Toning it down a bit
HOLLYWOOD’S “who’s who” not “who’s he?” types predict a more careful Oscartime.
One partygiver canceled his usual Ubers, which cart inebriates home. Why? “To curb bad behavior, we’re limiting liquor consumption.”
They’re saying: No photos with guys hands draped across a lady’s behind. No more shots staring down her neckline. No sexual chat, as in “Hey, look at those!” Stop the kissy-kissys. Ease off dirty jokes.
One “hugger,” who stopped hugging, said: “It’s pass on multiple Champagne drinks. Those days are over. We’ve all felt it. Behavior’s changed. Everyone’s nervous. Severely shocked and pained, we’re all being careful. Hollywood is seriously depressed. Parties will be less and be less fun. Hollywood ha-ha won’t be there anymore.”
One commented: “Hollywood will tone it down but . . . watch . . . Harvey will somehow ratchet it up.” Which means what? “Harvey was never about the movie.
“Harvey’s about Harvey. How much money he was going to spend. At just the right Oscar time, he’ll grab headlines with some announcement that yes he was wrong and yes, he’ll be better and yes, he’ll make it all good.”
One lady exec whose name you’d recognize: “It’s always been there. Always will. It’ll quiet down for three minutes — but when I began, if they said, ‘No sexual harassment here,’ I wouldn’t want to work anymore. Listen, we all knew how to handle ourselves.
“But how about dressing like Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly did or like Cate Blanchett and
Laura Linney do? How about elegant without the nipples showing?”