After getting caught poking racially-insensitive fun of President Obama, Sony Entertainment executive Amy Pascal not only made a public apology, but she reached out to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to ‘heal’
Let me take a few deep breaths because I just got through puking when I learned that Amy Pascal, the Sony Entertainment executive who got caught poking racially-insensitive fun at President Obama, has reached out to those racial rabble rousers, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, in order to, as she put it, ‘heal’.
Americans may not know much or care about the Ukraine, ISIS or the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques, but they sure as hell want to know what’s going on in Hollywood. I’m sure they are paying close attention to the information leaked by a Sony Corporation hacker.
From emails exchanged between Amy Pascal and movie producer Scott Rudin, Americans have learned the two made disparaging remarks about Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise among other Hollywood luminaries. Pascal and Rudin also discussed how she should handle Obama at a Hollywood fund raiser a year ago. Pascal poked fun at Obama by implying that he would only be interested in films with black casts, specifying the movies Django Unchained, 12 Years a Slave, and The Butler.
With the media shitstorm that followed release of the emails, you would think Pascal had told Rudin that they should serve the attendees KFC fried chicken and watermelon in honor of Obama at that fundraiser.
Pascal made an immediate public apology and then she turned to, of all people, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to ask their forgiveness and to “start the healing process.” Yeah that’s right, Jesse ‘Hymie Town’ Jackson and Al ‘Diamond Merchants’ Sharpton.
Excuse me, but I’m going to puke again.
OK, I'm back. There is speculation that Pascal may lose her position with Sony. If she worked for me I would fire her, but not for what she said in those emails. I would fire Pascal for reaching out to Jackson and Sharpton.
1 comment:
It seems to me that by now people should know that everything on the web can be hacked. In fact, I predict the next big attack on the U.S. will be from cyberspace. Once our power grids and financial markets collapse then the tanks will roll on in. Maybe Ted Kazynski's manifesto wasn't all wrong.
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