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Hollywood, Trump as Media Mogul, and Harvey Weinstein's Open Secret
from It Ends Bad (with Yannis Pappas) · #67
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minThey discuss how LA sexually and professionally chews people up (with a Weinstein tangent), then pivot to Trump being a Page Six celebrity whose antics have inadvertently saved Twitter, SNL, and struggling media outlets.
- 3:51Harvey Weinstein's abuse was an open secret in Hollywood that actors pretended not to understand.
- 4:15Hollywood's critique of Trump ignores that they created him as a celebrity.
- 4:37Trump's mouth functions as his own media platform, turning his personality into content.
- 4:50Trump has saved struggling media outlets like SNL, MSNBC, and the New York Times despite supposedly destroying America.
- 5:25America has become one big entertainment show where everything is theater.
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