Now movies get cultural consultants as Song producers call in experts to advise ... trends now
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First there were sensitivity readers, advising on whether a book might cause offence.
Then, came intimacy co-ordinators, to ensure sex scenes in films neither outrage audiences nor cause difficulties for the actors involved.
Now the latest innovation in these more sensitive times is the 'cultural consultant'.
They are being embraced by modern Hollywood to stamp out any insensitivities around ethnicity, faith and race.
Disney/Pixar is keen on them.
To give one example, its animation Soul, the story of a school teacher who dies suddenly while dreaming of achieving his ambition of being a jazz pianist, is reported to have had no fewer than 11 consultants, among them musicians Herbie Hancock and Marcus McLaurine.
Producers at Sony
