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Hollywood = Exposed

posted 7 years ago by jackrt (206)
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I feel like this whole Weinstein case has caused a whole shitstorm in Hollywood.

Obviously it was no secret that sexual abuse in the Hollywood industry is rife. Just wondering if this will change anything, considering the amount of actors, male and female, who have come out against Weinstein.

It's not only exposed Weinstein for who he truly is, but exposed all the cover-ups, lies and control Hollywood has over it's people.

If only a couple of people spoke out, their career would no doubt be over and the case would never be talked about again. However, many big names have spoke out and i hope this makes a big change in Hollywood - women (and men) will hopefully speak out if stuff like this happens to them, preventing it from happening to other people, without the fear that they're life and career will be ruined.

You'd think Hollywood was a glamorous industry until you see how controlled and imprisoned their stars are. They need to get rid of all people in control who are exactly like Weinstein -
abusing their power to do awful things.

[–] BiffGG (662) 7 years ago

This kind of problem is all over America and all over the world. It captures more interest because of the people involved and the wealth controlled in this instance. It's not just a male abusing women. I had a female boss (good looking) conduct herself inappropriately with me. I had a female school teacher (decent looking) do something that would be considered in poor taste. As said in another recent post we all like to think of ourselves as these emotionally enlightened people but the truth is as a species humans on average tend to run on the primitive side with no exceptions as to race or ethnicity.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

GOP exposed as well. How many of those who bash "liberal Hollywood" also voted for admitted sexual harassment EXPERT Donald Trump?

[–] CountJohn (602) 7 years ago

Yep. If you're going to go after celebrities for being hypocrites for going after Trump when Weinstein did all of this stuff*, then cons would equally be hypocrites for defending Trump but going after Weinstein. Especially when you consider that holding a movie producer to a higher standard than the President of the United States makes no sense.

*although it's not clear how any people actually knew about this stuff before the story broke. It sounds like Affleck did and there were probably others, but Damon and Clooney's explanations seemed perfectly plausible to me. Now that it's public it's not like you've got a bunch of big stars defending him, though, which is more than you can say for cons and Trump.

[–] Prelude (1443) 7 years ago

It's good this is all coming out, but I just wish a similar shit storm could have happened much much earlier. There was no one to call-out this stuff and stand up for women in Hollywood for the last almost-100 years. People like Marilyn Monroe and even Judy Garland, had to put up with everything from groping to feeling they would be blacklisted for a career if they didn't submit to the casting couch. Marilyn, for one, was passed around like a blow-up doll, and since she was already a vulnerable woman coming from neglect and abuse in childhood, the abuse continued for her behind the scenes in Hollywood.

Natalie Wood was raped by Kirk Douglas but everyone and their cousin's pet dog covered that up and called it a lie just because they were in awe of Douglas, same deal as Weinstein.

I just wish today's type of whistleblowing had helped all those other generations of women.

[–] BiffGG (662) 7 years ago

It could have happened earlier but many put money and fame ahead of ethics. What Weinstein did was wrong but for me it is easier to shed a tear for the woman who has to go to work at an office, store, restaurant, factory, etc. as the choices for them are very few. For many working class women they unfortunately have to put up with it to feed the kids and pay the rent.. As indicated above in my prior post I put up with some minor harassment but my job was never threatened. As far as ethics go one of my proudest moments in my life was when a boss came up to chew me out about not selling a product and said I was too d*mn honest. No way I was going to pass something off as new when in fact it had been used and not just for a few minutes. Acts of honesty may or may not show up in the paycheck but the guilt of subduing honesty last for a long time after the misdeed has been done.

[–] Prelude (1443) 7 years ago

Shedding a tear for the Hollywood women doesn't automatically exclude shedding a tear for the "woman who has to go to work at an office, store, restaurant, factory, etc."

I am one of those women, rather than a Hollywood starlet. But this thread is explicitly about Weinstein and the casting couch situation he perpetuated to women seeking careers in that chosen field.

Just because I didn't mention how ordinary women can also be victim to this phenomenon, doesn't mean I think any less of our plight too -- I'm one of them.

[–] BiffGG (662) 7 years ago

That does not change the fact that these Hollywood women could have blown the whistle years ago even if meant taking one for the team. Their rational is no different than the banker who claims that they could do nothing on the behalf of the customer when the bank acts unethically. The bankers put their own interests ahead of the customer when they chose their paycheck over the customer's best interest.