Harvey Weinstein’s downfall had a profound silver lining.
Two, actually.
One, the mega producer could no longer mistreat starlets in his orbit. Finally.
Two, his case fueled 2017’s MeToo movement. We knew folks like Weinstein weren’t restricted to Tinsel Town. Boorish men were everywhere, and women bravely took a stand against their collective cruelty.
You didn’t have to be progressive to cheer MeToo on, just a decent human being.
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Except the Hollywood portion of the movement helped bring it down. Yes, Hollywood feminists marched until their feet hurt over Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House. And they raged against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accused of a botched sexual assault with the flimsiest of evidence.
Yet when Democrats appeared to behave badly, these same stars stood down. Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo and Justin Fairfax were innocent, at least according to the celebrity silence that ensued.
(Fairfax took his own life last month after murdering his wife.)
The Cuomo hypocrisy helped bring the Time’s Up legal group to its knees. The organization, part of the MeToo revolution, actually helped the New York Governor dodge accusations that he was inappropriate with multiple women.
And, through it all, the same Hollywood feminists couldn’t stop Time’s Up from beclowning itself or support Tara Reade, the woman who accused Biden of sexual assault.
“Believe All Women” became, “Well, we shouldn’t necessarily believe women who accused Democrats of a crime…”
Biden accuser Tara Reade: ‘If something happens to me, all roads lead to Joe Biden’ https://t.co/R6CGDjVovL
— Just the News (@JustTheNews) May 8, 2023
Now, Cate Blanchett is mourning MeToo’s demise.
The actress said the movement “got killed very quickly” during a Cannes presser, neglecting to call out her peers’ role in that demise.
“There are a lot of people with platforms who are able to speak up with relative safety and say this has happened to me, and the so-called average woman on the street is saying #MeToo. Why does that get shut down?” Blanchett asked. “What [the movement] revealed is a systemic layer of abuse, not only in this industry but in all industries, and if you don’t identify a problem, you can’t solve the problem.”
It’s a complicated issue, and the male/female power imbalance means, regrettably, that the issue will never fade to black.
It’d be nice if Blanchett, or the Legacy Media outlets covering her comments, pointed out the role Hollywood played in its collapse.
Why do you think MeToo flamed out as quickly as it did?
