No one can defend the appalling behaviour of the likes of Harvey Weinstein but the nonsense which apparently went on at the 'Golden Globes' awards last night was a typical example of the media making a real meal out of anything that might bring it a bit of publicity.
It seems that an assortment of actresses, and others, showed their 'solidarity' in various ways, with men in general being pilloried and not just those who've behaved so badly. However, one wonders what the ultimate result of all this verbiage might be. While the immediate story is one of women in the entertainment industry 'taking back control' might not the final outcome be of far fewer women popping up as instant stars, before vanishing from sight ?
I am frequently amazed by the release of films with 'stars' of whom I've never heard and of whom I never hear again. Now that the old 'casting couch' has been consigned to the dustbin, might the opportunities for this raft of pretty but largely talentless women, and a few men, be suddenly cut back ? When those who choose whom to cast can no longer gain any personal benefit from selecting the prettiest young thing in the room, will they not simply go back to picking an already established 'star' ?
Only time will tell whether the women of Hollywood, and elsewhere, have really won this argument
or simply shot themselves in the foot.
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