Will Harvey Weinstein Finally Kill the Old Boys' Network?
How many more days are left for the “dinosaurs” of media and entertainment to roam the Earth?
by Alex Wagner
Oct 12, 2017
4 minutes
The cascade of revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s allegedly terrible and lewd behavior has unearthed plenty of victims—, in fact. But the story may have revealed other, different kinds of casualties, as well: similar, unnamed men in powerful positions who prey upon the less powerful, and their allies, who silently and tacitly accept bad behavior as—in the words of Weinstein’s former lawyer—the stuff that “” do. Make no mistake, Weinstein’s spectacular fall from grace and power represents a seismic change in attitudes towards sexual assault and sexual harassment in this country. But it may also put a nail in the coffin of the old
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