Playing With Their Weiner

AITOOW finds the false ignorance of Harvey Weinstein's behavior amusing? First of all, the idea that anybody in Hollywood was ignorant of this behavior defies belief. It has always been the "way" in Hollywood. The way to get a role. The way the game is played. Successful actresses (and actors for that matter) didn't rise in their metier because of talent. They might have had talent, but, they also slept with someone along the way. That is why this is so pathetic. Everyone in the process is a potential "bill' that has to be paid. Agents, actors, directors, writers, producers, etc. They all have (or at one point had) dirty hands. Not to mention the way many actresses "pay the rent" when money runs dry. I'm not saying that the practice should exist, I'm just saying that anyone who pretends that it was a secret is either an imbecile or lying. It's so "out" that the industry itself makes movies about it. Books (fiction and non-fiction and auto-bios) and songs are written about it. They even invented a phrase for it - casting couch. And it's not just a Hollywood thing. It happens in most industries. And it's not about exploitation or violation. It's actually about shame and power politics and prejudice. If Harvey was attractive then this behavior would have been encouraged (or at least accepted). If the women didn't know that down deep they could be willing to betray their morality for fame, they wouldn't need an ancillary target for their rage. If they didn't feel that this could be used as leverage to kick start a moribund career or shake down the target or garner some undeserved and insincere praise/attention, they wouldn't have come forward. These women aren't heroes. They are cowards that took payoffs or hid in the shadows while this reprehensible behavior went on and on. It's a familiar story. It's a story with no good guys. It's called reality. Or the middle part of every Law and Order SVU episode.

And let's call out Lorne Michaels who proves the thesis set out. He didn't include/lampoon the story in last weeks episode because he knows what I write is true. He's scared his dirt (alleged) will come out along with everyone else's. He didn't want to draw attention to it. It wasn't because it was a local (NY) story.