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Sean Penn has left some people scratching their head in confusion after remarks he made about the #MeToo movement.
The actor was on the Today Show with his co-starNatascha McElhone where he talked about his new Hulu show The First, which is about a mission to Mars. It features lots of women in powerful positions, including the president, who is a woman.
Was the show’s decision to put women in empowering positions informed by #MeToo? Natalie Morales asked.
McElhone, the female in this discussion, pointed out the ‘deeply disturbing’ trend in TV that means women aren’t usually depicted in this way. Penn on the other hand, hoped it wasn’t informed by #MeToo.
I'd like to think that none of it was influenced by what they call the movement of #MeToo. I think it's influenced by the things that are developing in terms of the empowerment of women who've been acknowledging each other and being acknowledged by men. This is a movement that was largely shouldered by a kind of receptacle of the salacious.
Morales asked him what he meant by ‘receptacle of the salacious?’
“This is a movement that was, you know, largely shouldered by a kind of receptacle of the salacious,” Sean Penn say… https://t.co/2wp22d5y35— TODAY (@TODAY) 1537188540
Well, we don't know what's a fact in many of the cases.
Salacious is as soon as you call something a movement that is really a series of many individual accusers, victims, accusations, some of which are unfounded.
The spirit of much of what has been the #MeToo movement is to divide men and women.
Some people agree with him, arguing that the movement lacks 'nuance'.
@TODAYshow @NMoralesNBC I have to agree with him! Totally agree with @SeanPenn sadly everyone's going to take his w… https://t.co/pPeXBS3UgM— Pr Pro (@Pr Pro) 1537218858
But mostly, they said that he wasn't qualified to talk about #MeToo.
@TODAYshow @NMoralesNBC #SeanPenn giving women lessons on how to be "nuanced" and not have "stridency and rage" whe… https://t.co/Aosf1La7WR— Stephanie Schroeder (@Stephanie Schroeder) 1537220946
@singlma @SUnearthed @Quannoi @TODAYshow @NMoralesNBC Really..listen again.#MeToo is not pitting men against women.… https://t.co/1gaCiJWBEw— OGgoodeye Ree (@OGgoodeye Ree) 1537236770
And pointed out McElhone's reaction to his words...
To say the least, not everyone appreciated his comments.
@TODAYshow @NMoralesNBC Did he just mansplain MeToo— Not The Blonde (@Not The Blonde) 1537214657
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