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What specifically is wrong and extreme about the response to Donald Trump? I'll wait.
Wow. She doesn't need to work but wants to - I am so happy for her. It's been mentioned before, but Netflix's excellent Mindhunter not only stars OLTL and Broadway star Jonathan Groff, but also features ATWT's Michael Park and Joseph Cross (best known for later film work, but he was one of the teen Casey Hugheses on ATWT) in guest roles. Park is a hot silverback these days.
I love Dustin Hoffman's work, and I can believe he (hopefully) regrets what was loathsome, antiquated behavior - same as Al Franken, whose behavior is still in fact quite recent and perhaps less egregious. That doesn't make these incidents any less foul - and while these men are not Harvey Weinstein or Bryan Singer, that doesn't mean their behavior is acceptable, it doesn't mean these women shouldn't be heard and that these men shouldn't be called out. I personally found the John Oliver episode cringeworthy on both sides. I sympathized with Oliver's feelings more than Hoffman's but I don't know that there was any right way to handle any of that. I think the key is that most of us don't know exactly how to handle every one of these, case by case, quite yet. The Franken situation was very sad as I still admire him, but untenable. He had to walk if we were to draw a line with the voters. He'll still be able to do good work, I think, in time, from a different place. As for Dustin Hoffman, I hope he's taking stock of his choices as a man and a professional. He comes out of an era when the Method Actor could do literally anything on a set, especially to women - the Meryl Streep stories from Kramer vs. Kramer have been legend for years, and were simply tolerated. That could never happen today and it shouldn't. I still admire his work but he's got soul-searching to do. ETA: The Rosseter account is worse than I thought. Ugh.
That took a few months longer than I expected.
That's cute.
I suspect some are. But that doesn't make the situation any less untenable given the volume of the accusers and where we're at socially in this moment, especially with Roy Moore. All we can do is hope voters remember which party stood with predators and which party tried to clean house of men, however nobleminded, with serious lapses in judgment.
I deeply admire what Al Franken's done in Congress and I love his other work, but it doesn't surprise me he has skeletons coming out as a comedian of a certain age. I wish he could stay, but given the number of accusers now I don't think we can be equal to the moment (or stand up to the Moore situation) if he doesn't resign. I don't think there's a choice.
They would not pull it for speculation.
I adored him on TP. It's sad.
Sigh:
This whole year is an absolute shitshow.
I actually liked Krampus a lot, after spending years dismissing the guy who did it as another mediocre young dude with bland writing skills who only got jobs for being Singer's boytoy. But we'll see what happens with all these folks.
I think Singer's days have been numbered since Weinstein and Spacey. It was inevitable after that - the stories about him are everywhere and have been around forever. What makes me curious is wondering how many people will be caught in that net. Seann William Scott was linked to stories about Singer's circle and various creeps for years. OLTL's Brandon Routh was Singer's Superman. Two young, cute writers Singer hired onto X2 and Superman Returns - his MO for hiring young guys he likes in bit parts or positions on various films - went on to do genre films like Trick 'r Treat and Krampus, and one is now doing the Godzilla sequel with Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things. And Matt Bomer - who Singer wanted for Superman right off of GL, and who the studio refused to cast because he was 'too gay' - is married/partnered to Simon Halls, Singer's longtime publicist who just cut ties with him. It would not shock me if this hits them all.
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