Michael Chabon: Pay to Play in Hollywood

Michael Chabon recently learned that people in Hollywood don't play nice, and if you are going to be in the game, you're gonna get hurt.  Michael spent 20 years working with Scott Rudin, a huge Hollywood producer responsible for a ton of your favorite TV programs, movies, and Broadway shows.  Scott was also responsible for throwing things at staff, calling people names, forcing people out of cars, forcing people to work insane hours, screaming to the point that staff would have panic attacks, and one person's mental collapse.  Scott was mean, vindictive, and spiteful.  He was hated by everyone - but he produced hits and made money and in the end that's all that counts!  Michael Chabon had heard all of this but turned a blind eye (like everyone else in Hollywood).  Until something happened that caused Michael to take a step back and really look at who he'd been working with all these years, and he didn't like what he saw.  He penned an apology that is at the heart of this week's episode, alongside Scott's sort of apology