Catfishenfuego posted:

Chiropractors are basically snake oil salesmen if the oil contained snake venom sometimes as well. Even the 'good ones' should be avoided in favour of an actual physiotherapist.

Rhyno posted:

Mine is but there's far more money to be made in "physical healing" so she opened a chiro clinic. I only see her for my sciatic issues though, sometimes your butt needs to be worked over.

Maxwell Lord posted:

Yeah the thing about chiropractors is it sounds like a scientific discipline but isn't.

Criminal Minded posted:

I've never been to a chiropractor but it's my understanding that it's basically a coin flip as to whether you receive care from a licensed professional who understands their limits or a snake-oil salesman who wants to try and cure cancer by twisting your bones.

Chris James 2 posted:

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/president-donald-trump-faces-new-rape-accusation.html

Chris James 2 posted:

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/president-donald-trump-faces-new-rape-accusation.html

Variety posted:

The creator of “Transparent” is now taking on “Red Sonja.”

Jill Soloway will write and direct the movie for Millennium Films, replacing Bryan Singer, whose status on the film was called into question in the wake of accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him.

Most recently, in February, Avi Lerner’s Millennium confirmed that shooting on the project had been delayed. While Singer had faced allegations of misconduct in the past, a report early this year in the Atlantic, which detailed allegations that Singer groped and had inappropriate sexual relationships with four young men, renewed backlash against the “Bohemian Rhapsody” director. Singer has repeatedly denied the allegations.

Chris James 2 posted:

quote:

According to the Hollywood Reporter, after allegations surfaced from trans actresses on the hit Amazon show Transparent that the show’s lead, cis male actor Jeffrey Tambor, sexually harassed them during the show’s production, creator Jill Soloway reached out to Tambor and insinuated that he was being targeted because he is not trans.

According to the Reporter, on the night that Tambor put out a statement saying, “I don’t see how I can return to Transparent.” Soloway responded to Tambor in an email, writing, “They have been after Maura from the beginning.”

Soloway told the Reporter, “While much of the trans community immediately embraced the show, some vocally opposed the casting of a cis man, Jeffrey, in the lead role. This sentiment has persisted in parts of the community coming up again on social media in the wake of these allegations. It was a text I wrote in frustration after pouring my heart into this show for years. I wanted to tell a story that brought power and visibility to trans people, and to my own family’s journey into understanding, acceptance, and pride.”

Chris James 2 posted:

DLC Inc posted:

seeing Jeff Tambor's name reminds me of that abhorrent loving thing that they did with all the Arrested Development cast wherein Jennifer Walters is weeping and taking the blame for his lovely behavior while the rest of the cast sans Alia Shawkat do gently caress-all to support her.

Davros1 posted:

Jessica Walters, not Jennifer Walters. Jennifer Walters is She-Hulk, and She-Hulk would not have put up with that, either as a lawyer and as a super-hero.


A review (of a review. Thanks AV Club!) of David Mamet's new Harvey Weinstein-inspired play "Bitter Wheat". The main character is called "Barney Fein".

https://news.avclub.com/this-review...tm_content=Main

Skwirl posted:

Oh poo poo, we can't have a man who sexually assaulted teenage boys as our director, who should we replace him with? I know, the woman who stood by her lead actor after it came out he was sexually assaulting other women.

Alan Smithee posted:

It’s basically gonna be that Jennifer Garner movie where she’s a ninja or whatever I can’t even be hosed to remember the name

esperterra posted:

Elektra?

quote:

MURPHY: As it turned out, John always resented that I hadn’t gone to his Twilight Zone trial. I never knew that; I though we were cool. But he’d been harboring it for a year. Every now and then, he would make little remarks, like, “You didn’t help me out; you don’t realize how close I was to going to jail.” I never paid any mind.

PLAYBOY: Did you think he was guilty?

MURPHY: I don’t want to say who was guilty or who was innocent. [Pauses] But if you’re directing a movie and two kids get their heads chopped off at loving twelve o’clock at night when there ain’t supposed to be kids working, and you said, “Action!” then you have some sort of responsibility. So my principles wouldn’t let me go down there and sit in court. That’s just the way I am. If somebody in my family was guilty of something, I wouldn’t sit there for them in a courtroom and say, “You’ve got my support.” gently caress that. The most it would be is, “Hey, you go work that out. I still love ya; I’m still your friend.”

quote:

MURPHY: He came in demanding lots of money. Paramount was saying, “Hey, come on, Eddie, we’re getting hosed here,” but I made them pay his money. They bent over backward. But after he got the job, he brought along an attitude. He came in with this “I’m a director” poo poo. I was thinking, Wait a second, I loving hired you, and now you’re running around, going, “You have to remember: I’m the boss, I’m the director.”

One of his favorite things was to tell me, “When I worked with Michael Jackson, everyone was afraid of Michael, but I’m the only one who would tell Michael, ‘gently caress you.’ And I’m not afraid to tell you, ‘gently caress you.’” And sure enough, he was always telling me, “gently caress you, Eddie. Everybody at Paramount is afraid on you.”

quote:

PLAYBOY: Did you confront him?

MURPHY: I kind of ignored it. But every day, it was a new “I told Michael, ‘gently caress you’” story.

Then, one day, I had these two writers who did the screenplay for Coming to America with me. They were writing a TV show called What’s Alan Watching? that my company was producing. They were at our location in New York, and Landis was asking them, “Why are you guys here?” They said, “We’re working on something for Eddie.” And he said [strongly], “The production’s not picking that up.” And they said, “No, we’re working through Eddie’s company. Right now, we’re waiting for the deal to go through.” And Landis said, “So you’re not being paid yet? That company should be paying you! Don’t come to New York unless you’re being paid.”

The whole crew was standing around—extras and actors—and Landis started screaming. “Don’t be afraid to ask Eddie Murphy for his money. You go up and ask for your loving money!” I walked in and he said, “Eddie! Your company is loving these guys out of their money! Guys, don’t be afraid to go up to Eddie and say, ‘gently caress you!’” He’s screaming about my deal making in front of the cast.

PLAYBOY: What did you do?

MURPHY: I playfully grabbed him around the throat, put my arm around him and I said to Fruity, one of my guys, “What happens when people put my business in the street?” And Fruity said, “they get hosed up.” I was kind of half joking. Landis reached down to grab my balls, like he also thought it was a joke—and I cut his wind off. He fell down, his face turned red, his eyes watered up like a bitch and he ran off the set. Fuckin’ punk.

PLAYBOY: Did you go after him?

MURPHY: Nah. He came to my trailer later and made this big speech. His voice was trembling. And it all came out: that he didn’t think I was talented, that the only reason he did Coming to America was for money, that he didn’t respect me since I hadn’t gone to his trial and all this bullshit. All this hosed-up poo poo. Called me ignorant, an rear end in a top hat.

PLAYBOY: How did you take it?

MURPHY: I’m sitting there shattered; I’m thinking, This loving guy. I bent over loving backward to get this guy a job. He probably won’t even acknowledge what happened. He didn’t realize that his loving career was washed up. So I told him, “The next time you gently caress around with me, I’m gonna whip your rear end.” His Hollywood poo poo came out then: “What do you mean, ‘whip my rear end’? That’s not in our deal.” So I said, “You’re gonna have to give me either some fear or some respect. I want one of them, because this is my poo poo and you’re working here. If the only way you can fear me is knowing that the next time you gently caress up, you’re gonna get your rear end whipped, fine.” But Landis was hosed up: “Is that a net or a true-gross rear end whipping I’m gonna get? What kind of rear end whipping is it?”

PLAYBOY: Would you have whipped his rear end?

MURPHY: If he had hosed up again, I would have beat the poo poo out of him.

Alan Smithee posted:

yeah, sorry for the derail

back to landis

I didn't even realize how lovely John Landis was on a personal level (I mean I'm not surprised when you let kids die like that)

This old Playboy interview with Eddie Murphy of all people is pretty wild
http://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/john-landis-feud-with-eddie-murphy-over-twilight-zone-movie-deaths.php

some choice quotes




everyone says like father like son but more than they know

King Vidiot posted:

Man, what happened to that Eddie Murphy? We have another Landis that needs the life choked out of him.

Steve Yun posted:

I vaguely recall Sirtis also saying (almost in tears IIRC) Star Trek saved her because she’d mostly done pulpy exploitation films up till then. There was one in particular where she had to film a rape scene and the director wouldn’t let her cover up in between takes despite the set being extra cold.

Krankenstyle posted:

could be she had a lovely therapist who normalized trauma and therapy in the wrong way

(i dont know if that is true)

quote:

The actress credits years of therapy for helping her finally come to terms with her painful childhood. However, she didn’t seek treatment until she moved to the U.S. when she was in her 30s
...
Sirtis said had she stayed in England, she probably never would have sought treatment due to the “stoicism of the British character. I would have been a very different person, emotionally and psychologically, if I hadn’t gone to America.”

Peaceful Anarchy posted:

That's not at all what she said:

The pro-therapy culture of Hollywood made her willing to open up and do therapy when she otherwise wouldn't have.

Krankenstyle posted:

but tbf the hollywood take on therapy is over-the-top, theres noone who shouldnt get therapy !!

chitoryu12 posted:

https://wearawhitefeather.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/victim-blaming-slut-shaming/

A detailed description of how steampunk rapper Professor Elemental sexually abused a woman.