What the Casting Couch Looks Like in the Digital Age

What the Casting Couch Looks Like in the Digital Age

Kleiner had noticed that Paige’s office lacked that most metaphorically laden of furniture items—a couch—and Paige had explained its absence in decidedly optimistic terms. The casting couch, as a metonym for sexual exploitation in the entertainment industry, lives on because the exploitation itself lives on. On Monday, WarnerMedia announced the departure of Kevin Tsujihara, the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, following the revelation of a years-long series of text messages the executive had exchanged with the British actor Charlotte Kirk.