Yeah, it’s weird that people aren’t getting that.

Even if it was ‘just an acting exercise’ it’s exploitation as they weren’t looking for great actors they were looking for pain and tears to then reframe into their story to tell and profit and get praised for on the backs of these children.

Right. It’s truly shocking how both VF and Jolie agree on what happened, yet Jolie sincerely thinks there’s nothing wrong here because “we were totally kidding!” She’s so confident the children were aware of everything while ignoring the poverty they faced every day before they met her and the casting directors.

Angelina and the casting directors knew what was going on. A bunch poor children, who have literally known nothing but a life of poverty and hunger, most likely did not even if it was explained to them. They’re kids! They don’t have the same grasp on complex emotional matters that adults do!

Hm. Based on the transcript, I think Vanity Fair did mischaracterize what she said. The magazine made it sound like the children had no idea what was going on, but the direct quote says that the casting directors told the children upfront that they were going to play a game where they would be given something to take…

Jolie’s version of the story is the same as the story that the magazine printed - she doesn’t seem to get what was wrong with it in the first place. It doesn’t matter if YOU think ‘this is an acting exercise, this money is meaningless and the children don’t get to keep it anyway’ - to those kids they’re just seeing a…

Thank you. Oprah is synonymous with “marketing”, and she realized this 20+ years ago. I don’t blame her for recognizing her power and harnessing it for $$$ —after all, that’s the American way. But it diminishes how seriously or sincerely I consider anything she talks about or anyone she interviews.

I’m fine with not drinking bulleit anymore, there are a lot of better bourbons for the same or lower price.

So does this mean I will get to perform with Dave Gahan when I see Depeche Mode in a couple of weeks?

Oprah still owes the world and apology for unleashing “Dr” Phil and “Dr” Oz on the world.

That Oprah promoted a quack weightloss doc really doesn’t give me any hope she actually cares about health over cash.

I verbally harassed an image of Oprah on a supermarket check stand magazine proclaiming to have found the way to weight loss again (soon after buying into WW as both spokesperson and corporate part-owner). She needs to come back and say something when she has made a substantial change that lasts a good 20+ years,…

According to the article, she bought 10% for $43 million and because of her destructive huckstering, that 10% is now worth $110 million.

Not one “All Lives Matter* person to be found.

At least the photographer managed to create memories that’ll last forever for the couple.

“Eat the zap Jordan Mae, eat the zap Jordan Mae.”

“I was actually giving the police benefit of the doubt over my own child because I was thinking he must have been fighting back, he must have been resisting,” Chapman said.

“I was actually giving the police benefit of the doubt over my own child because I was thinking he must have been fighting back, he must have been resisting,” Chapman said.

You make no sense.

“Now that’s what I call sci-fi!”