounting the "I'm not taking orders from a GIRL" factor, but age could be another factor. She wasn't even 30 when she started directing. Generation gap is very real.
Thad Komorowski
2022-09-08 23:01:01 +0000 UTCHehe I think Bob spoiled Friday's interview while they were interviewing Susie
PurpleComet
2022-09-07 23:54:05 +0000 UTCamazing interview
mavrick
2022-09-07 22:26:23 +0000 UTCSome people internalize gender stereotypes on a very deep level (such as "taking orders from a woman makes you less of a man").
Dave Dalrymple
2022-09-07 12:20:03 +0000 UTCVery interesting and of course sad to hear Susie recount the sexism of the working environment. I can "understand" sexual harassment, not excuse it, but understand it – I mean, someone is horny, attracted to someone, and can't flirt or appropriately engage in the social dance of sexual attraction at work. That's "understandable". But what I never get is the irritation at having a woman in a leadership position. I just don't understand how that is a problem for some. But I guess it is?
Hampus Bystrom
2022-09-07 08:17:32 +0000 UTC
