Harvey Weinstein May Get Kicked Out of the Oscar Club
Censuring Mr. Weinstein, a fixture on the Oscar circuit for two decades who lived for the validation the awards gave him, would also be a chance for Hollywood to reckon with a past
that includes rampant mistreatment of women — all the way back to the days of Mayer and his fellow good-old-boy studio chiefs.
On Saturday morning, the academy’s 54-member board will meet at the group’s mirrored-glass offices here to discuss what to do about Mr. Weinstein in the wake of investigations by and The New Yorker
that revealed sexual harassment and rape allegations against him going back decades.
Options include doing nothing (possible), revoking his membership (as the British Academy of Film
and Television Arts did on Wednesday) and even nullifying the best-picture Oscar Mr. Weinstein won in 1999 for producing “Shakespeare in Love” (unlikely).
“We support Amazon’s decision as in light of recent news and out of respect for all those affected we have decided together
that it is best to not move forward with this show,” Mr. Russell said in a statement with two stars of the series, Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore.
Even so, many people in Hollywood think the academy only has one option when it comes to Mr. Weinstein: Kick him out.
What is the red line?”’
If it does nothing, however, the academy risks looking like a shield for Mr. Weinstein
— the embodiment of Hollywood aiding and abetting, if only by looking the other way.