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      Nothing. But Weinstein produced all his movies, and Weinstein makes money every time they stream. He owns the IP, not Smith. And more are in the works. All the while Smith is downplaying his association with the guy. That kind of thing happens all over. It’s just people making opportunity out of catastrophe, a very time honored tradition in human society. The fact is Smith cares more about continuing to make his money playing the same character he has since the 90s - despite a sick, disgusting rapist profiting from it every time - shows just how out of touch with the way businesses and money works that most people are. When he goes on stage and calls Weinstein a rapist gargoyle and nods along with the crowd, keep all that in mind. He’s still actively working to earn that gargoyle money because it earns Kevin Smith a lot of money as well.

      We like to think we’re the ones in touch with reality, but realities aren’t mutually exclusive. When we say wealthy people live in a “different reality” we’re not saying they live in something that isn’t reality. It is. For them. Not us. And understanding that is key to empowering us to change those realities.

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        So any Miramax film made during Weinstein’s tenure should be shunned. Got it.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Miramax_films – So you know what all you’re stating, he’s every film they’ve been involved in.
        Any time Weinstein’s name shows up in a credit on a movie/tv, he gets a residual. His are probably forced to go to his victim fund. Smith is donating his residuals from that era to “Women in Film”, voluntarily.

        Miramax and Weinstein broke up BTW. Weinstein only holds the rights to Dogma, Miramax still owns the rest. Smiths’ current production company is Lionsgate. While Lionsgate’s subsidiary Spyglass bought most of the Weinstein Company catalog, they are not owned/operated by Weinstein.

        People are multi-faceted. I believe Smith when he said he “didn’t know THAT person” when speaking of Harvey. Smith probably viewed him the same way you would a priest. I’m certain that pedophile priests aren’t acting all pedophily during Sunday Services. Again, you’re logic is that we should burn down the church because a priest couldn’t stop being hands-on with the altar boys.
        Harvey Weinstein didn’t create the characters or write the script. He didn’t direct the movies. He wrote numbers and signed the check.

        Show me anything stating that Weinstein owns more than Dogma.

        Miramax produced the following:
        October 11, 2002 Pokémon 4Ever

        I guess that means that Ash needs to be held to account for Weinstein’s transgressions, right?