Rape, sexual assault and harassment in the entertainment industry

[Wilf]

What a strange thing to say.

Weinstein is apparently a sexual predator. Predators get away with preying on the weak and vulverable. It's what they do. Their ability to seperate the vulnerable from the strong is what gives them longevity.

Judi Dench or Meryl Streep would have given him short shrift. He would be keenly aware of that and would have altered his behaviour accordingly. A shark like him has has to be able to swim in a sea of 'respectability'. Otherwise his 'career' as a letch would be short-lived.

The notion that he would have behaved in the same way to all women is simply juvenile.

I'm not sure the notion that some women weren't abused because they were 'strong' is very helpful. Yes, he might possibly have made such calculations, we don't know, but I don't think we should. I might be genuinely misreading your post, so I'm not steaming in, just asking what you meant?

 

[killer b]

This has been going on since the dawn of cinema. Famously even James Dean was a victim of the casting couch in order to get the roles he needed.

It's a well documented thing in Hollywood history as a cursory Google of "Hollywood casting couch" will show you.

In fact, two of cinema's greatest geniuses, Hitchcock and Chaplin, were both terrible perverts where actresses were concerned.

Hopefully the fact it's all blown up now will put a stop to it for once and for all.

It won't, because it's not a Hollywood thing. It goes on everywhere that men have power over women.

So, everywhere.

 

[Casually Red]

The prosecutors had audio tape of him admitting to one of his victims he'd sexually assaulted her , cops put a wire on her after she went to them and he admitted the sexual assault , caught on tape bang to rights .
Fuck all done .

Prosecutors defend 2015 Weinstein decision

New York Times also "gutted" their own reporters story on his antics .

Matt Damon denies 'killing' Weinstein story

Nowt to do with him having any powerful friends though .

 

[Borp]

He has an honorary OBE.

 

[Casually Red]

He has an honorary OBE.

Pity it's not a real one .






One behind the ear

 

[Casually Red]

You can imagine huge swathes of Hollywood getting sucked into this, now the seal has been broken. Hope so.

Ben Affleck apologises for groping Hilarie Burton in 2003

This is the incident here, totally brazen .



I actually didn't mind him as Hollywood types go . But that was well sleazy . Didn't mind Damon either but I can't suspend my disbelief as to his ignorance of Weinsteins reputation .

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

He has an honorary OBE.

CBE

So Weinstein is a pretty typical abuser then? Charming and charismatic towards people he considers his peers, very much not that with those he considers his prey.

 

[Plumdaff]

It won't, because it's not a Hollywood thing. It goes on everywhere that men have power over women.

So, everywhere.

Let's broaden it even further, whenever there is a large disparity in power, some of the powerful will be enabled to sexually abuse the powerless.

 

[ViolentPanda]

What a strange thing to say.

Weinstein is apparently a sexual predator. Predators get away with preying on the weak and vulverable. It's what they do. Their ability to seperate the vulnerable from the strong is what gives them longevity.

Judi Dench or Meryl Streep would have given him short shrift. He would be keenly aware of that and would have altered his behaviour accordingly. A shark like him has has to be able to swim in a sea of 'respectability'. Otherwise his 'career' as a letch would be short-lived.

The notion that he would have behaved in the same way to all women is simply juvenile.

Bit of a Freudian slip there!

 

[trashpony]

Rose Macgowan has had her twitter account suspended for telling sleazeball Affleck to fuck off: Rose McGowan suspended from Twitter after Ben Affleck tweets

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Rose Macgowan has had her twitter account suspended for telling sleazeball Affleck to fuck off: Rose McGowan suspended from Twitter after Ben Affleck tweets

Disgraceful ..... They suspend her for her truth....
And they can't suspend Trump..... For his lies....
World gone mad.


Eta....twitter is shit

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Every newspaper has a team of self-declared 'Hollywood Insider' showbiz journalists. Either they knew or they are incompetent.

 

[Pickman's model]

Rose Macgowan has had her twitter account suspended for telling sleazeball Affleck to fuck off: Rose McGowan suspended from Twitter after Ben Affleck tweets

 

[Pickman's model]

Every newspaper has a team of self-declared 'Hollywood Insider' showbiz journalists. Either they knew or they are incompetent.

or they're not insiders at all, the name's just there to give the impression of authority

 

[Pickman's model]

Let's broaden it even further, whenever there is a large disparity in power, some of the powerful will be enabled to sexually abuse the powerless.

wherever there are powerful and powerless people that will be the case, power corrupts.

 

[Thora]

This is the incident here, totally brazen .



I actually didn't mind him as Hollywood types go . But that was well sleazy . Didn't mind Damon either but I can't suspend my disbelief as to his ignorance of Weinsteins reputation .

I expect half the men in Hollywood are shitting themselves right now.

 

[kebabking]

wherever there are powerful and powerless people that will be the case, power corrupts.

Power corrupts, and absolute power is pretty cool...

 

[Casually Red]

I expect half the men in Hollywood are shitting themselves right now.

Squeaky bum time for more than a few I'm sure .

 

[Casually Red]

Every newspaper has a team of self-declared 'Hollywood Insider' showbiz journalists. Either they knew or they are incompetent.

Or if they opened their mouths they'd be frozen out of the scene and no longer insiders . The star studded bash that gave Roman Polanski a standing ovation..and an Oscar...give an impression they look after their own . The NYT gutted a previous attempt by one of their journalists to expose this . Their own publications most likely wouldn't publish or support them .

 

[Idaho]

wherever there are powerful and powerless people that will be the case, power corrupts.

Power attracts the corruptible. It's a magnet for psychotic personalities.

 

[Pickman's model]

Power attracts the corruptible. It's a magnet for psychotic personalities.

we are all corruptible, chuck

 

[Idaho]

we are all corruptible, chuck

Could be an interesting discussion. Does every man have a price for everything?

 

[Pickman's model]

Could be an interesting discussion. Does every man have a price for everything?

sexist pig

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Presumably they knew. Getting the news out might have been the difficulty. But, as Casually Red said, that supposes that the 'showbiz insiders' even wanted to break the news and upset their cosy apple-cart of press previews and 'exclusives'.

More on breaking the story

How Top NBC Executives Quashed The Bombshell Harvey Weinstein Story | HuffPost

 

[Idaho]

sexist pig

What would be your price for a sexy pig?

 

[killer b]

I'd imagine showbiz journos mostly didn't bother breaking the story because it's totally commonplace behaviour, in their own newsrooms as much as Hollywood.

 

[TomUS]

I'd imagine showbiz journos mostly didn't bother breaking the story because it's totally commonplace behaviour, in their own newsrooms as much as Hollywood.

It also wasn't considered much of a story because few outside the showbiz world had ever heard of Weinstein.

 

[killer b]

Nonsense. He's one of the most well known producers in the business, and has been for two decades.

 

[Casually Red]

It also wasn't considered much of a story because few outside the showbiz world had ever heard of Weinstein.

Walrus bollocks . Even I knew he was Tom !!

 

[TomUS]

Walrus bollocks . Even I knew he was Tom !!

The name was somewhat familiar to me but I didn't know who he was. He isn't a star like Cosby or O'Reilly.