On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:46 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for Amazon says Woody Allen breached his > four-movie deal with the online giant by making statements about the #MeToo > movement that damaged prospects for promoting his films. > Attorney Robert Klieger told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that the > company protected itself after Allen made comments that at a minimum were > insensitive. > The hearing was related to a lawsuit Allen filed in February seeking at > least $68 million. The lawsuit says Amazon ended his 2017 contract in June. > John Quinn, Allen's lawyer, says Amazon initially claimed it was ending > the deal because of allegations made against Allen decades ago, not because > of his recent statements. > Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, said in 1992 that Allen molested > her when she was 7. Allen has repeatedly denied it. > It's stories that frustrate me about the state of journalism today. They get quotes from lawyers from both sides and add a sentence about an accusation from 27 years ago. I haven't been following the trial so what can I learn from this about it? I can gather that Amazon gave Allen an obscene amount of money to make some limited series for Prime. Amazon did this as a prestige move to build their streaming service brand by hooking it to Allen's brand. The first series tanked and Allen's brand is now sullied by much more than the 27 year old accusation so Amazon cut ties. Why is none of this in the story? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
