John and Craig welcome back Rachel Bloom (co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) to talk about songwriting–both the creative process and the business of writing songs for film and television.
We also discuss a new report about sexual harassment in Hollywood and ageism in the industry.
Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members, John and Rachel talk about revivals.
Links:
* [The Hollywood Commission](https://www.hollywoodcommission.org/)
* [Anita Hill’s Commission Launching Industry-Wide Platform to Report Sexual Harassment in Hollywood](https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/anita-hill-sexual-harassment-survey-hollywood-entertainment-industry-1234786141/)
* [WGA West Career Longevity Committee Demands “Inclusion And Equity” For Older Writers](https://deadline.com/2020/09/wga-west-career-longevity-committee-demands-inclusion-and-equity-for-older-writers-1234588890/)
* [List of Academy Award for Best Director winners by age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award_for_Best_Director_winners_by_age)
* [Ages of Top Grossing Screenwriters](https://stephenfollows.com/how-old-are-hollywood-screenwriters/) and [Directors](https://stephenfollows.com/how-old-are-hollywood-directors/)
* [Boys in the Band on Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/watch/81000365?source=35)
* [Follow comedian Demi Adejuyigbe on Twitter](https://twitter.com/electrolemon)
* [Let Go or Be Dragged](https://powerofted.com/let-go-or-be-dragged-3/)
* [Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!](https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast)
* [Rachel Bloom](https://twitter.com/Racheldoesstuff) on Twitter
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
* Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/471standard.mp3).
**UPDATE 10-8-2020** The transcript for this episode can now be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2020/scriptnotes-episode-471-sing-what-you-cant-say-transcript).