y'all missed the best part:
I am not alone in wanting Tarantino to keep making movies. He’s one of our finest and fearless filmmakers, no matter how idiotically he behaved on the Howard Stern Show. Who else could have envisioned Jews actually killing Hitler in “Inglourius Basterds” or slaves bucking their masters in “Django Unchained”? Political correctness is not his strong suit and never will be.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
:/
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
it's true, no Jew ever imagined killing Hitler
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
who else could have closed their eyes and dreamed up the idea of killing slave owners but Quentin Tarantino
― omar little, Thursday, 8 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
"bucking"
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 8 February 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/ed-crane-cato-institute-sexual-harassment-398989
Three former employees of the famed Cato Institute say they were sexually harassed by Ed Crane, the 73-year-old co-founder and president emeritus of the think tank and one of the most recognizable figures in the libertarian movement.One former employee said Crane asked her to take off her bra. Another said he compared her breasts to pornographic images on his computer. A third said he sent her an email on breast augmentation. Crane also settled an additional sexual harassment claim by a former employee in 2012, her lawyer confirmed to POLITICO.
One former employee said Crane asked her to take off her bra. Another said he compared her breasts to pornographic images on his computer. A third said he sent her an email on breast augmentation. Crane also settled an additional sexual harassment claim by a former employee in 2012, her lawyer confirmed to POLITICO.
say it ain't so
― j., Friday, 9 February 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
The transcript:
Tarantino: No, that was not the case AT ALL. She wanted to have it and dated the guy and—
Quivers: She was 13!
Tarantino: And by the way, we’re talking about America’s morals, not talking about the morals in Europe and everything.
Stern: Wait a minute. If you have sex with a 13-year-old girl and you’re a grown man, you know that that’s wrong.
Quivers: ...giving her booze and pills...
Tarantino: Look, she was down with this.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 February 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
Augment your freedoms!
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
A rare US version of the dumb-as-rocks "this metoo thing is typical american puritanism!" thing being vomited up by Euro cinema types who should know better on my timeline atm.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
j f c
Did Conrad Black really just say this? https://t.co/oa4RNF5c4l pic.twitter.com/aa5FKo5ras— Jake Reid (@JakeAReid) February 9, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, February 9, 2018 8:28 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ku-tRgWZuc
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
if you know anything about conrad black this is the opposite of surprising xp
― Simon H., Friday, 9 February 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
I'm completely unfamiliar with this person but the juxtaposition of "magnificently concupiscent" and "She offered to do me" tells me all I need to know
― evol j, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
i'm not surprised CB wrote it, just surprised that anyone, including the paper he founded, would think it worth publishing
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
Conrad Black is our nation's finest public intellectual
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 9 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
I don't think the National Post is allowed to refuse, or to edit, his pieces
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 9 February 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/trump-rob-porter/index.html
""I found out about it recently and I was surprised by it," Trump said. "We certainly wish him well. It's obviously a very tough time for him. He did a very good job while he was in the White House.""We hope that he will have a wonderful career," Trump added"
man.
― akm, Friday, 9 February 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
We finally found out what @ConradMBlack has to say before the @nationalpost actually dares to edit one of his lunatic columns. Political correctness run amok, I guess! pic.twitter.com/WEnMaai5Qi— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) February 9, 2018
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Michael Haneke: #MeToo has led to a witch hunt coloured by a hatred of men
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 12 February 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
oh ffs you cretin
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 February 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
he loves women though
lol
― maura, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
shouldn't it be a "warlock hunt" then?
just sayin.
― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
#MeToo has led to a witch hunt coloured by a hatred of men
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, February 12, 2018
said in the voice of Herzog
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
“what about the men” is maybe the 35073rd question anyone should ask, and yet because it’s provocative in that holding up the status quo while being a dick about it way (and also because of who’s still running the show in media) it’s right up top. amazing how hegemony asserts itself
― maura, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
maura otm; I'm sure he thinks he's being daring, and bravely speaking out, but the attitude is one that's ruled the world for centuries.
― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
hot takes from white men
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
white men takes back
― President Keyes, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
yes, septuagenarian white men sure do spend a lot of their scarce time left reminding the rest of us to put them on mute
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
when women speak out about being abused by powerful men it's like a "witch hunt" - those times when powerful men rounded up women whose behaviour they disapproved of and ritually killed them. it's just like that! same thing, basically!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
Any pushback feels like oppression to the oppressor.
― Nonsense Ape Debones His Foot (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
I mean “outspoken white guy” + “over 69” = guess what, more of them are Hanekes and Trumps than Bernies or Bidensas in most of this entire saga you can usually tell the retrograde silverback wannabes by the fact that they are talking
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
open question to thread: what pop websites online are good for news with female perspective? thinking about jezebel, bust, mary sue variety; curious to see what other media is out there.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 12 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
My first thought: who the hell is Michael Haneke?My second thought: that question's not worth answering.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
the 45th greatest director of all time
― omar little, Monday, 12 February 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
45th, eh. so, where did Woody Allen place?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
97th
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 12 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
then he and woody belong to a highly distinguished group, no doubt.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
Well, Hitchcock won, so...
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 12 February 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
I would love to hear Hitchcock's views on the respect that should be accorded to actresses, too. We could poll his, Woody's and Mr. Haneke's views on the subject.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
Don't leave out Von Trier, I hear he has some ideas too.
― nickn, Monday, 12 February 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
Bresson too
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
korean director kim ki-duk's turn
Famed SKorean director #KimKiDuk was convicted of physically abusing an actress. Yet he has been invited to @berlinale film fest that publicly supported #MeToo campaign against abuse of women. I asked Kim's victim how she feels about it @AFP https://t.co/NaWp8dtYga #berlinale2018— Hawon Jung (@allyjung) February 11, 2018
seems like korea has the most support for having an open conversation on men's sexual misconduct and women's rights issues, while in japan and china it's basically non-existent
― papa poutine (∞), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
cluck-clucking over every male filmmaker in history, goddamn i love atheist moral scolds
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
are you really saying every male filmmaker in history abuses or disrespects actresses?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
no, you checklisters are coming close enough
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
so, it's only the great preponderance of them?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
or maybe you'd agree that male filmmakers differ in this regard and by examining their words and actions those differences become apparent so that their views on the matter are open to judgment, including negative judgment?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
strange, some posts on this board read as total gibberish to me. must be my eyes.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
what exactly was bresson accused of?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
I think reading has more to do with brains than eyes, tbh.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link