This review contains spoilers for the episodes "Mr. Dragon goes to Hollywood" and "The Last Ride of the Elephant Princess."
I will never forget the opening rant in the Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington," episodes of this show, as the main character expressed his frustration at the hypocrisy of politicians judging the entertainment industry when their conduct is reprehensible as well. The writing was brilliant.
However, the reason I am writing this is the episode, The Last Ride of the Elephant Princess. In it two studio head brothers insist on relations with a former actress in exchange for movie rights. The brothers were named, Rothstein, had their own studio, and were known to be leches. The actress is so traumatized she leaves Hollywood and asks to be forgotten. It seems obvious now that this was meant to be a parody of Miramax's head.
That this situation was well known enough to be the subject of such parody seems endemic of a disturbing level of acceptance of the Harvey Weinstein situation. That this pointed parody came out more than 17 years ago points to Harvey Weinstein's behavior being recognized more broadly than many want to admit.
I will never forget the opening rant in the Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington," episodes of this show, as the main character expressed his frustration at the hypocrisy of politicians judging the entertainment industry when their conduct is reprehensible as well. The writing was brilliant.
However, the reason I am writing this is the episode, The Last Ride of the Elephant Princess. In it two studio head brothers insist on relations with a former actress in exchange for movie rights. The brothers were named, Rothstein, had their own studio, and were known to be leches. The actress is so traumatized she leaves Hollywood and asks to be forgotten. It seems obvious now that this was meant to be a parody of Miramax's head.
That this situation was well known enough to be the subject of such parody seems endemic of a disturbing level of acceptance of the Harvey Weinstein situation. That this pointed parody came out more than 17 years ago points to Harvey Weinstein's behavior being recognized more broadly than many want to admit.