FromScandaltoUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, numerous television shows have started to address the #MeToo movementand inappropriate workplace conduct. Though theNew York Times‘ Harvey Weinstein story that launched the movement hadn’t yet dropped whenYoungerseason 4ended in September, the show quickly found a way to address thecurrent cultural climate.
“I don’t think we were always going to go in that direction, but I think that our show does such a good job of grabbing current events and peppering it through the show in a lighthearted way,”Hilary Dufftold PEOPLE duringYounger‘s New York City press day in April. “Obviously #MeToo and Time’s Up is not light hearted, and it’s handled in such a classy way on the show.”
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“We have the perfect setup on the show with Edward L.L. Moore and how inappropriate he’s been with Liza in past seasons,” said Duff, 30. “It was right there for us and we took it. Things didn’t go too far, but he really gets served.”
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The new season, which premieres Tuesday night, will also further explore LGBTQ themes throughMolly Bernard‘s pansexual character, Lauren.
“You know Lauren, how unspoken she is and how free she is about her sexual orientation. She’s always educating us, which is great because our characters are not as immersed in that world,” said the mom of son Luca, 6. “She has this scene where she’s talking about her assistant as ‘they’ and it’s all very confusing to us, so she educates us on why she’s referring to him as a ‘they.’ ”
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source: people.com
