Re:Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too
by vmnieowan873 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @05:17PM
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OK, let's get into the grays then. Did you read the article? She didn't put up with Weinstein to get to the point she was at before making Frida. She wasn't looking for fame with this particular film. She wanted to tell an important story. It was something beyond herself. "I did not care about the money," she says.
That aside, you do have a point. If people like Hayek would "just say no," and give up on their crazy ambitions this wouldn't ever happen. It's really that simple. That's what you are saying, right?
What is missing from your equation is “power” - Weinstein had all the power.
Same goes for dictators - Saddam Hussein had all the power, until the equation changed.
But a random iraqi soldier in the mid-80s can’t be blamed for having an ambition to not die.
The whole point is to see the greys.
Salma was after breaking out of the Mexican soap opera market, into Hollywood. That was her ambition and she was willing to put up with what she describes as an incredible amount of sexual harassment. Once she had reached fame, she didnt' lead this movement to help other women who are trying to do the same.
When you don't have a lot, you don't know any better - I will look the other way.
When you're already successful, you want MORE success, put up with a mountain of shit along the way - I can safely say you're very driven to accomplish very trivial things, because integrity and mental health are not chips you play with for more fame unless you're incredibly confused.
That's the subtle point that folks who want to paint the world black and white and get outraged by anyone who sees greys keep missing - Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, the list goes on and on, get to be creeps, because people are willing to put up with emotional abuse to 'make it'.