Is This for Real or for Reel?

One of the questions dogging the Time's Up movement at the Golden Globes last night was whether the movement had the legs to accomplish its goals. Virtually every attendee wore black in solidarity with women who are victims of sexual harassment, assault, or abuse in the workplace. Speeches were made.  Unfortunately, one famous woman who had suffered vicious physical assault and abuse in her workplace  - Nancy Kerrigan - suffered the indignity of Allison Janney's acceptance speech for here supporting role in I, Tonya:

source: variety

“I would just like to thank Tonya for sharing her story,” the actress said while pointing to the Olympic figure skater in the audience. “What this movie did is tell a story about class in America, tell a story about the disenfranchised, tell the story about a woman who was not embraced for her individuality, tell a story about truth and the perception of truth in the media and truths we all tell ourselves. It’s an extraordinary movie, and I’m so proud of it.”

Maybe that's why Janney's gown was not quite as much black as others. Harding's story is well known to anyone over age 40 and is straightforward to many of us. In fact, we have been treated to way too many rehashings and attempts by Harding to cash in on her malfeasance in different ways. Harding was implicated in the attack on Kerrigan by a thug battered her leg with a baton, apparently aiming for her knee to knock her out of the U.S. championships and the Olympics. Her husband arranged the attack. Today we might call this 'collusion' between her, her husband and the attacker.

The muddling of reality by Janney in her speech, showing sympathy for the perpetrator of a violent crime, makes one wonder if Hollywood is really up to cleaning up their act on this important problem that extends through society.