Hulu's Untouchable details the allegations against Harvey Weinstein — it's a portrait of a toxic-male monster. Our review
tonight), and the repetitive nature of the testimonies does not make it any easier to hear them. Each is like a fresh pinch of salt being sifted onto a cut, one that refuses to scar over — it’s partially what gives this portrait of a monster its power.
But the numerous incidents with actresses and female assistants that Weinstein claims were consensual, and which the other parties involved clearly insist were not — they were an open secret among folks who worked with and for him. And the fact that it took decades to finally hold him accountable for such pathological and destructive behavior speaks to how Hollywood and society at large allowed these things to continually happen time and again.
Macfarlane also does a great job of laying out where the man came from and how he went from a concert promoter in Buffalo to the second coming of Louis B. Mayer. You get a sense of how a young man with a talent for marketing and a taste for being around celebrities established himself as the frizzy-haired guy you had to talk to if your band was coming to town, and after partnering with his brother Bob, how Harvey would turn Miramax into the hippest studio in town, ’90s division.
But the bad behavior started long before that, as the first story from Harvey’s associate from his concert-throwing days, Hope D’Amore, recalls him crawling into her bed naked and wearing her defenses down. Miramax employees share second-hand horror stories. Quebeçois actor Erika Rosenbaum recalls rebuffing his advances on one occasion and thinking she’d demonstrated that she was not that kind of woman … then, years later, having to get herself out of another dangerous situation with him.
As a sort of Harvey’s Worst Hits compilation, however, the movie makes for both an excellent introductory primer and a strong case for the prosecution. It also never ignores the big picture. The thuggish mogul used his power, wealth and influence to allegedly commit all sorts of abuse.
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