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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I know I was frustrated with that when I read it.
Might as well get all the horrid people out of the business and that way you can bring a little normalcy to the whole industry, just like with the Catholic church.
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The whole industry is brutal and has always been this way. It permeates from the heads of the studios all the way down to the lowest PA. It is an industry of treating people like crap because you are "important'. The way women are treated, the sexual side is just a step above what is already a horrible situation.
My company worked on a number of Weinstein projects in the mid to late 2000's and we knew than that no female producer or sales member was to be alone with Harvey. On more than occasion female workers were left in tears over the way Harvey treated them. It wasn't always sexual, sometimes it was just outright abuse, being yelled and screamed at, told you are a worthless etc, etc. What do you do? Who do you complain to? He was essentially the "boss". But this treatment can be found in almost any production and is very common. You are treated like crap on your first day on set and you learn that is the way things are done. You step on people to get ahead, it's just the way it is.
The stories that could be told about some pretty major stars, directors and producer are almost unreal. Basically any story you have heard about any celebrities pales in comparison to what they have actually done. Unfortunately these people are surrounded by enablers that cover everything up just in the chance they might become stars.
It is a terrible industry really.