[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Maru

Hollywood casting couch/sex sells culture though has long enabled this behavior. It makes it very difficult for someone to report. It's a bit of a ponzi scheme in that sense, because if you're attractive, you'll get roles, but you're encouraged to push the envelope a little bit further each time to maintain and keep your career... It's far from the professionalism that they polish for the media... this has long been covered by many folk in interviews (especially if it's not broadcast media). Young men also fall prey to this culture.

That's why when Hollywood became the leader of the #metoo, a lot of people here scoffed... as if we're supposed to take seriously the industry that is literally oiled by those practices. I'd argue it's even had a bad effect on the women/men who watch their shows... because even in the shows you're told that you have to look and act a certain way to get the attention you desire.

It's quite sad, Marsh. I wish Hollywood will reform... a lot of young folk have traditionally looked up to the stars that come out of the industry as the American Dream. They may just be images and not really real people in that sense, of course... but I guess what people there say about the royals, our fascination is similar with Hollywood... it may tend to lead to decadence, but so does our culture and that needs to modernize as well... imagine if it were to change.



Ponzi Scheme
https://money.howstuffworks.com/ponzi-scheme.htm

Not really my point.

I was drawing a distinction between the girls going along with it and the girls who were forced (ie raped) hence his arrest.