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2017-10-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Weinstein Company on the brink of collapse

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Posted by badanov 2017-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Nothing... at all, will be hidden.

You were warned and you doubled down.
Now, it is over.

Posted by newc 2017-10-14 00:14|| 2017-10-14 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, it's said politics is Hollywood for ugly people. In politics, a phone call gets made and someone gets rubbed out and the wrongdoers party on. In Hollywood (and Silly-con Valley) not so much. And the new obsession with virtue signaling means that someone like ol' Harve gets hung out to dry by all his friends. In politics, some contributions are "returned" or "donated to charity" and that makes it all better. Hollywood and Silly-Con Valley should take note of how the game is played and how they are the minor leagues compared to the Washington crowd.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-10-14 00:28|| 2017-10-14 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 No intention of defending the offender, but lost in the shuffle is the inconvenient fact that for every few dozen casts or so, Harvey's efforts must have been rewarded by a willing masseuse or two. Well it must be so, his hobby would have been a pointless embarrassment otherwise.

I don't suppose we should be looking for any of the willing and rewarded to come forward however. How boring, to only have available the spurning accusers.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-14 01:09|| 2017-10-14 01:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if Weinstein will exercise the Samson option if he's pushed too far by his shocked, shocked former friends.

If he tells the public what he knows he'll be one of many, many pariahs, and perhaps not even the worst of the lot.

Weinstein's perversion apparently isn't pedophilia but there are credible allegations of organized pedophilia in Hollywood. Compared to that the Weinstein revelations are pretty harmless.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-10-14 11:52|| 2017-10-14 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if Weinstein will exercise the Samson option if he's pushed too far by his shocked, shocked former friends.

I hope that doesn't happen. He'll transform from victimizer to victim. I can only wish him a long and miserable incarcerated life.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-14 11:58|| 2017-10-14 11:58|| Front Page Top

#6 How many actresses said yes and went on to wonderful careers? This could get even messier.

Posted by Airandee 2017-10-14 12:36|| 2017-10-14 12:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope the Samson option does come up. Let the ceiling fall on them all.

Posted by Charles 2017-10-14 15:56|| 2017-10-14 15:56|| Front Page Top

#8 "had no idea of the allegations of abuse"
Yeah, that's why his contract had a clause allowing him to pay a penalty as a 'cure' for an allegation.
They knew he was dirty and would do it again, otherwise they wouldn't have allowed for an exit.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-10-14 20:53|| 2017-10-14 20:53|| Front Page Top

#9 BTW, Ronan Farrow's turning out to be a actual freakin' journalist.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-10-14 20:55|| 2017-10-14 20:55|| Front Page Top

#10 So is Weinstein finally getting dumped because he no longer has enough power to matter? Or perhaps because he is not perverted enough (pedo?) for others to hold as a threat over him?

Posted by Glenmore 2017-10-14 21:21|| 2017-10-14 21:21|| Front Page Top

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