Accountability in Entertainment • Page 399

Famously easy to work with Sylvester Stallone

 

Yeahhhhh that’s pretty familiar behavior. I used to be an extra and on one show I got moved away from being close to the camera. Overheard an AD tell the PA “I know it’s your first day but we try to make sure the attractive people are always the ones in the front”

 

Stallone already has some allegations against him if I'm not mistaken, definitely not surprising. (Still sucks.)

 

Yeah, I somehow missed this years ago.

Ask Sylvester Stallone if a 40-year-old man should have group sex with and masturbate in front of a minor - Baltimore Post-Examiner

 

I hadn’t seen that before. What a scumbag creep all around. It’ll be easy for me to not support his shitty work.

 

I understand the point being made, but at the same time, the fact that that distinction is there also kinda gets at the heart of the issue

 

There is no easy answer. You do need outside people; you might not realize how bad something is if you don't have someone outside of the group to stop and point out that something is outside the norm.

Yes, these people are doing these documentaries for money and attention, but so is everything in life, so if it does ultimately lead to more awareness of the seediness of the industry and standards are changed, is that the worst thing in the world? If one person doesn't abuse the trust and innocence of a performer or employee because they are afraid that they will be exposed, it is worth it.

 

I think the larger point is, these documentaries can and should exist in a way that doesn't compromise their own integrity by giving someone like Drake Bell a red carpet to come back by glossing over his own allegations. We can have the benefit of more awareness and also have standards for the way these films are made. I would argue it's a necessity for subject matter this fragile.

 

I can't tell you how many people irl I've encountered who watched the docuseries and their biggest takeaway was being thankful that Bell was able to tell his story and come back into the public eye. They hardly seemed aware that he had allegations in the first place. That could be different if the docuseries handled its subject matter with care.

 

There's a difference between highlighting an important issue and sensationalizing people's trauma

I saw that they'd basically ambushed one of their interviewees by not being completely upfront about the nature of the documentary. This whole thing is tainted with a kind of irresponsibility by the creators, like, they went into it with the wrong goals in mind and didn't handle the subject matter with the care it requires. I haven't seen the latest ep yet, but so far it's all just felt off to me

 

Not to beat a dead horse but want to take a second to mention Alyson Stoner’s podcast Dear Hollywood again.

CCR definitely has her own issues but I think the “outside people” comment is more about people looking to profit off of something as opposed to people who have a vested interest in Justice and accountability. The Glee cast’s reaction to this production company should’ve told everyone all they needed to know

 

Bill Maher ‘Flat-Out’ Believes Woody Allen Is Innocent, Calls Actors Who Regret Working With Him ‘a Bunch of P—ies’: ‘It’s a Very Improbable Crime’

Bill Maher is a pile of shit and it sucks hbo gives him that weekly platform

 

That's a pretty insane thing to admit to

 

Can’t wait til he [redacted]

 

He’s almost definitely also pro Polanski too btw

 

Wouldn't expect anything less from him lol

I have my own issues with Armisen, but this Tim Heidecker interview where he's clearly doing a Bill Maher parody the whole time is so fucking funny

 

Holy shit Netflix

 

Get absolutely fucked