Boy, I tell ya… those Hollywood liberals sure are funny people… especially that Harvey Weinstein fellow; he sure is one hell of a funny guy. Why? The head-scratching support they’ve thrown behind Roman Polanski is unmatched! Do they honestly believe their stance is the ethical one, or is it that no one over there has the balls to actually speak the truth, because they are worried about their next gig?

In a recent interview, Weinstein, who has been circulating the pro-Polanski petition, said that people generally misunderstand what happened to Polanski at sentencing, and dismissed the labeling of Hollywood by many as amoral, within this context. His words:

Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion… We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We were there for the victims of Katrina and any world catastrophe.

See what I mean? Pure comedy, right? This shit is pure comedy gold I tell ya! Let me repeat that in case you missed it… the man said: “Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.”

Compassion for Benjamin Franklin maybe… or possibly Andrew Jackson… or maybe Ulysses S. Grant.

This is all coming from a man who has the industry reputation for being the king asshole of them all! The perpetual bully. If Hollywood has the best moral compass, then my post earlier today (Was Roots Enough? Slavery And The Holocaust In American Movies) won’t be at all necessary. If Hollywood had the best moral compass, all those torture porn movies that keep getting greenlit wouldn’t exist. If Hollywood had the best moral compass, there’d be more women and representation from other “minority” groups in positions of influence within the industry. If Hollywood had the best moral compass, there’d be more equity when it comes to the representations of all groups of people in the films that they produce. I could go on…

Thankfully, there are some, like producer Bo Zenga (one of the few executives taking a different view) who are indeed speaking in opposition to their comrades, as Mr Zenga states…

I don’t actually believe that people in Hollywood would put protecting their own above a 13-year-old girl who was raped… I think these people have honestly forgotten what this is really about. Everyone needs to go back and read the grand jury testimony to remember how vicious this rape was because right now everyone thinks we’re debating whether or not Polanski got a raw deal. It irritates me that people around the world think that all of Hollywood is saying that the rapist is the victim. Because I don’t feel that way, and neither do most of the people I talk with.

Thank you Bo Zenga for bringing some sanity and, yes, MORALITY, where it previously was absent.

Of course, it had to come from the producer of Soul Plane and Scary Movie. I love that you’ve got a spine dude, but, please, produce better movies!

*Le sigh*

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