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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Lively is pretty unlikeable but some of the stuff coming out now makes Baldoni and Sarowitz both also seem unlikeable. I think it's perfectly fair to talk about what these guys are saying and doing and how it would play in front of a jury, just as we would discuss the same with Blake.

I think if you read some of these Sarowitz quotes, in particular, and think it's fine or won't turn people off, you have lost any objectivity on this case. It's clearly really awful, and the fact that this is how he's talking in a deposition for a lawsuit sort of alarms me. Most people will be on their best behavior in that setting, and the most careful with their words. The Hamas comment was also bad, but he was unknowingly recorded and it was a casual conversation. This was something he said in a conference room with lawyers and a court stenographer present! And it comes off as threatening, entitled, and misogynistic (IMO). That's a big red flag.[/quote]

Nah, Justin comes off as the victim. People will sympathize with him. Not so much with Blake.[/quote]

Why will people sympathize with him? He comes off as tone deaf and cowardly to me. Sarowitz comes off as a big bully which helps Blake, Ryan comes off as a big bully which helps Baldoni. I tend to think people will be less likely to hold Reynolds' behavior against him because (1) positive associations with his movies -- you cannot underestimate this, it helped Depp in his trial, and (2) people tend to give more leeway to a man who is seen to be acting to protect his wife or kids. It's a misogynistic attitude but it's very widespread, I've seen some nasty behavior justified this way before.

I think people are way underestimating how bad these Sarowitz comments are. If the Hamas quote or the email where Sarowitz threatens to come to set to remind Blake who is playing, or this quote from the depo, wind up in court, I think it helps Blake. Because even if you don't like her, all this taken together sound like threats by an employer towards a former employee. If they can convince the jury that these threats were in "retaliation" for her complaints... it's not really a stretch.

I would not have anticipated that Sarowitz would be the big bad in this one but that's how it's shaping up now.[/quote]

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