Woody Allen Wonder Wheel Opinions

While the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal that has rocked (but probably not surprised) Hollywood is still playing out, the film world must soldier on. That includes the New York Film Festival, which closed Friday with a screening of Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel.

Allen, like Weinstein, is an accused sexual predator, but — as is often the case — his career was not particularly harmed or even interrupted. While these accusations are just that – accusations – at this point, people definitely have had some things to say about Hollywood giving male creatives a pass for allegedly terrible behavior.

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Wonder Wheel, set in 1950s Coney Island, stars Kate Winslet as a former actress and Justin Timberlake as a lifeguard who wants to be a poet. When Winslet was asked about the allegations against Allen by his former partner's adopted daughter she told The New York Times, “As the actor in the film, you just have to step away and say, I don’t know anything, really, and whether any of it is true or false.”

Winslet had a very different take on Harvey Weinstein this week: “The fact that these women are starting to speak out about the gross misconduct of one of our most important and well regarded film producers, is incredibly brave and has been deeply shocking to hear.”

It didn't take long for Twitter users to conflate the two situations.

Y’all really picked today to start tweeting about the new Woody Allen movie pic.twitter.com/Ftm1FMXyIH
— Ira Madison III (@ira) October 13, 2017

Wonder Wheel? Really? After the Weinstein scandal, I honestly don’t think Academy members want to be associated with him right now.
— DSL (@soydansilva) October 13, 2017

I made the executive decision NOT to see WONDER WHEEL this morning, because I Did Not Need That Shit this week. We can all do better.
— Morgan Leigh Davies (@MLDavies) October 13, 2017

Really easy step moving forward is to actively tell ppl not to pay money to see the new Woody Allen movie
— manic pixie ass boy (@Friedliched) October 13, 2017

Others simply called out frustration with Woody Allen's continued success.

Wonder Wheel shouldn't be trending. Woody Allen should be in jail, but he's rich, white and has Hollywood protection so let's love him.???
— Andres Diaz ?? (@fvgtw) October 13, 2017

#WoodieAllen makes another movie where a woman is called crazy for 2 hours. white male critics will name it movie of the year. #WonderWheel
— Mozzle (@MozzleStead) October 13, 2017

How can we regard woody allen with anything but disgust and rage?????
— alexa young (@alexameiy) October 13, 2017

And his track record with women.

and if you take a sip whenever a man calls a woman “crazy” or “nuts” in #WonderWheel you will be sloshed by the time the credits roll. #NYFF
— Ashley Lee (@cashleelee) October 13, 2017

Wonder Wheel : Kate Winslet plays what might be the most despicable woman I've ever seen on film, no redeeming qualities at all. Yikes.
— James Healey (@SwedishLincoln) October 13, 2017

Winslet took a bit of a drubbing as well, because Twitter never forgets.

Live look at Kate Winslet trying to remain in contention for the Oscars #WonderWheel pic.twitter.com/uPM26MiQ27
— Matt BOO-scare-oos (@mattybooz) October 13, 2017

With all the blowback from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, it seems likely this is only the first commentary we'll hear about the allegations that Allen is a predator. It remains to be seen if audiences will turn away from Amazon Studios for this film.

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