Kurt Sutter fired by FX for being "An Abrasive D*ck"
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...e-dick-1248492




I put this in the Mayans MC 2nd season thread, but I know very very few people watch it, so it's probably going to go unnoticed or ignored.

If you are reading this thread just because it's "New" and have no clue who he is, he's married Katey Sagal and is the creator of the long-running FX show "Sons of Anarchy" and the currently airing "Mayans MC"

Let's just say he's not really well liked in the TV creative community.

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At least he recognized that being fired for a dick is on brand.

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So what exactly are the complaints? Personally, I never got into Sons of Anarchy or this new show.

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I had heard that he was taking a step back from the show and wouldn't be involved in future seasons a few weeks ago.

Didn't know he'd end up fired for taking that step back though.

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I heard he was fired via a 10 minute song sung by Peggy Bundy to the tune of Greensleeves.

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He wasn't fired for taking a step back. As the original article states, HR received multiple complaints about him.

In 2019, there is a zero tolerance now for treating your employees like shit. TV is notorious for egomaniac producers with abrasive management styles.

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I didn't mean to infer that was the sole reason, but if you read the statement it does actually state some of those complaints were about him stepping back.

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Personally, i don't care about the on set dramas. More than half the people in Hollywood are egotical dicks

I'm more worried that this kills the plans for future SOA spin offs

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I think Hollywood takes itself a biiiiit too seriously and thinks their work is important. Love the entertainment they provide but they're not advancing society or making the world a better place.

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There are people like that in every field, some people actually take whatever work they're doing seriously as to turn in a competent final product and keep their job.

Not sure what Sutter's excuse was for the last couple seasons of SoA though.

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:lol:

Probably more so at Disney than other places, too. If Fox still owned FX, it may not have happened. Disney has shown a willingness to cut ties even when your output is still making a shit ton of money. If your comet has faded & cooled like Sutter's, they will definitely cut ties.

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Not surprising. From what I've read and heard about him, I never came away with the feeling that he was a good person -- let alone even a nice person for that matter.

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Maybe he should run for President. I agree with the sentiment that Hollywood takes itself a bit too seriously. Also, who are the holding the top dogs responsible if they are the "dicks?"

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I never watched Mayans but in SoA guys that followed Jax would make no money, have everyone they loved killed, not live to see 40, and constantly tell him what a good job he is doing. I assume this was his idealized reality.

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I do think Disney are going to treat Fox products as second class citizens

It's like when WWE took over WCW, all of the WCW wrestlers had to job to the WWE wrestlers or get out the door

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Or maybe, just maybe, Disney doesn't put up with the shit that other networks have been allowing creative talent to get away with forever.

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Apparently Sutter's production deal with FOX TV is unaffected by his firing. So he can theoretically still develop and pitch shows, but whether a network actually wants to do business with him is another story. FX obviously won't.

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Soooo....he can work for Smackdown?

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Damn that's right. I keep forgetting the strange things Disney owns and what Fox still controls and didn't give to Disney. Fox still owns their FS1 and the network TV station but not FX and FXX. But yet Disney owns the stuff airing on Fox like Family Guy, Simpsons, etc.

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He still has a development deal with 20th Century FOX TV, which is a totally separate entity from the networks. They are the production company division. So he can feasibly develop and pitch a show to AMC, TNT or one of the premium networks. Highly unlikely he would work with network TV. But considering his reputation, it's probably unlikely someone will even take a meeting with him.

Once his deal runs out, he's officially unemployed.

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As long as you're not a piece of shit you have nothing to worry about.

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