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Woody Allen Thinks He ‘Should Be the Poster Boy for the Me Too Movement
Variety ^ | June 4, 2018 | Kirsten Chuba

Posted on 06/04/2018 12:39:55 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Despite being the subject of criticism in the Me Too era, Woody Allen believes he should be the “poster boy” for the women’s movement because no actresses have accused him of any wrongdoings.

In a new interview with Argentinian news outlet Periodismo Para Todos, the director says he’s a “big advocate of the Me Too movement,” and goes on to explain, “I should be the poster boy for the Me Too movement. Because I have worked in movies for 50 years. I’ve worked with hundreds of actresses and not a single one — big ones, famous ones, ones starting out — have ever ever suggested any kind of impropriety at all. I’ve always had a wonderful record with them.” Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow has publicly alleged for years that he sexually abused her as a child, which Allen has repeatedly denied. In the interview, Allen also says that “any situation where anyone is accused of something unjustly, this is a sad thing.”

He stressed that it bothers him to get compared to abusers like Harvey Weinstein.

“People who have been accused by 20 women, 50 women, 100 women of abuse and abuse and abuse — and I, who was only accused by one woman in a child custody case which was looked at and proven to be untrue, I get lumped in with these people,” Allen said. The claims against the filmmaker were investigated in the early ’90s and he was later cleared.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: harveyweinstein; hollywood; itsanewyorkthing; lornemichaels; metoo; woodyallen
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Say what?!
1 posted on 06/04/2018 12:39:55 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Woody Allen said the 80% of life is showing up. But he should of said that the other 20% was shutting up.


2 posted on 06/04/2018 12:41:42 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall. Deport them All.)
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To: EdnaMode

Poster Boy for #MyAdoptedDadToo...


3 posted on 06/04/2018 12:42:03 PM PDT by Gman
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To: VRW Conspirator; raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON

These pretzels .... are making me thirsty.


4 posted on 06/04/2018 12:47:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Gman

there are a couple folks here that defend him for the Soon Yi nonsense.


5 posted on 06/04/2018 12:47:39 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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To: EdnaMode

What’s he talking about? He is the poster boy of the me too movement.


6 posted on 06/04/2018 12:47:55 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cults.)
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To: EdnaMode

What an ego this sicko has.


7 posted on 06/04/2018 12:48:08 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: EdnaMode

More like Pedo movement.


8 posted on 06/04/2018 12:50:30 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SaveFerris; raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; Army Air Corps; FredZarguna; PROCON
These pretzels .... are making me thirsty.

No No No, all wrong, you need to say it like this:

"These pretzels, are making me thirsty"

9 posted on 06/04/2018 12:50:32 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: KC_Lion; SaveFerris

These pretzels are making me TOO thirsty!


10 posted on 06/04/2018 12:52:07 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: EdnaMode; Lazamataz

Woody Allen is elderly and probably thinks #METOO means “Pound Me Too”


11 posted on 06/04/2018 12:52:41 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: KC_Lion; Larry Lucido

These pretzels are, making ME thirsty!

They FOOLED me, Jerry!

You have to hit “Fooled” more!

Did you take the raisins?


12 posted on 06/04/2018 12:56:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s interesting that a few of his onscreen girlfriends happened to be also be sleeping with him, off camera.


13 posted on 06/04/2018 1:03:08 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: EdnaMode

Let’s put aside the allegations of child molestation for a minute.

There is no denying that he had nude pictures of his 20/21 year old step daughter in the early 1990s. He then developed a sexual relationship with her — his step daughter. He thinks there is nothing wrong with any of that.

That is not the resume of someone who should be a hero of the “Me Too” movement. The man is delusional.


14 posted on 06/04/2018 1:09:21 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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“Woody Allen Thinks He ‘Should Be the Poster Boy for the Me Too Movement”

Well, since BJ Clinton also just said pretty much the same thing, WAllen feels he deserves it just as much.

Sorry, Wood. BJ’s the much bigger d*ck.


15 posted on 06/04/2018 1:12:28 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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He then developed a sexual relationship with her — his step daughter.

Allen wasn't her stepfather. Andre Previn was her stepfather. Woody Allen was her mother's boyfriend. He was never married to Mia Farrow

This is not a justification of what he did. But getting the facts right is never a bad thing.

16 posted on 06/04/2018 1:25:50 PM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Sorry..Previn was her adopted father.


17 posted on 06/04/2018 1:26:58 PM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: EdnaMode

Heard on NBC: they had or were going to have Billy Clinton speak on behalf of the metoo movement.


18 posted on 06/04/2018 1:55:19 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: EdnaMode

Except for Mia Farrow! Jeez!

Mark


19 posted on 06/04/2018 2:32:38 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: EdnaMode

He has a point in regard to adult women. Woody’s problems were with underage girls.


20 posted on 06/04/2018 2:44:28 PM PDT by Kazan
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