Just to give you an idea of the gravity of the Weinstein situation, Weinstein was expelled today from the Motion Picture Academy, from the British Motion Picture Academy and there is talk of France revoking the Legion Of Honor medal it gave him a few years ago. Here’s the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences statement:
“We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues, but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. What’s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.”
The motion picture industry and the world community are taking these steps and meanwhile anything still goes on Pennsylvania Avenue.