Posted on 10/18/2017 2:41:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Director Kevin Smith said that he will donate future residuals from his films that were produced or distributed by Harvey Weinstein to Women in Film, a nonprofit organization supporting female filmmakers.
Smith, who has directed many films with Weinstein connections, including “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy” and his 1994 directorial debut “Clerks,” got emotional while speaking about the allegations against the veteran Hollywood producer during the recent edition of his podcast, “Hollywood Babble-On.”
“My entire career is tied up with the man. Everything I did in the beginning has his name on it,” Smith said, adding that he “spent many years lionizing and telling stories” about Weinstein.
Miramax famously purchased “Clerks” after Weinstein saw the low-budget indie at the Sundance Film Festival. The studio also hired famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz to appeal the film’s initial NC-17 rating, and the Motion Picture Association of America changed the rating to an R.
“It’s been a weird f—ing week,” Smith told his co-host Ralph Garman and a live audience at the Improv in Hollywood. “I just wanted to make some X movies, that’s it. That’s why I came. That’s why I made ‘Clerks.’ And no X movie is worth all this. Like, my entire career – X, take it, it’s wrapped up in something really X horrible.”
The podcast episode, taped Friday, followed a week of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein, who was fired from the Weinstein Co., the film studio he co-founded. On Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expelled the producer.
“I’m not looking for sympathy. I know it’s not my fault. But I didn’t X help because I sat out there talking about this man like he was a hero and like he was my friend and like he was my father and sh- like that,” Smith
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>>I disagree. Those residuals are probably a big part of his income, and he didn’t have to do this.
He didn’t DO anything yet. He virtue signaled when the heat is on and when this blows over in a few months, he can repurpose those donations to a foundation he sets up in his name...like every other douchebag who wants a tax shelter and a press release.
If he follows through it’s not just virtue signaling. I doubt we’ll know, it’s unlikely anybody will check on it and report.
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