By Doug Mortimer: It may be difficult to believe today, but before #MeToo, a number of people in Hollywood were candid and outspoken about sex and all its ramifications. Differences between men and women were a given, sex appeal was lauded and flaunted, racy jokes were common…and nobody objected. I’m not necessarily talking about Hollywood during the silent era or its golden age before television. Some of the quotes that follow are from actors (or behind-the-scenes movers and shakers) who are still drawing breath. And none of them sprang from the mind of a screenwriter or publicist.
Producer Harvey Weinstein regularly employed the casting couch and paid a steep price for it. He didn’t do anything his predecessors hadn’t done. They didn’t necessarily brag about it but they didn’t try to hide it. Of course, this was before “privilege” was a curse word. Rank had its privileges, and that was that. Consider the following:
Producer Harvey Weinstein regularly employed the casting couch and paid a steep price for it. He didn’t do anything his predecessors hadn’t done. They didn’t necessarily brag about it but they didn’t try to hide it. Of course, this was before “privilege” was a curse word. Rank had its privileges, and that was that. Consider the following:
Why don’t you sit on my lap when we’re discussing your contract – the way other girls do?
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- Jewish MGM Mogul Louis B. Mayer