Hollywood only steps up under pressure, so spare us the star-splaining on morality
"In fact, Hollywood’s leading lights cheered such men. Meryl Streep gave convicted child rapist Roman Polanski a standing ovation at the 2003 Oscars. In 2012, the Golden Globes honored Woody Allen, a man credibly accused of molesting his own seven-year-old step-daughter, with a lifetime achievement award. Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy ran a joke about baby Stewie running naked screaming across the screen, shouting, “Help! I’ve escaped from Kevin Spacey’s basement!” Famed actress Jean Arthur, star of films including “Shane,” told author Joseph McBride that she quit the industry rather than deal with the molestation from studio head Harry Cohn; she even says she planned to murder him before quitting. Marilyn Monroe told a young Joan Collins that producers were like “wolves.” And modern actresses talked for years about the predations of figures like Harvey Weinstein. But nobody did anything. Nobody said anything.
"Spare us the self-righteous lectures. And try setting some standards for yourselves before you tell us all about how we’re the barriers between women and respect." Ben Shapiro
"Yes, the town that brought you the casting couch and the X-rated film now proclaims that it is the leading edge on behalf of female empowerment. All it took was the worst scandal in modern Hollywood history to make that happen.
"A few short months ago, Hollywood had nothing to say about the sexual abuse of women in the industry. Hollywood is a visual medium, and that means that powerful men in the industry have treated beautiful women as objects for their play and pleasure for literally decades.
YOU DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE. YOU ONLY SAID SOMETHING WHEN YOU WERE CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN, LITERALLY.
"In fact, Hollywood’s leading lights cheered such men. Meryl Streep gave convicted child rapist Roman Polanski a standing ovation at the 2003 Oscars. In 2012, the Golden Globes honored Woody Allen, a man credibly accused of molesting his own seven-year-old step-daughter, with a lifetime achievement award. Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy ran a joke about baby Stewie running naked screaming across the screen, shouting, “Help! I’ve escaped from Kevin Spacey’s basement!” Famed actress Jean Arthur, star of films including “Shane,” told author Joseph McBride that she quit the industry rather than deal with the molestation from studio head Harry Cohn; she even says she planned to murder him before quitting. Marilyn Monroe told a young Joan Collins that producers were like “wolves.” And modern actresses talked for years about the predations of figures like Harvey Weinstein. But nobody did anything. Nobody said anything.
"But now we’re supposed to believe that Hollywood has something to tell the rest of us about sexual abuse." . . .
UPDATE: P. Gao opines over at Mark Steyn
UPDATE: P. Gao opines over at Mark Steyn
Oh yes! All in black, but with cleavage down to the navel! And wearing those exposing gowns to promote the designers... flashing their flesh to sell products! If they didn't want to be 'exploited' then why wear what they were wearing? Can't they afford their own dresses? They give awards to themselves like crazy. How come no glamorous awards for the emergency room doctor and nurse of the year? Or the linemen who quickly restored power to millions suffering after the hurricanes? They save lives, not pretend to save lives or pretend to do jobs.
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