What’s needed for Hollywood to get back to work safely?
Director Dennie Gordon at home in Los Angeles. Like many others in the entertainment industry, Gordon is following the safer-at-home directive in response to the coronavirus.
Entertainment is a high-touch business. Production crews consist of hundreds of individuals crowding together in enclosed spaces. Actors interact with each other in even closer proximity, as do hair and makeup artists. Craft services are a communal activity, while writers huddle around a table in a small room. And grips and set designers pass equipment and props back and forth.