How will #MeToo play on Emmys and in real life?

Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times:

“It’s Michael and Colin’s turn to emcee the biggest night in television. In case you were wondering, that would be Michael Che and Colin Jost, anchors of ‘Weekend Update’ on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ ... Che and Jost are seasoned veterans at topical comedy, and they’ve addressed #MeToo from their ‘Weekend Update’ perch. But hosting an inherently schmoozy event such as the Emmys, making people laugh and being sensitive to public fatigue with polarizing politics while also recognizing the gravity of the moment represents a precarious balancing act.”

John Hockenberry, Harper’s:

“I have never been accused of anything that, in my view, could be construed as criminal or coercive. But in the blink of an eye I have gone from being someone recognized on the streets of New York City as a journalist, author and advocate for people with disabilities to someone who fears recognition and trembles at the prospect of running into some radio listener who has come to find me an object of pity or reproach. ... Despite acknowledgment by my accusers that I am no rapist or sex offender, the unarguable discomfort and anguish of my co-workers have thrown me into a category in which society at large chooses, for whatever reason, not to distinguish between the charge and act of rape and some improper, failed and awkward attempts at courtship.”

Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times:

“I feel sorry for a lot of these men, but I don’t think they feel sorry for women, or think about women’s experience much at all. And maybe that’s why the discussion about #MeToo and forgiveness never seems to go anywhere, because men aren’t proposing paths for restitution. They’re asking why women won’t give them absolution. ... Maybe they’d find it easier to resurrect their careers if it seemed like they had reflected on why women are so furious in the first place, and perhaps even offered ideas to make things better.”