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John Oliver puts Dustin Hoffman on the hot seat over sexual harassment allegations at a 20th anniv. screening of "Wag The Dog"
slipping jimmy
Dec 05, 00:30
'It never happened exactly like the women said it happened' seems to be a Common Sexual Predator Refrain.
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Captain Obvious
Dec 05, 01:39
The accusation against Hoffman is ridiculous in the first place.
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Filmstardust
Dec 05, 05:11
Seems like accusations are flying all over the place. I guess the ones without tangible evidence will be left standing.
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RollingThunder
Dec 05, 05:37
Hoffman made an inappropriate sexual joke in a room full of people 30 years ago. That was wrong, but unfortunately, that was common
Filmstardust
Dec 05, 05:51
Though it wasn’t one joke, it was the way he behaved all the time, which included grabbing ass.
RogerMore
Dec 05, 07:24
and she wrote letters detailing numerous, repeated events at the time of their occurrence. Hoffman's take defies her account entirely
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slipping jimmy
Dec 05, 07:38
Yes, what he did was wrong, no one is saying the contrary. Nonetheless, it was how the world behave at those times. Women were treated as...
Filmstardust
Dec 05, 12:34
Understood, but if someone can't acknowledge or apologise for past behaviour that is now recognise as bad, then what?
RogerMore
Dec 05, 13:43
I thought he made an apology. Maybe an apology isn't enough. But we can't have the same treatment as for scumbags like Weinstein.
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Filmstardust
Dec 05, 14:44
He did, in an “I’m sorry, but that’s not who I am” way, and then followed up (per DL) with “it didn’t happen the way it was reported”
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RogerMore
Dec 05, 15:26
the whole world absolutely did not behave that way. and she knew better enough even at 17 to say Hoffman was a "lech" and a "pig"
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slipping jimmy
Dec 05, 14:41
I didn't say the whole world behave like that. I said it was common.
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Filmstardust
Dec 05, 14:45
read the letters the girl wrote when she was 17
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slipping jimmy
Dec 05, 07:38