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52 CINEMONTAGE / Q2 2018 shootings — and of African-American men in particular. A lot of people probably thought, "Oh, we don't need to see another one of those shows." But those things need to be talked about, and if putting something like that on TV can get the conversation going, or keep the conversation going, then that's what we need to do. The only way that these kind of things can be resolved is if we start talking about them. CM: You edited three of the series' "hours," including Hour 6, "The Fire This Time," which was directed by the late Jonathan Demme and premiered at Sundance in 2017. What was it like working with him? JG: When I saw in the schedule that I was going to be working with Jonathan Demme, of course I was very excited. It was a single-camera show with lots of handhelds. I guess you could call it more documentary-style filming, and they shot on location in North Carolina. He wasn't able to join me for the editing; after his shoot, he went back to New York. I don't know if it was because of his health at the time that he didn't come in, but we worked together via Skype, and it was great. One of the compliments I got from him was that he was so impressed and amazed at how quickly I was able to put all this footage [from an intense riot sequence] together in such a way that he could basically just sit back and fine-tune what he actually shot for that incredible sequence. CM: You're also the lead editor on the second season of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why… JG: I was in the lead editor position on 13 Reasons Why, Season 2. I cut episodes 1, 2, 7, 8 and 13, the finale. However, I did not give notes on the episodes I did not cut, like I do now on Love Is_ _. I worked with some great editors, Philip Harrison and Sue Blainey; also, Leo Trombetta helped me out on the finale. He and I actually had worked together on Carnivale. CM: The first season of 13 Reasons Why stirred a lot of controversy as it addressed teen suicide, bullying, drunk driving and rape in an explicit way. As a result, Season 2 airs a warning video before the episodes. What were some of the challenges of editing this series? JG: 13 Reasons Why has a lot going on. Remember high school? There were fun times and bad times. This particular series puts it all out there, and there are some tough things to watch in the second season, for sure. And there were some tough things for me to edit. CM: Tell me about those things. JG: Even though Season 2 dropped on May 18, I don't want to give away any spoilers — but this is what I can tell you. I read the script for episode 13 the night it was sent out. There's a scene in which one of the characters is bullied in the bathroom at school. It was hard to read; very, very disturbing. 13 Reasons Why. Netflix