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The cultural community demands the return of La faille

Voices from the cultural community rise to bring La faille back to Club illico. Videotron’s decision to withdraw the series due to allegations of sexual harassment and physical assault against Maripier Morin would injure its artisans.

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This is indicated in a joint press release from the Association des Réalisateurs et Réalatrices du Québec (ARRQ), the Society of Radio, Television and Cinema Authors (SARTEC) and the Alliance québécoise des technicians et techniciennes de l’image and sound (AQTIS), which will be released on Thursday evening.

“Removing from the air works like La faille penalizes not only their audience, but all those involved in their creation, production and dissemination. Such withdrawals are unjust and disproportionate, ”underline the groups, after having mentioned that they salute the courage of the victims who speak out and denounce wrongdoing.

“It is useless to make other collateral victims by removing from the air works of fiction in which these individuals play a role,” we read.

The statement also mentioned a rumor that the next season would be canceled.

An injustice

ARRQ president Gabriel Pelletier, on the phone, spoke of an injustice.

“The public is capable of distinguishing things between the work and the individual. It is unfair to penalize all artisans who participated in a series because of a person’s misconduct. ”

Mr. Pelletier wants to encourage Videotron executives to bring La faille back to Club illico, especially since it is a popular and critical success. “They are in a difficult position, concedes the president of the ARRQ. We are certain that they did not withdraw the series of gaiety of heart. We want to tell them that we are behind them if they want to reverse their decision. ”

Artists on Twitter also decried the withdrawal for the same reasons. Among them, let us point out Guy A. Lepage, André Robitaille and Marina Orsini.

Evoked return

In an email sent to the Journal, Videotron indicated that it acted responsibly by suspending content featuring Maripier Morin, as did Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec and Bell Media. However, the company claims to be aware of the work of artisans and assesses, depending on the evolution of things, “the right moment to reintegrate certain content, including La faille”.

Culture of cancellation

The withdrawal of all the programs in which Maripier Morin participated, including La faille, participates in the movement called “cancel culture” (in French, “the culture of cancellation”), which consists in erasing all traces of a personality who committed wrongdoing.

“The companies that partner with artists are very happy to take advantage of their visibility, but when things go wrong, it’s safe to say”, summarizes the director of the UQAM Media School, Pierre Barrette.

According to Mr. Barrette, this phenomenon is taking on an unprecedented scale this year.

“The trend is really on the whistleblower side, which is not necessarily a bad thing considering that it has long served to protect the attackers. It’s like a return from the pendulum. ”

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