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frazzled

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12. It was pretty much over before this came out
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 03:55 PM
Oct 2017

Weinstein Company had not had a big hit for a while, because younger independent production companies such as A24 were taking over the limelight. Harvey had become the past.

Indeed, the only reason we are hearing (or rather reading) about this now (it was the biggest unspoken secret around) is BECAUSE Weinstein was on the wane. The New York Times and other entertainment/media outlets no longer had to fear Harvey threatening to pull all his big-bucks advertising: he hadn't been advertising for several years already. The actresses involved no longer had to fear losing Harvey's magic blessing on their careers; there were plenty of hot new producers to rely on.

Money and power talk: as long as Weinstein was riding high, he could pay off his accusers in private, and the media (although they knew) was silent. Lose your power, and you're fair game. This is what happened to Cosby: as soon as he was a has-been it all came out. It will happen to Trump.

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