“Honeymoon Motel”? That was a one-act play Woody Allen wrote a few years ago for an anthology called “Relatively Speaking.” Why does New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum ask?
…and when I saw it, I remember being jolted by a satirical speech in which an older woman is mocked for blaming her troubles…
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 3, 2014
on being sexually molested as a kid. (I think it's graphic about what happened to her.) Curious if I'm remembering right, for obv reasons.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 3, 2014
That would be something, considering the open letter Dylan Farrow published in the New York Times this weekend charging Woody Allen with sexual molestation.
Thanks everyone! Lots of access to the script right away. Twitter is so fast.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 3, 2014
Triggerish, FWIW. Here's a graphic WA joke about child molestation from Honeymoon Motel, a 1-act produced 3 yrs ago: pic.twitter.com/at1Z7DrXxd
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/430508496862212096
(Just to clarify: though that play was produced three years ago, in interviews, Allen had said it was an older script that he'd revived.)
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
That certainly doesn’t prove anything, but still — who jokes about child molestation?
Man, I'm getting so frustrated at people tweeting me that comics make sick jokes. YES I KNOW. I praise that all the time. This /= that.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
I'm not objecting to all dirty jokes/bringing charges. I'm pointing to a joke that feels specifically related to Dylan's accusations. Done.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/erikpatterson/status/430518331024482304
@erikpatterson Again, my pt is that after his family was shattered by this accusation, he wrote a joke making fun of a molestation survivor.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
@erikpatterson Also, a joke making graphic reference to the specific act he was accused of. We're not in court. To me, it's a gross joke.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 4, 2014
@emilynussbaum Point totally taken. I agree that it's gross.
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) February 4, 2014
@emilynussbaum That "joke" is horrific. Disappointing there are so many doubting that Woody Allen's an abuser. #IBelieveDylanFarrow
— Nancy Sobel (@nancysobel) February 4, 2014