That’s the maddening thing. For whatever reason, Hollywood has decided to pretend it actually cares about abuse all of a sudden.

Probably because Megan Fox has already made loads of gross shit about him public and Hollywood, as well as audiences, officially do not care.

Considering how pervasive this problem is, is there any real expectation Hollywood will ever do any better? Weinstein got sacrificed in the name of pretending they care even as they looked the other way for countless other directors, writers, producers, actors... Roman Polanski and Woody Allen keep being courted and…

And the only justification they need for changing it is because they wanted to.

Not to mention that from a marketing standpoint, I seriously doubt it was an effective choice. I know I didn’t go from wiping my tears to thinking “Ooh, Doom!” in that half-second transition.

Why do you keep trying to strawman people’s criticisms? Nobody said their night was ruined. Nobody expressed inability to be moved by his speech. Why do you repeatedly accuse people of being deficient for observing that something could have been handled more tactfully?

Yes. You are the Only One. The Chosen One has revealed himself. Congratulations on your supernatural imperviousness to tacky presentation choices. With your powers of glib dismissal, the forces of good taste will lay in wastes in your wake. Only You, acme64, can save us from thinking this moment could have been…