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Extract: »In the wake of the allegations of abuse against Harvey Weinstein and many other powerful Hollywood men, the “film colony”—as Hollywood was originally known—is under public scrutiny, yet again, for its dark abuses of power. 2017’s outcry recalls Hollywood’s younger days in the 1920s, when American newspapers were also condemning Hollywood after startling revelations of violence and harassment behind the cameras and glamorous makeup. But the flood of allegations of abuse also reminds me of the products Hollywood put out for all to see: its early cartoons, which often casually depicted a wide, sometimes startling range of abuse against women, with some even seemingly condemning harassment (even,of course, as women were being harassed off-screen).« (Source: Article)

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