Black woman cast in the Acolyte

What's the Acolyte? I haven't heard of that one.

What makes you think that Disney+ will produce anything other than bad writing? The only question is whether false accusations of racism will be used as a deflection.

When Disney can squander Benicio del Toro, I'm not too hyped up anymore by casting news for Star Wars.

I'm more interested in hearing who the writers will be.










Edit: Good grief. So apparently there's only one writer on this series, and it's Harvey Weinstein's former personal assistant, Leslye Headland. No way she didn't know the truth about him. So much for female empowerment and "The Force is female" advertising. 

She's admitted she worked directly for Harvey Weinstein. She downplays her involvement with him, and says working for him was "boring", but she did spend a year with him. A year working for someone like that in Hollywood, where you're at their beck and call 24/7 (all in the name of advancement in the entertainment industry), you see things about that person's life that others don't. I don't believe for a second she didn't know about what he was doing.

I'm not overstating anything. She spent six years as an assistant at Miramax/the Weinstein Company and another year working directly for Harvey Weinstein. That was a long time to be in his circle on a day-to-day basis.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

I know people that have been personal assistants in Hollywood (mostly at lower level companies but one particular one for an A-list actor). When you have that job, you run the powerful people's lives for them. Your boss needs a flight? You get his/her itinerary all lined up. Boss needs a reservation at a trendy upscale restaurant? You work to get the best table. The boss' hellion kid is sick? You take care of the child. Your boss want ice cream at 2 am and he/she calls you to get it? You get out of bed, rush to the store, and hand deliver it to the boss house before it melts. You're really at their beck and call 24/7. You're involved in their lives at a deep level, following them around, fetching things, and being silent unless spoken to. You see a lot. You hear a lot. There's an expectation for you to keep their secrets (not necessarily "sinister" but personal life quiet) when you're in such a position.

Having said all this, do I want to "go after" her? Someone that was trying to just get ahead and had little to no power? No, I don't. I really don't. I think there's enough shaming online of people, and really, I'm not into any of that mob mentality. Also Hollywood personal assistants get treated like garbage, and having known people that do that job, I wouldn't want to add to their troubles. It's a stressful job.

My whole thing in this thread was more of a commentary on the Hollywood machine and finding the absurdity of Disney putting a pretty bow on the same hideous monstrosity. Things continue, you know...? It might of transformed a bit but it's still the same old song and dance.

I only continued with talk about Leslye Headland because you questioned her involvement. She would have known/saw/heard things, but so did everyone else in Hollywood. Others - much more powerful than her - looked the other way because it was convenient to do so. So if nothing happened to them, what's the point of bringing down someone that couldn't do anything about it? I don't see the point anyway.