LA, Confidential: Weinstein's Secrets
① Hollywood luminaries are fulminating as a growing number of women denounce Harvey Weinstein.
② But the real story is shame, not shock.
③ Critics are asking who knew what and when, especially those who worked with Mr Weinstein on his films.
④ Ben Affleck, an actor, was called out on Twitter by one of Mr Weinstein's accusers, Rose McGowan, another star, for not acknowledging in his condemnation of the executive's conduct that (she says) he long knew about such behaviour.
⑤ The Weinstein Company's board, which included Mr. Weinstein's brother Bob, reportedly knew in 2015 about settlements paid to female accusers over the years.
⑥ NBC News is also under attack for not pursuing the story, which its contributor Ronan Farrow ended up taking to the New Yorker.
⑦ The plot twist: crimes are bad, but so too are cover-ups.
⑧ Stay tuned.
生词好句
confidential /kɒnfɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/: adj. 绝密的；机密的
luminary /ˈluːmɪn(ə)ri/: n. 大人物 (在某个领域有巨大影响力的杰出人物)
fulminate /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/ /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/: vi. 强烈抗议
denounce /dɪˈnaʊns/: vt. 公开谴责；告发
accuser /əˈkjuːzə/: n. 指控者
plot twist /plɒt/ /twɪst/: 剧情的反转
cover-up: n. 掩盖
"Beauty provokes harassment,
the law says, but it looks through
men's eyes when deciding
what provokes it."
Naomi Wolf, an American author
