Yesterday, the Academy gave Casey Affleck — who was in headlines a few years ago facing two accusations of sexual harassment — an Oscar nod for his performance in “Manchester By The Sea.” And Constance Wu isn’t having any of it.
“Man who sexually harass women 4 OSCAR!” the “Fresh Off The Boat” actress tweeted. “Bc good acting performance matters more than humanity, human integrity! Bc poor kid rly (sic) needs the help!”
Boys! BUY ur way out of trouble by settling out of court!Just do a good acting job,thats all that matters!bc Art isn’t about humanity,right?
— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) January 24, 2017
In 2008, a film producer, Amanda White, filed a lawsuit against Affleck for $2 million, accusing him of sexual misconduct during the shooting of “I’m Still Here.” She was later joined by Magdalena Gorka, a cinematographer who also accused Affleck of unwelcome sexual advances, for an additional $2.25 million.
Affleck settled both cases out of court and had the lawsuits dismissed in 2010.
I’ve been counseled not to talk about this for career’s sake. F my career then, I’m a woman & human first. That’s what my craft is built on.
— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) January 24, 2017
“[Affleck] is running for an award that honors a craft whose purpose is examining the dignity of the human experience, and young women are deeply human,” Wu wrote, on Twitter. “[The choices of an awarding committee] signifies said committee’s awareness of the harmful oversights it may have unknowingly participated in in the past, and the respect and dignity to learn from the past, not repeat it and not to use it as an excuse to reinforce the industry’s gross and often hidden mistreatment of women. … So context matters. Because in acting, human life matters.”
“Manchester By The Sea,” in which he plays a man who is thrust into taking care of his teenage nephew, has already won Affleck the Golden Globe for Best Actor.
