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I feel that this is a problem in every industry, not just Hollywood, but in this case all the perps are famous people so it makes the news when they're finally outed/there can be public consequences. Compare to other fields where bosses and superiors have what equates to public anonymity and often the backing of their corporate infrastructure, and the victims have even less leverage to out them. I'm sure it manifests itself uniquely in the Hollywood work environment, but I just want to note that this isn't solely a Hollywood problem, it's a cultural problem writ large. Also, you should add Oliver Stone and Ben Affleck to the list of newly accused people.
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Egbert Souse posted:The more I read about her on Wikipedia, she comes off as a sociopath. Oh well. I don't think she was a sociopath so much as she was a product of the regime she worked in. So many Nazis were ordinary people ingrained in a culture that said their victims weren't human and that they deserved to wield the power they did. Calling her or most other Nazis sociopaths is a dangerous route as it inadvertently absolves the conscious decisions made by ordinary people. Albeit there's certainly a few of them who likely did fit the bill (Mengele for one). Still, I wouldn't blame anyone for not applauding Leni Riefenstahl. I don't care what she contributed to cinematography I don't think the person who made Triumph of the Will ought to be awarded. Still, I think her films are worth watching, Olympia in particular is an astounding work. I just think they need to be approached academically and historically, never lightly the way you might watch Kazan or Polanski's works.
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