[Enchante]

Now many questions arise about how they will handle other cases.... Roman Polanski and Woody Allen come to mind immediately, and of course there may be many gradations from the most criminal to the more stereotypical "casting couch" variations (some of which may be criminal, some of which may be consensual but still contemptible).

[rktman]

Probably 90% of them could be eligible for expulsion.

[EnglishOnly]

OH Nooooo...... Mr Bill. Not that!

[righttackle44]

But . . . but don't you all know who Harvey Weinstein is?

[Sacajaweau]

And all the women that shut their mouth so they could make lotsa, lotsa money have promised to give all the monies ever earned because of Weinstein to charity.

[Rastus]

He’s stripped enough!

[Veto!]

Let The Stripping Begin. I my mind’s eye, I see a foot of topsoil and everything on it being stripped from Hollywood, Burbank, and the entire Malibu coast. Then perhaps the Culture Rotters will be gone. Or at least inconvenienced.

[Pravious]

Cool.

Now find all the whores who DIDN’T say no to Harvey in order to further their careers and kick them out of Hollywood, too.

[a fool in paradise]

How many Communists did they ever expell?

[Billthedrill]

I really didn’t need to see “Harvey Weinstein” and “Stripped” in the same headline. The mental image conjured up may be irreparable.

[MtnClimber]

The majority of the academy are probably just as bad, just not outed yet.

[Terry Mross]

Either Weinstein is the only predator in Hollywood OR every boss in America is a predator.

[CodeToad]

So, how about expelling those that knew but said nothing??

[Fiddlstix]

[neverevergiveup]

Yes. Weinstein is contemptible, but he is in good company in Hollywood, and hasn't gone to trial. They ignored Woody Allen. They ignored Cosby (and drugging women), they ignored Bill Clinton (yes, I know he's not in the Academy - but I still think it's relevant). Those are just a few that we know about. To be honest, I hope that with new technology it won't be necessary to have big studios to produce and distribute movies, and that talent and creativity will then become the most important factors.

[jdsteel]

I’m sure that they will have an exhaustive search for other offenders. Just like O.J. Simpson looking for the real killer!

[mort56]

Well there you go! He might as well simply slit his wrists. Is there any more damaging thing than being thrown out of the Motion Picture Academy? Then again is there anything more pathetic than people who actually believe membership in this organization means more than snot?

These people are sad.

[Da Coyote]

Is the expulsion for one or two weeks?
After all, this is the least classy of the classless.

[Getready]

Deeply troubling to movie industry means jail or revenge or severe justice in other parts outside of hollywood. Mostly, a bunch of self worshipping back stabbin severe bad parenting result attention deprived drug modified phonies...please ignore almost everything they do or say..

[Neoliberalnot]

OH my gosh, I bet that hurt.

[dfwgator]

It’s a start......keep going.....