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Hollywood crowd should have spotted the omen at the last Oscars when Bonnie and
Clyde made a mistake in announcing the winner of an Oscar. It followed an
evening where they had all been having fun at Trump’s expense with Meryl Streep
(who mistook Weinstein for God on another occasion) playing a central role. The
lights went out at the Oscars, if I recall, that night, which should have been a
signal to dial down the arrogance but they didn’t take the hint
so now they have got fate’s response full on. Not to mention that a Hollywood
actor doing anything other than acting is a complete bore. A bit like Bono ....
[Memo to Streep and Bono: there is no law against silence and there is no law
against keeping it simple when you do speak.]
It’s hard to say whether the Weinstein business will shut Hollywood up when
it comes to lecturing Trump and the rest of us or whether it will all blow over
in a week or two. There is no question of Hollywood and sex separating. If you
take sex out of Hollywood you might as well take the cameras out too. Hollywood,
like the theatre from which it emerged, is all about sex. However, a scapegoat
is required every now and again, I suppose, and Weinstein fits the bill
perfectly. I’d never heard of Weinstein until last week but he makes Trump look
like a charming, handsome, JFK-type figure ....
I suspect that Weinstein is Jewish, which must have given the NYT a
headache or two before they went to print. No doubt they will do a major piece
shortly on a bad boy Catholic bishop to get Weinstein off the front page.
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