Morning Jolt: Hollywood Contemplates Looking in the Mirror, Then Turns Away

Last night's Academy Awards broadcast was Hollywood's way of addressing the sexual harassment scandal without really addressing it, discussing it without really discussing it, and assuring the public that all the worst stuff is in the past and that no one needs to worry about it anymore.

Yes, it was nice to see Ashley Judd and Annabella Sciorra again, up on stage alongside Salma Hayek. But no one involved in the ceremony could ever quite come out and say why those three were up on stage.

"It's nice to see you all again, it's been a while," Sciorra began.

That is a really subtle way of alluding to the fact that she was blacklisted, and that she contends Harvey Weinstein had enough influence in the industry to prevent her from working at all from several years. Weinstein's a demon, but how many people in that room acquiesced to his demand that those actresses not be hired anymore? How many people applauding Sciorra, Hayek, and Judd enabled the demon?

My beef is not with Sciorra, but with whoever wrote the watered-down "inspirational ...

March 05 2018

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Hollywood Contemplates Looking in the Mirror, Then Turns Away Jim Geraghty Last night's Academy Awards broadcast was Hollywood's way of addressing the sexual harassment scandal without really addressing it, discussing it without really discussing it, and assuring the public that all the worst stuff is in the past and that no one needs to worry about it anymore. Yes, it was nice to see Ashley Judd and Annabella Sciorra again, up on stage alongside Salma Hayek. But no one involved in the ceremony could ever quite come out and say why those three were up on stage. "It's nice to see you all again, it's been a while," Sciorra began. That is a really subtle way of alluding to the fact that she was blacklisted, and that she contends Harvey Weinstein had enough influence in the industry to prevent her from working at all from several years. Weinstein's a demon, but how many people in that room acquiesced to his demand that those actresses not be hired anymore? How many people applauding Sciorra, Hayek, and Judd enabled the demon? My beef is not with Sciorra, but with whoever wrote the watered-down "inspirational ... Read More Top Stories In Sweden, Christians Fleeing Persecution Face Violence All Over Again Jacob Rudenstrand and Peter Paulsson Despite news reports of attacks against Christians, Sweden's government has launched no serious... Italy's Electoral Graveyard Alberto Mingardi Italy's Electoral Graveyard ADVERTISEMENT Public-Employee Unions: Only a Lousy Right-Winger Would Call Us Political Jason Hart Their politically charged fury only strengthened his... Congress Handed to the President the Power to Level Tariffs Jay Cost Over the past 80 years, authority over tariffs has migrated to the executive branch, away from the... Gender Imbalance in the Black Community Robert Cherry Mass incarceration is a huge part of the... Tariffs Are Taxes Larry Kudlow,Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore Steel and aluminum may win in the short term, but steel-and-aluminum users and consumers... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." - Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Marrying Trees Cartoons of the Day: March 2nd, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.