Streep "didn't know" about Weinstein.

[Laffy Kat]

Hard to believe Meryl Streep wasn't aware of Weinstein's problem with power and women until now. How come I knew about it years ago and I'm not "in the business"? I am a huge fan of Streep and this disappoints me. Wouldn't it have been more honest to say, "it's time this was exposed and I'm stand with the women"? It's OK to not be the first to call out injustice, to be afraid for your career. If you're female you've experienced it. Just say so.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/meryl-streep-slams-harvey-weinstein_us_59dba649e4b0d32597d61f58?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[msongs]

1. or alternatively maybe she didn't know about it nt

[Laffy Kat]

3. So she's says.

But how come, I live in Colorado, work in medicine, rarely read anything having to do with Hollywood (I like movies, but celebrities are not my thing) and I knew about it? I mean, you could be right, certainly. I just find it odd.

[whathehell]

21. I'm guessing you are the exception

and not the rule...I'm a female former film major who lives in Chicago and I never heard it.

[Vinnie From Indy]

9. +10,000

Thank you!

[underthematrix]

2. It's possible she didn't know. Harvey is an emotionally needy perv with

a second sense about who and who not to approach. And she's probably not a gossip.

The women who went along with some of his crazy said they went along with it to get something they really wanted.

[Laffy Kat]

4. Or they went along with it keep their jobs? nt

[underthematrix]

16. I've read several articles and none of the cases involved employees

These were women who wanted a part or other assistance with their career. The New York times articles only discussed women in that category. However, I just recall another article where he sexually harassed a reporter in a restaurant hallway. It was an interesting story because both the victim and her friend knew about Harvey pervy behavior.

[Laffy Kat]

18. I didn't state that very well.

I mean, he could sort of make 'em or break 'em in The Business. Sounds like it extended all the way to print media.

[bettyellen]

11. Likely becasue she was established before he was - he was abusing people who wanted to break in to

The business- that ain't Meryl's history with him. Young women told each other- not old pros like Meryl.
And I'm sure there are tons of inaccurate rumors too.

[Laffy Kat]

19. I agree. nt

[bettyellen]

22. And half the rumours will sound like women went after him and got jobs.

And it's possible a few people knew that was what it took to get work with him and went for it without his prompting. It's likely we'll not know much from women who decided the abuse was worth the career help. None of that justifies this crap.

[Skittles]

5. I still don't get why no one wore a body cam or wire

[Laffy Kat]

6. I dunno. It's difficult to predict when those things happen.

Long ago when I was working in a hotel, I had a boss, the general manager, who was horribly abusive and misogynistic. I was young, naive and always sort of blamed myself. It would have never occurred to me to wire-up and bust his ass. Now, sure.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Also, if you read the article,

It said they did have him recorded and Weinstein had so much power in ALL media that he quashed the stories. Now it's all coming out. One very reputable reported tried to expose him for years.

[radical noodle]

8. She doesn't strike me as the type to lie about it n/t

[Laffy Kat]

10. Me either, that's why I'm confused.

Guess I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. I do love her.

[radical noodle]

12. I love her too

She's normally so brave to speak truth to power, I can't imagine she'd not tell the truth about this.

[Laffy Kat]

20. Yes. nt

[AJT]

13. Perhaps he decided she was too strong of a woman and she wouldn't put up with it.

He probably "chose his victims" based on how he thought they might react.

[Laffy Kat]

14. Yes, she is a strong woman and I'm sure you're right.

My concern was how she didn't know about his reputation before now. I just read where Jessica Chastain said she was "warned from the beginning; the stories were out there."

[Blue_Adept]

23. Hollywood is a big industry and gossipy as hell

Yeah, the stories were out there, and most of the blame outside of Weinstein himself belongs with the company because they were fully aware of it and knew of the settlements. But at the same time, there's thousands and thousands of actors, circles, cliques, and so forth and it's akin to not knowing what's going on with a company president at some other company in the same industry when you're mid-level management. You're dealing with what's in front of you, your own production company, etc.

We're all pulled in so many different ways that when you add onto it what actors also deal with in being pulled to dozens of press junkets around the world, you don't hear everything. And a lot of them, when they're not working on set, unplug from Hollywood entirely out of state.

This kind of thing could be going on at a "rival" business to my own within my industry and I'd have no clue. Because I don't pay attention to what their personnel are up to as I'm focusing on my own and what I need to accomplish because I don't even have enough time in the day to do that.

And what complicates a lot of this more are the settlements because that locks up people that could actively talk about under NDAs.

[Angry Dragon]

15. I bet you do not know all the pervert medical people in Colorado

[Laffy Kat]

17. Not sure I get your point.

And also not sure what you consider "perverted", but sure, I'm certain that abuse of power and misogyny are in all industries. Is that what you meant?