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05-24-2018 , 08:23 PM

#3251

gregorio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

This Morgan Freeman thread is scandalous. Some Woody Allen stuff.

Assuming the Woody Allen reference is about him dating his step-granddaughter for 10 years

05-24-2018 , 08:33 PM

#3252

iron81

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No wonder he's still taking tons of jobs.

05-24-2018 , 08:48 PM

#3253

Louis Cyphre

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How did Freeman get $400+ million? That‘s like Jay-Z money.

In other news: Weinstein about to be arrested.

05-24-2018 , 10:39 PM

#3254

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Louis Cyphre

How did Freeman get $400+ million? That‘s like Jay-Z money.

He's been in a whole bunch of hit movies.

05-25-2018 , 06:40 AM

#3255

Kafja

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i've never been as fond of Freeman as the rest of the world seemed to be, most of his acting post-2000 has been just a caricature of himself.

also last month he was having dinner with Mohamed bin Salman at Rupert Murdoch's house as part of the disgusting 'we're nice guys now!' Saudi PR tour, so not particularly surprised to discover he's a pos

05-25-2018 , 12:28 PM

#3256

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05-25-2018 , 12:34 PM

#3257

estefaniocurry

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Didn't Freeman sleep with his daughter's adopted daughter who was murdered by her angry boyfriend when she told him? That's Woody Allen level ****.

05-25-2018 , 01:57 PM

#3258

Louis Cyphre

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

He's been in a whole bunch of hit movies.

I count ~45 movies(*) from 1988-2010 when his divorce was finalized. Before that he was doing mostly TV. I doubt he was pulling 10mio./movie. Not all of them were hits. That list includes a bunch of supporting roles. He must have spent some money over the years. He didn't just hand over 100% of this net worth to his ex-wife.
He must have done well with his investemnts I suppose.

(*) He also did some voice and tv work.

05-25-2018 , 09:03 PM

#3259

Huehuecoyotl

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A reporter investigated George Takei to see if he fit in with the #MeToo perpetrators. She couldn't find any other instance of anyone complaining about Takei's behavior and the one incident that happened seems like it could be a case of misunderstanding. Toxicologists said it was very unlikely that Takei drugged the young man, more than likely he got dizzy from standing up while intoxicated.

http://observer.com/2018/05/george-t...drugs-assault/

05-26-2018 , 08:26 AM

#3260

SuperUberBob

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Clint Eastwood's gotta be next. Dude was a serial philanderer.

05-26-2018 , 09:46 AM

#3261

Namath12

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Forget the other one use this one

05-26-2018 , 10:11 AM

#3262

estefaniocurry

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Clint Eastwood's gotta be next. Dude was a serial philanderer.

What's wrong with that?

Doesn't someone being popular (personally) with women suggest that he's less likely to be a creep?

05-26-2018 , 10:17 AM

#3263

SuperUberBob

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People once thought Cosby was popular with women.

05-26-2018 , 11:08 PM

#3264

ChrisV

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Come on man. That is just the male equivalent of slut-shaming. Because someone is promiscuous therefore they are an abuser? gtfo

05-27-2018 , 01:05 AM

#3265

microbet

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I'd hate to see Clint here. He has a good rep afaik, people rave about how nice it is working on his sets, he still works with some exes, but who knows? Sandra Locke did accuse him of some kind of abuse a long time ago.

05-27-2018 , 01:09 AM

#3266

MrWookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Come on man. That is just the male equivalent of slut-shaming. Because someone is promiscuous therefore they are an abuser? gtfo

I mean, at this point it seems pretty reasonable to assume that there's a good chance any rich and/or powerful man is an abuser. And even a good amount of not so rich and powerful ones are too.

05-27-2018 , 01:39 AM

#3267

BrianTheMick2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWookie

I mean, at this point it seems pretty reasonable to assume that there's a good chance any rich and/or powerful man is an abuser. And even a good amount of not so rich and powerful ones are too.

There are loads of rapey people. I highly doubt that becoming a rich and powerful has any bearing on the odds of you being a rapey person. It just changes the narrative and your odds of going to jail.

05-27-2018 , 01:45 AM

#3268

well named

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I don't know, it seems likely that power changes the dynamics of relationships and the number and kinds of opportunities that "rapey" people might have to exercise that tendency as well.

05-27-2018 , 01:45 AM

#3269

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Being rich and powerful generally makes women more likely to be willing to be around a man she doesn't know very well, leading to a much greater opportunity for bad behavior by such men.

05-27-2018 , 02:05 AM

#3270

BrianTheMick2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by well named

I don't know, it seems likely that power changes the dynamics of relationships and the number and kinds of opportunities that "rapey" people might have to exercise that tendency as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chillrob

Being rich and powerful generally makes women more likely to be willing to be around a man she doesn't know very well, leading to a much greater opportunity for bad behavior by such men.

You are both underestimating how easy being rapey is. Do you find that you, as not-rich not-famous people, are constantly dealing with women who run away in fear if you say "hi"?

I will grant that it might possibly make raping women who are more likely to get in the news for being raped to be raped easier. I'm sure, if you want to be rapey, that you can easily find your cohort of victims.

05-27-2018 , 02:21 AM

#3271

chillrob

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Being rich and powerful generally makes men more willing to go up and say "hi" to women, because they are less worried about said women running away in fear.

05-27-2018 , 02:32 AM

#3272

rugby

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Sexual abuse is primarily an abuse of power.

So yes. Being powerful gives more opportunity for sexual abuse.

05-27-2018 , 11:21 AM

#3273

MrWookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by well named

I don't know, it seems likely that power changes the dynamics of relationships and the number and kinds of opportunities that "rapey" people might have to exercise that tendency as well.

Exactly, not to mention that powerful people have much more opportunity to groom victims with smaller injustices "compensated" (for lack of a better term) by little rewards that keeps them around.