Maggie Gyllenhaal was one of the front runners in the rush to vehemently protest the nomination and confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh, because of the allegation of sexual abuse. No facts presented, simply the accusation. At that time, there was only one accuser, with no corroboration.
Now, she has given a pass to James Franco, a cast member of her show "The Deuce" a frequently vulgar show about the rise of the "sex industry" in New York city, IIRC. He has had 5 accusations against him in recent months. She happens to be a producer of that show.
It appears that if punishing an accused sexual offender affects HER, or her livelihood, she's ok with giving a pass.
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Now, she has given a pass to James Franco, a cast member of her show "The Deuce" a frequently vulgar show about the rise of the "sex industry" in New York city, IIRC. He has had 5 accusations against him in recent months. She happens to be a producer of that show.
It appears that if punishing an accused sexual offender affects HER, or her livelihood, she's ok with giving a pass.
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Gyllenhaal, 40, added that she felt it was important for the series to continue given the nature of its content.
“Another thing that was really important was our show is about misogyny,” she explained. “It's about transactional sex. It's about inequality in the entertainment business. You couldn't be more at the center of that conversation than The Deuce. To me, I thought, ‘I want to keep telling this story. I want to keep playing Candy and going deep into what it's like from a woman's perspective to be dealing with all the stuff that is on everybody's minds right now. I want to put it on TV.’”
“I think I would have been so sorry not to be able to keep doing that and also not to be able to watch Emily Meade, who plays Lori, keep doing that [and] to watch Dominique, who plays Darlene, keep doing it and to watch all of these women who are creating these incredible characters that are taking it on straight on,” she continued. “I feel like it would've been the wrong consequence to those accusations to shut our show down. It would've been, like, the opposite of the right thing to do. And yet I believe that there should be consequences for disrespecting or assaulting women. Of course I do.”
“Another thing that was really important was our show is about misogyny,” she explained. “It's about transactional sex. It's about inequality in the entertainment business. You couldn't be more at the center of that conversation than The Deuce. To me, I thought, ‘I want to keep telling this story. I want to keep playing Candy and going deep into what it's like from a woman's perspective to be dealing with all the stuff that is on everybody's minds right now. I want to put it on TV.’”
“I think I would have been so sorry not to be able to keep doing that and also not to be able to watch Emily Meade, who plays Lori, keep doing that [and] to watch Dominique, who plays Darlene, keep doing it and to watch all of these women who are creating these incredible characters that are taking it on straight on,” she continued. “I feel like it would've been the wrong consequence to those accusations to shut our show down. It would've been, like, the opposite of the right thing to do. And yet I believe that there should be consequences for disrespecting or assaulting women. Of course I do.”
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