The Screaming Silence of 'The Assistant'

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The Screaming Silence of 'The Assistant'
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.AssistantFilm stands apart from films like bombshellmovie because nothing is resolved. Because it's about harassment and exploitation of ordinary women.

The Assistant.

The film mirrors the silence of abuse—and instead of seeing the power wielded by Jane’s boss, his presence becomes exhaustive without his physical presence. As I left that evening, a female assistant pulled me towards the bathroom and said I should Google him—that she shouldn’t say anything. That was how I learned that he was a top executive, “by #MeToo,” offered a second chance that was likely his hundredth at a new and major production house, with power over all but one other white man. I wanted to quit, but could not quit and still graduate.

In one scene, Jane calls her mom from the office and tells her hours are long. Her mother says the first months are hard. Jane forgets her dad’s birthday, who over the phone says how proud he is of all that she’s doing.

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