That and he was a teenager during the most recent wave of “Woody Allen is Creepy- remember why?” I was a kid when the whole thing happened, and all I knew was that he married a sort-of-stepdaughter, which seemed icky, but not *that* bad (didn’t know her age, either), and that one explanation explained the media uproar…

THERE is nothing really to call bullshit on. He is donating his entire profit from that movie. He said he has learned from this.

YUP. He’s honestly young enough that I’d totally believe the “didn’t know” excuse, too.

Preach. I really feel like this will be the creep’s last film.

Selena Gomez isn’t really a musician. She’s a Disney star packaged as a pop star to move merchandise. Not that she isn’t a real human being, but “musician” is a stretch.
There are so many musicians with so much to say, and you’re right - that is their (our) role...remind us of folly, inspire us, and move us…

Agree. While its clear that even up through this upcoming Allen movie, agents/managers have been pushing their clients to be in his stuff (if they already weren’t eager do to so themselves), that has to be changing. If nothing else the spectacular failure of Wonder Wheel should be a warning sign enough to these people…

Good for him. The more we see responses like this (even if we want to say too little too late) the more likely it is that this next Woody Allen film will be the last. No longer can actors try to pull the BS Kate Winslet game of refusing to engage with Woody Allen’s crimes, arguing that they just couldn’t resist the…

It is cynical. We’ve hit a tipping point. Allen used to be a shortcut to awards, now he’s becoming a liability and a thing you need to make amends for.

I think Allen is done, honestly. I doubt he ever faces meaningful consequences for his actions, but the rolling snowball that is #TimesUp has picked up enough speed that being in a film of his has flipped from being a career boost to being a toxic stain on the resume. I mean, people are already being shamed into…

Cocaine ain’t cheap, allegedly.

And it will add to the pressure for decent actors not to take parts in any future Allen films, at least not without even super uncomfortable questions being asked. It’s a good step.

the kid is only 22 and he has more integrity than Colin Firth, Joaquin Phoenix, Javier Bardem or any of the other men in his recent films. None of those actors needed the work or money and chose to make a Woody film anyway.

A good deed done for selfish reasons or by a bad person is still a good deed done.

Selena Gomez needs to pick a lane. She’s getting too old for the “gee gosh, I’m not sure I know what’s going on there” routine.

I think this quote is apt. Because I suspect we are going to find out that the neighbors suspected; that social services suspected; that their “church” members suspected. But that the entire system did nothing.

I always think about this too.

This is why neighbors need to call Child Protective Services and anonymously report any suspicious activity. If you are wrong, so what? If you are right and do nothing; then this is the result. Be noisy; listen to your gut.

In a statement, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said that “The parents were unable to immediately provide a logical reason why their children were restrained in that manner.”

My heart breaks for all of them. But I especially can’t imagine what it’s like for the oldest among them, who are legally adults, and now have to learn how to function in regular society after being traumatized for so long.

I get that there can be one person who is bat-shit crazy and does horrible things like chain up women or children and abuse them.