Sexual Assault and the Culture of Hollywood

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R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

teagone posted:

After that was brought up, from what I've read either the Kateri account on Kinja was deleted by the user, or they changed their username. The same twitter user who found the Kinja account also presented more info on the alleged author. Again, not verified, but the twitter thread below is pretty interesting (click on the time/date to bring up the whole thread with replies):
https://twitter.com/xwondergal/status/930820227088216064

this is from a while ago but the twitter thread by an account named "xwondergal" who says in her bio gal gadot is a real-life wonder woman and equates pro-palestinian activism with anti-semitism isn't any better evidence than an anonymous medium post

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 22:49

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

esperterra posted:

Yeah, I think it's more a strike against Williams' agent for not negotiating reshoot pay after Wahlberg's did tbh. Wahlberg himself probably wasn't all that involved in it. If it's lovely it's not entirely on him.

But he's donating the money anyway so who gives a gently caress.

they have the same agent

# ¿ Jan 14, 2018 08:11

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

DC Murderverse posted:

they have the same agency, completely different agent teams. same agency means basically nothing when negotiating contracts.

i read otherwise, that they have the same representative. but there wasn't a source for it so never mind

# ¿ Jan 14, 2018 08:30

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

DC Murderverse posted:

hey man he deserved an A for Pie Eating in that movie.

a pie-eating performance only topped 10 years later by rooney mara.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2018 08:37

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

#NotMyStalin

# ¿ Jan 31, 2018 05:51

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

porfiria posted:

I knew a guy who claimed he slept with her around 2008 when he was 22 or so. He had a thing for redheads so I believe it.

Thank you.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2018 07:58

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

lol, what moron sexually assaults Terry Crews of all people

the kind who's been able to get away with it for years and knows getting knocked the gently caress out by a buff black man will only be reported one way

# ¿ Feb 6, 2018 02:53

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

since his comment is 15 years old tarantino thinks it's fine to do whatever with it

# ¿ Feb 6, 2018 07:48

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

# ¿ Feb 8, 2018 10:43

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

harrison ford sits on his transcontinental flight, booked for the express purpose of giving a child rapist a golden statue

an indelible hollywood image

# ¿ Feb 9, 2018 04:32

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Vegetable posted:

Michael Haneke has decided to waddle in and poo poo on the #MeToo movement.

http://deadline.com/2018/02/michael-haneke-metoo-witch-hunt-comments-1202285106/

god dammit

# ¿ Feb 12, 2018 01:46

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

kaworu posted:

I really don't trust Michael Haneke on this subject in the slightest. I know this is subjective, but I feel like his films are deeply suffused with a particular sort of misogynistic subtext that's a bit more subtle and intellectually-based than most of the misogyny one sees in American films, say. Mostly I'm speaking in reference to The Hunt, which is actually a movie that I do like on some level, but is kind of like... Well...

Actually, the film is really quite apropos to this discussion, and in my opinion expatiates how Haneke views accusations of sexual improprieties against a respectable everyman in the community. The most terrifying point he makes (I thought) was that he does not really seem to feel that it *matters* whether the accuser is actually telling the truth, because (Haneke posits) the man in question suffers a great deal of injustice regardless, and people accused of sexual crimes (especially against children) will be ostracized and be ruined forever even if the accusation is false and proven false. It's a troubling hypothesis he makes, because there is of course a degree of truth there, but he is so consumed with the plight of the poor innocent white man that the film doesn't even really allow for characters other than the white men to have a legitimate emotional reality - instead, the women are more like conspiring antagonists in the film.

Anyway, I'll shut up. My only point is that after seeing that film I cannot help but scoff at anything Haneke could possibly say on this subject.

you buried the lede here: michael haneke has been making films under the pseudonym "thomas vinterberg!"

# ¿ Feb 14, 2018 02:32

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

swiss army man was real bad. i dunno that any of the child actors from harry potter have done a good movie since, with the exception of tom felton doing rise of the planet of the apes

# ¿ Feb 27, 2018 14:55

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

this is getting off topic but I liked The Bling Ring

oooh, yes. ok two

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

What else is there to say about this but:

Lmfao

lol

Rose Tico has the wisdom of the Buddha.

�That�s how we�ll win,� she tells Finn in The Last Jedi. �Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.�

Those words echo the Buddha�s in The Dhammapada:

�Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world; through love alone they cease. This is an eternal law.�

Eternal as in, it�s also true in a galaxy far, far away.

R. Guyovich fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Feb 28, 2018

# ¿ Feb 28, 2018 07:13

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

bad day posted:

Tom Hanks would be referred to as Permanent A-Lister. A- Mostly Movie Actor would be someone like a Seth Rogen or Adam Scott.

i love adam scott but in no universe is he on the a-list

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 04:31

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

i've read cdan for years. he's b, b+ at best, and mostly tv

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 07:25

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Inescapable Duck posted:

I read that as Captain Dan.

we've discovered enty's secret identity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0QdRj1L-UA

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 13:26

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

-Blackadder- posted:

Holy poo poo, this the absolute definition of and should be the only way Weinstein is referenced going forward. The image of him looking for a bridge near Hollywood Blvd to lurk under is gold. The guy has the perfect face for it too.

this comes off as a mite anti-semitic.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2018 04:02

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Bust Rodd posted:

Reminder, if you can�t appreciate great things accomplished by lovely people:

John Lennon beat his kids
MLK Jr. abused his wife
Ghandi was almost certainly a pedophile

The point is not to forgive these people for their crimes, the point is that these people made amazing things happen in our world while also being deeply flawed and human.

Ignoring the brilliant works of Terry Gilliam from 30 years ago because of his bad opinions today doesn�t hurt him at all, just like how not listening to a Beatles record today doesn�t hurt John Lennon at all, it just deprives you of his music.

That said, you can�t separate the art from the artist because it�s their views and personality that shape their art and inform it, so in all likelihood we have their work not in spite of, but because of the way their terrible attitudes shaped their own worldview into something people could resonate with and appreciate.

But no, go ahead, you�re really showing Terry Gilliam who is boss by not watching 12 Monkeys (while posting about it on a computer made with precious metals mined by orphans from Africa). If you want to displace your ethics that badly, well, you can start by moving into the woods and finding a cave to sleep in. Taking your stand against Hollywood and all its injustices against rich Hollywood actors feels great and is way easier to than confronting identical issues of exploitation that might affect you personally, like your clothes and personal electronics all being made by child slaves in sweatshops.

Brazil sucks though, that�s no big loss, but Fear & Loathing owns bones and basically everyone from that movie is a confirmed wife-beating scumbag or generally gross person, it�s still probably my most watched film of all time by a truly hilarious margin.

ugandan knuckles avatar

# ¿ Mar 20, 2018 07:11

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

the mental image of weinstein showing up to hollywood party as guy incognito is very, very funny to me

not as funny as weinstein rotting in jail forever though

# ¿ Mar 21, 2018 02:46

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

21 Muns posted:

This literally has nothing to do with sexual assault; dude's just done working with Nickelodeon. Good for him; hope he enjoys his retirement (or whatever other project he's moving onto!). Please don't conflate cases where we have actual accusers and details of incidents with cases that are just salacious internet mobs driven by hate. If Dan Schneider were a creep, we would have found out about it a long time ago; he's an extremely important media figure. Nickelodeon isn't stupid, and Paramount is no Weinstein company. That said, if anything actually bad comes out about Dan I will eat my words on this. (It's not going to; he's fine.)

i time traveled here from april 2018 just to say: lol

# ¿ Mar 27, 2018 02:31

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Electric Bugaloo posted:

Sean Penn spent years making an rear end of himself with Hugo Chavez trying to legitimize that dictatorial garbage fire of a government. He�s a living, breathing Breitbart strawman of a leftist.

truly, this was his greatest crime, and wholly relevant to the Hollywood Molesters thread.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2018 02:57

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

starkebn posted:

I just dislike baseless gossip, but instead of mentioning it here again I'll just scroll past the useless posts to read the more thoughtful ones from now on.

good call i found some

# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 02:16

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

the christopher plummer thing was a good idea but now that everyone with a blog is talking about it like they came up with it....not so much

# ¿ Apr 25, 2018 02:42

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

So is it safe to assume that every single actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood was at some point sexually assaulted by a sleazy studio executive?

the blind items that come out of old hollywood are ten times more horrifying than the ones we get now, and if you've read any of those you can pretty well imagine how much worse it used to be. still a cesspool now, obviously

# ¿ May 22, 2018 03:37

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

DC Murderverse posted:

edit: and he spent the last year of his life making a movie stumping for Fidel Castro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsRjQDrDnY8

# ¿ May 23, 2018 07:33

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

LesterGroans posted:

There's a really good part in the behind-the-scenes of Netflix's W/ Bob & David in the writer's room. Cross has a sketch idea about a kid who dies and comes back and writes a book about going to heaven. Cross seems more focused on talking about Jesus having a boyfriend and Odenkirk rightfully steers it to the funnier idea of everyone (Hitler, John Wayne Gacy) being allowed in Heaven.

that part stuck with me, too. odenkirk seems like a really great guy (knock wood) and the way he steered the sketch back to something that was actually funny instead of just shocking (and correctly criticizing cross' idea on those grounds) tells you a lot about their relative instincts and talent

# ¿ May 24, 2018 05:48

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

still in awe of jason bateman handwaving what happened with "what we do is incredibly complicated" to jessica walter, who has been on movie sets since 1964

# ¿ May 24, 2018 10:26

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

chloe has been a target of harassers for a very long time. i imagine she can handle whatever fusillade will come of calling out the bad comedian people still like for some reason

# ¿ Jun 15, 2018 11:27

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

the investigations i've read about didn't involve chloe at all, which makes me severely doubt their sincerity.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 04:25

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Paragon8 posted:

I read Michelle Morrow thrown around.

I also found it a bit odd that Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon have been pretty silent on the whole Hardwick thing. Well I mean I guess that's just the easiest thing to do for anyone in that sphere.

It's really incredible how many people are super into the most replaceable man in pop culture.

https://twitter.com/jackallisonLOL/status/1035330809199120384

# ¿ Sep 3, 2018 04:51

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Mameluke posted:

This but also for the rich people who aren't currently facing accusations too imo

down to the countryside movement looking pretty, pretty, preeeeeeeetty good these days.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2018 08:43

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Origami Dali posted:

She was asked about it on a radio show, it ain't a press release. And she explicitly says it doesn't absolve him of anything. Why's it gotta be some grand conspiracy?

it's not just any radio show � it's stern, a world-famous program known for being a place where stars speak candidly. i don't think it was planned either, but the venue doesn't really disprove the theory.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2018 07:59

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Anonymous John posted:

I loved La Vie D'Adele, particularly for it's sex scenes and nudity, but loving hell, this indeed isn't that surprising given that the director claimed to have shot an additional 10 hours of unused footage of the actresses going at it for his personal fap collection.

the movie is good in spite of those scenes not because of them imo. you could cut out 20 minutes no problem and end up with a better movie

# ¿ Nov 2, 2018 09:37

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Anonymous John posted:

Nah. Those scenes may be male gazey AF, but they really portray sex in such passion that it helps establish the strong bond between the two.

i think if actual lesbians get weirded out by a lesbian sex scene in a movie it's fair to say it could have been done better.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2018 05:05

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

sponges posted:

What a loving hose job that was. SPR deserves that.

actually the thin red line did

# ¿ Nov 9, 2018 08:52

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Snowman_McK posted:

I can give you a summary. The story is that, at some point, soon after he started making it, he was offered a corporate christmas party gig. He doesn't say how much he's getting paid, but he says it's obscene for an hour long gig. He shows up, comes out on stage, and everyone is already absolutely shitfaced. He starts a joke, one of his famous ones, and everyone starts howling with laughter.

He says that, in that moment, he realised that if he was going to improve as a comic from there, it would have to come from him, since he'd never bomb in front of an audience again, he'd have to go out of his way to find a hostile audience or someone who wasn't already completely on board with him. And since that's really hard, most comedians who make it even a little bit stop developing there. The George Carlins of the industry are rare. Whatever you think of his material, the fact that he wrote a new, full hour of it every time he toured is pretty loving impressive. I don't think it's a coincidence that a lot of Oswalt's best bits (like the magic comedian bit) are tales of his time on the outskirts of the industry.

he used this in one of his sets but made it about a casino gig instead.

e: someone already posted it!!!! ack!!!!

# ¿ Jan 11, 2019 08:43

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

peer posted:

between that and his weak-rear end response when asked about mercury's sexuality, malek kind of sounds like a coward

i think the guy who a few years ago was the third male lead in a video game might have justifiable career concerns. he should have known better, but still.

e: minor note, producers are the ones who get best picture oscars and since singer didn't produce and didn't get nominated for director he has no way of winning an award. bohemian rhapsody has a snowball's chance of winning anyway and was utter trash with the exception of malek's performance, but worth assuaging those concerns.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2019 07:53

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Alan_Shore posted:

It's shut down now then, right? Tell me that at least!

hahahahahaha

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 22:49

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

thanks for telling the same joke 20 times everyone. great work

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