>>Hollywood should just be renamed to...
...New Babylonistan?
There is nothing new under the Aten!
Posted on 10/25/2017 12:26:42 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Finally, the men of Hollywood are speaking about the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Perhaps they should reconsider.
George Clooney, who smugly comports himself as Hollywood’s moral authority, appeared on “Today” to voice his outrage. Keeping to his earlier, flimsy assertion that he knew next to nothing, Clooney then cast blame upon rumors of actress friends Weinstein bragged about bedding (“I didn’t really necessarily believe that, because to believe that would [be to] believe some bad things about actresses that I know and like, and I didn’t really buy into that”); the staffers who escorted actresses to meet with Weinstein; those who kept Weinstein’s secrets; and that old standby, the media.
“Whoever had that story and didn’t write it should be responsible,” Clooney said. “I want to know what kind of ad dollars were spent from the Weinstein Company and Miramax . . . I’m furious . . . I want to know who knew.”
Aside from the well-documented attempts by many media outlets to break this story over three decades, maybe Clooney need look no further than his friend Matt Damon. In 2004, apparently at Weinstein’s behest, Damon reportedly called a New York Times reporter to shut down an exposé about the mogul’s sexual predation. (Damon has denied knowing anything about the story’s content.)
In his initial statement two weeks ago, Damon expressed complete surprise. “This morning, I just feel absolutely sick to my stomach,” he told Deadline. “We know this stuff goes on in the world. I did five or six movies with Harvey. I never saw this.”
Note the clever wording: “I never saw this.” It’s almost Clintonian. Of course, Damon never saw anything — sexual assaults and rapes don’t generally occur in public.
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Bravo:) Got a good laugh at this one.
I wonder how many takes it took for them to get it right.
Hollywood should just be renamed to Hypocrite city.
People should assume that none of these women who were willingly ‘involved’ with Weinstein had anything romantic in mind when they serviced him because all the while they were self-serving in their quests for fame and fortune in Hollywood.
You mean they prostituted themselves? In Hollywood? No Way!
And they continue to dream that one day, they would be role models.
>>Hollywood should just be renamed to...
...New Babylonistan?
There is nothing new under the Aten!
Clooney wouldn’t accept such lame answers if it was from a political opponent. He’s a hypocrite.
That ending combined with the waterfall down of content NAILS the hypocrisy and untethered judgmental, self serving arrogance of Hollywood.
SNL if it were funny, would have these celebs talking in a news conference decrying the assaults and abuse and behind them you see women being groped by Lorne Michaels and others.
FTA: Clooney and Damon, meanwhile, are speaking up because they have no choice. They’re on a promotional tour for their new movie “Suburbicon,” all about the false promises and hypocrisies of small-town, unsophisticated America.
Hollywood, after all, loves nothing more than preaching to our naivete.
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