RadioOnFire.com - Amidst the wave of consciousness towards gender equality that has been prevailing in the entertainment industry over the past year, much of the talk leading up to the 60th Grammy Awards show had to do with how visible the #MeToo and #TimesUp presence might be on music's biggest night.
But while many of the artists on hand were seen donning white roses in support of such movements as they crossed the Red Carpet, only one of the nine major awards presented on the night went to a woman. And the statement that Recording Academy president Neil Portnow gave in response to questions as to how that could be so, is only leading to greater backlash.
"I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and their souls - who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on an executive level - to step up, because I think they would be welcome," Portnow is quoted as having told reporters after the ceremony.
Alessia Cara, 21, was the lone female artist viewers got to see take one of the coveted Grammy trophies home. She was very outspoken on #MeToo and #TimesUp in interviews backstage, but with the exclusion of Lorde (the only woman in the Album Of The Year category) from the night's performances - having already left a bitter taste in the mouths of many - that wouldn't prove enough. Thus, much of the talk in the hours that have passed since the award points to a dilemma in terms of how women are being valued for their work in the industry.
Source: usatoday.com
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