Like, Weinstein is a level 10 creep and Aziz Ansari is a level 3 creep and the tiny percentage of people who actually think about any of this shit at all ever are gonna make up their own mind
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
I just don't think "I signed up for a sex scene class and then the sex turned out to be really uncomfortable" is grounds for a lawsuit or the same thing as a producer raping an actress in a hotel room. It's gross and stupid but also really predictable.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:58 AM (six minutes ago)
you know the difference between "sex" and "sex scenes" right
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
like Shakey I know you have a shtick but you're being dense
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
(but then I think the large majority of sex scenes in film are gratuitous and stupid and unnecessary)― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:58 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:58 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is completely beside the point tbh and also I’m not sure it’s true esp when compared to other much more common types of scenes in films.
― omar little, Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
like when the boss of a big company has a corner office and is playing put put golf in it
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgflip.com/3ewkfm.jpg
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
irl lol
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
hahahaha
― ت (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
Whiney can I pay you to make memes out of more of my posts
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Intimacy choreography is now becoming a standard professional practice, the idea being that sex scenes shouldn't be winged any more than a fight scene is.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
Yeah, GOT hired one for the last couple seasons after they got a ton of shit for really messing up with a particular scene.
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
That was about an error in staging/direction, though. This shit is hard to do well!
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
omg Whiney
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
hahahaha nicely done
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
also yeah I agree w this
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
Some of this is out of our hands, as Aziz, and maybe Franco, are going to keep showing up on tv, whereas Spacey probably isn't
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
You have to really work hard to skip past the accusation that he removed a woman's vulva guard that was mentioned in multiple posts and the story you're calling bullshit to arrive at "the sex was uncomfortable, waaaaah don't be a snowflake"
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
I suspect he does not have to work that hard
― YouGov to see it (wins), Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
give spacey 10 years he'll be back at the Oscars pumping a career rehab role. maybe he'll play the pope
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 October 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
careful now, the last person who accused spacey of an unwelcome pumping ended up dead
― non-euclidean lenin (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 31 October 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
kevin shakey
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Thursday, 31 October 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
wau
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
Too far
― thewufs, Friday, 1 November 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
Also
he removed a woman's vulva guard
That’s horrific. I did not know this
― thewufs, Friday, 1 November 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
Great, just great.
https://jezebel.com/bosses-at-vice-and-the-fader-ignored-sexual-misconduct-1839636779
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
I don't know about anything about the people running The Fader but it's unsurprising re: the cretins at Vice.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/unsafe-and-just-plain-dirty-women-accuse-vice-of-toxic-sexual-harassment-culture
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
And then...
Christian comedian John Crist had a Netflix special called "I Ain’t Prayin’ for That" set to debut on Thanksgiving, but five women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against him this week, so now the release has been put on hold. https://t.co/MpmhATeqOI— Megh Wright (@megh_wright) November 7, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
that would have made a great arc on CRASHING
― maura, Friday, 8 November 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
that jezebel piece is absolutely fucking sickening
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
And today:
Our statement on the recent lawsuits involving G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller. pic.twitter.com/ZiuhXunUKS— GMG Union (@gmgunion) November 8, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
Update re Fader
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/fader-vice-eric-sundermann-sexual-misconduct-1203398108/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
Namely:
The sources said that publisher Andy Cohn and others at The Fader were aware of Sundermann’s alleged behavior before he was hired, and that Cohn had once behaved inappropriately at a 2011 company event. While a rep for the company told Variety Wednesday that Cohn was not under investigation, disputing the claim of an anonymous source quoted in a Billboard article on Sundermann’s firing, on Friday the company confirmed that he has been suspended.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
the proprietor of a Toronto Yuk Yuks wrote an op-ed bragging about how well Louis CK did there recently, when said proprietor was brave enough to book him. One of the two women from the original, long-circulating jerk-off rumour has written in to the paper to respond:https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/counterpoint-i-didnt-consent-to-louis-c-k-masturbating-in-front-of-me
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 14 November 2019 10:09 (four years ago) link
25 million dollar settlement and that's it for Weinstein, he's off the hook? Despicable.
― StanM, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
this is the civil case. he has still to face a criminal trial regarding abuse charges involving over 20 women
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
although, as you know, it's not certain that he'll be convicted of any of these charges, many of them being historical and with the difficulty in securing convictions for these types of crimes
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
Not holding my breath on those other cases, but I'd love to see him face some sort of justice. As it stands today, it's just another reminder that rich and powerful white men can get away with whatever the fuck they want as long as they keep upping that settlement offer.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
aw, diddums
Harvey Weinstein has complained he feels like “the forgotten man” and that his “pioneering” work championing movies directed by and about women has been “eviscerated” in the wake of multiple sexual assault allegations against him.The 67-year-old producer, once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, has faced accusations of sexual assault and harassment from dozens of women.Ahead of the start of his rape trial, Weinstein gave an interview to the New York Post. He spoke while recuperating in hospital after spinal surgery and said he was doing the interview to prove he was not exaggerating the claims about his ill health. The former movie mogul appeared in court last week using a walking frame.The New York Post reported that Weinstein showed little sign of remorse for the actions he is accused of.“I feel like the forgotten man,” he told the paper.“I made more movies directed by women and about women than any film-maker, and I’m talking about 30 years ago. I’m not talking about now when it’s vogue. I did it first. I pioneered it.“It all got eviscerated because of what happened,’’ Weinstein said. “My work has been forgotten.’’
The 67-year-old producer, once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, has faced accusations of sexual assault and harassment from dozens of women.
Ahead of the start of his rape trial, Weinstein gave an interview to the New York Post. He spoke while recuperating in hospital after spinal surgery and said he was doing the interview to prove he was not exaggerating the claims about his ill health. The former movie mogul appeared in court last week using a walking frame.
The New York Post reported that Weinstein showed little sign of remorse for the actions he is accused of.
“I feel like the forgotten man,” he told the paper.
“I made more movies directed by women and about women than any film-maker, and I’m talking about 30 years ago. I’m not talking about now when it’s vogue. I did it first. I pioneered it.
“It all got eviscerated because of what happened,’’ Weinstein said. “My work has been forgotten.’’
― WHEEL! OF! FORESKIN! (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 16 December 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
Not really! Surprised Trump hasn't intervened yet to promise him a pardon if convicted.
― AMM stands for Axe-Murdering Motherfuckers (Matt #2), Monday, 16 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
I checked Weinstein's profile, and in the 1980s he was indeed the co-executive producer for one movie directed by a woman: Joyce Chopra's The Lemon Sisters, from 1989. After that there's a gap of 9 years and something like 40 movies before his second movie with a female director, Penelope Spheeris's Senseless in 1998.Though I guess, sadly, he's sorta right in that he's produced more films directed by women than most other Hollywood producers.
― Tuomas, Monday, 16 December 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
But yeah, for some reason people tend to "eviscerate" your work with women if you also happened to harass and abuse them at the same time.
― Tuomas, Monday, 16 December 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
I feel like people are overlooking all of the beautiful houses I built in the wake of that thing that happened where I subsequently burned all of those houses to the ground. It's like the world has forgotten all about my good works simply because I undid them with monomaniacal fervor. Ingrates!
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 December 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
I did it first. I pioneered it.Loooooooool no sir u did not
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 16 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
so appropriate he's pulling the old mobster trick of doddering into court with a walker
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 December 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
just jonesing for plaudits pathetic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 04:43 (four years ago) link
won't someone think of the rapist
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 04:56 (four years ago) link
Drudge had the best headline: "BEST ACTOR?"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein set Elon Musk's brother up with a girlfriend in effort to get close to the Tesla founder, sources tell @beckpeterson and @johnjcook https://t.co/ha8w2gUqUU— graham starr (@GrahamStarr) January 13, 2020
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 January 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
There should be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets.
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Monday, 13 January 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
idgi tbqh
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 January 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link