The consistently foul Joyce Carol Oates strikes again.
Subtweets about Stephen King's "palpable bitchery" comment, now removed. @JoyceCarolOates
— Deborah Pintonelli (@pintonelli) February 4, 2014
As Twitchy reported, Stephen King seems to have said that Dylan Farrow’s account of alleged abuse at the hands of Woody Allen had a sense of “palpable bitchery” to it. Joyce Carol Oates appears to have responded to that with this:
One might as readily step into the spinning propellors of an airplane as to engage in publicly "discussing" Dylan Farrow/ Woody Allen issue.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 4, 2014
Oh well. King is not to blame and there is no need to “discuss” anyway. That little “issue” is not important or anything.
Hmm, why would she say such a thing?
joyce carol oates defending woody allen on twitter, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
— Aimee (@aimeerosemcm) February 2, 2014
Ding, ding, ding! You see, Ms. Oates continuously and grossly defends Woody Allen.
@CharlesMcNulty Like numerous artists honored for their work, Woody Allen would probably not claim to deserve award for private life.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 13, 2014
Case closed! Plus, she likes his quotes and stuff.
"I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment." Woody Allen.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 31, 2014
Oates continued Sunday:
The myth persists that great or even good art is inevitably aligned with great or even good souls. Sometimes it is, but coincidentally.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 2, 2014
Recommended
Director BIlly Wilder cast Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like it Hot" though he might've cast much more sane, reasonable & "nicer" actresses.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 2, 2014
Woody Allen may have behaved unconscionably as a person/ step-father–but it isn't clear what this has to do with his often brilliant films.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 2, 2014
Speechless. The soulless moral bankruptcy is strong with this one.
@JoyceCarolOates Are you conflating Woody Allen & Marilyn Monroe? Because "nice" means very different things, here.
— Holly Bemiss (@BeMissH) February 3, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates wrote We Were the Mullvaneys yet defends Woody Allen? You know the devastation sex assault causes. Double standard much?
— velma *****BLM ally***** (@velmarocks) February 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/anaisnin/status/430342868436545536
That’s neither here nor there to Ms. Oates. Because, this is what really matters:
All things being equal, one would prefer to give an award to the "nicer" of two artists. But the quality of the art itself is what matters.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 2, 2014
Beyond repugnant. Hurl-inducing, in fact. Twitter users are disgusted:
diane keaton's twitter bio "friend of woody allen"… K …joyce carol oates "its the art that matters" BYE I TRUSTED U
— monica ✵ (@ttuesdayaddams) February 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/HelgaBitter/status/430120071990894593
https://twitter.com/imalwaysgrumpy/status/430114706674577408
But, looky here. Guess what is evil to Oates:
Conniving, bullying & lying might be commonplace for Christie but publicly betraying an old friend must be something new & irrevocable.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 1, 2014
Deceiving the public is politics, betraying an old friend is despicable. The former might be forgiven, the latter never.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 1, 2014
Seek help. Please.
Related:
Full Twitchy coverage of Joyce Carol Oates
‘Palpable bitchery’? Stephen King begs for ‘mercy’ after tweet about Dylan Farrow’s account of abuse
Recent Woody Allen play reportedly featured child molestation ‘joke’
MTV personality remembers Breitbart, Chris Kyle; Crushes Hollywood with Woody Allen question
Dylan Farrow’s open letter in New York Times recounts sexual abuse by Woody Allen
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