Harvey Weinstein causó conmoción durante un show en Nueva York

Dos jóvenes actrices protagonizaron un incidente en un club durante un show al enfrentarse al productor Harvey Weinstein, a quien llamaron «violador».

Weinstein, que a partir del 6 de enero se enfrenta a un juicio acusado de abuso sexual, acudió a un club neoyorquino que una vez al mes brinda un espacio para artistas emergentes conocido como «Actor’s Hour».

Durante uno de los show, la comediante que estaba en el escenario hizo notar la presencia de Harvey Weinstein. La mujer llamó al productor «elefante blanco», expresión utilizada para referirse a una posesión indeseada; y «Freddy Krueger», personaje de una película de terror.

«No sabía que teníamos que traer nuestro propio spray pimienta y silbatos de violación al ‘Actor’s Hour», dijo la comediante. Pero el comentario recibió abucheos. El momento lo captó un video que se subió a Instagram.

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Entre el público estaba también la actriz Zoe Stuckless, quien al ver que Weisntein reía, aplaudía y bebía, se paró frente a la mesa donde estaba el productor y se enfrentó a él.

«¿Nadie va a decir nada? Me voy a parar a un metro de un violador y ¿nadie va a decir nada?», gritó Stuckless.  Mientras, Weinstein, que estaba acompañado por cuatro mujeres y dos guardaespaldas, permaneció tranquilo, sin ninguna reacción.

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PLEASE READ THIS WHOLE THING!!!!! Tonight was one of the most surreal nights of my life. I went to an event called Actors Hour, whose mission statement is to empower emerging artists and to “create an open space for creatives to share what they love.” After a while, a friend of mine pointed out a man sitting in a booth. It was Harvey Weinstein, surrounded by a cadre of young women and two bodyguards. He wasn’t hiding. He came to watch young artists be vulnerable on stage. The show started, and no one said anything. At first I didn’t think it was him. There was no way. But then a comic got on stage and called out to the crowd to address “the elephant in the room.” As soon as she alluded to his presence in the room the event organizers, the bartenders, and a number of others booed her into silence. She continued her set, stunned into compliance. I was sitting there, and the more that I sat there waiting for the event organizers to kick him out, or for another performer to call him out, or for the audience to revolt, the more I found myself paralyzed by the silence. He was sitting there, allowed to laugh and clap and drink and flirt and no one was saying anything. The more I sat there the more furious I was at all of our inaction. I thought about all of the voices that have been silenced over so many years. I thought about the artists, the women, who were paralyzed by the same fear that I felt, surrounded by colleagues who were intimidated into a culture of silence and passivity. This room was a microcosm of our whole community. And I couldn’t sit there and let him laugh. So I spoke up. I was kicked out of the bar tonight. His bodyguards herded me out. The event organizers were happy to see me go. In some ways tonight was a horrible, painful reminder of the power a man like Weinstein holds even now. It was a reminder that even in this time of relative awareness it is hypnotically easy to be pulled into a culture of silence. However, it was also a reminder that our voices have so much more power when we stand together. Our passivity is poison. We need to stand together, and we need to speak up. Or this poison will fester, only encouraged by our fear.

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«No se estaba escondiendo. Vino a ver a los jóvenes artistas ser vulnerables en el escenario», indicó Stuckless en su Facebook, donde contó lo ocurrido en la que considera «la noche más surrealista» de su vida.

Un portavoz del productor dijo que Weinstein «había salido con amigos para disfrutar de la música y tratar de encontrar algo de consuelo en su vida que quedó al revés».