Posted on 10/12/2017 2:29:04 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Emma Thompson is joining a chorus of famous actresses condemning Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the many allegations of sexual assault and harassment leveled against him.
Thompson, who starred in a handful of films produced by Weinstein’s company, including 2008′s “Brideshead Revisited,” said she had no previous knowledge of his actions, but is not entirely surprised.
“I didn’t know about these things, but they don’t surprise me at all and they’re endemic to the system anyway,” Thompson told BBC Newsnight. “What I find sort of extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg.”
“I don’t think you can describe him as a sex addict,” she continued. “He’s a predator. But what he’s, as it were, [at] the top of the ladder of is a system of harassment and belittling and bullying, and interference.”
Later in the interview, when journalist Emily Maitlis pressed Thompson on whether she believed there were others within the film industry that have committed similar acts, the “Beauty and the Beast” actress dropped this piece of knowledge.
“Of course. Many. Maybe not to that degree,” she responded. “Do they have to all be as bad as him to make it count? Does it only count if you really have done it to loads and loads and loads of women? Or does it count if you do it to one woman, once?”
Thompson added, “I think the latter.”
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I wonder if Emma, like Dame Judi Dench, has a tattoo of Harvey on her rear end.
I did like her stuff up to that point.
Today Kate Bekenseal said he confronted her when she was 17.
Gee, thanks for the link, but I think I will choose NOT to click on the HuffPo link to retrieve some more hollywood celeb fecal matter. I wonder how much revenue you generated for HuffPo with that link?
Women have decided that now is the time to take over Hollywood.
Who can blame them?
Elijah Wood and Corey Feldman blew the lid on this years ago.
John Travolta and Emma Thompson as the Bill and Hillary Clinton (name changed to "Stanton") in the 1998 movie Primary Colors.
Or many more Bill Clintons and Bill Cosbys.
How could we out here in flyover country know?
All these poor victims and heroes were all so kissy-kissy with him over the last 2 decades.
Producer Brian Singer is safe because he's gay, little boys or not.
Some justice is required but usually the best our warped and imperfect civilization comes up with is some variation on a witch hunt.
They will witch hunt for sexual predators in Hollywood like the UK has been witch hunting for child molestors in the wake of the “Jimmy Saville Affair”.
Real or imagined or exaggerated cases driven by revenge will crop up if the trend continues.
Militant humanistic secular feminism is not compatible with reasonable discussion and proper justice to remedy wrongs.
Religious fanaticism with its humanistic legalism falls short as well.
They did, but they didn’t name names.
They need to run those people out of the business.
It’d probably help programming a lot, if they did.
Oh yeah?
Well I think the sun will rise in the East tomorrow.
Ya think? Heck, we had one in the oral office for eight years.
Joss Whedon
New accusation against amazon
Militant humanistic secular feminism is not compatible with reasonable discussion and proper justice to remedy wrongs.
Quote of the Day.
Due process to all accused. or else this becomes ugly very fast.
Seems to me that Weinstein was doing the same thing as Bill Clinton, i.e., using his position and power to get sex.
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