Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: "Hitchcock said he would ruin my career & I told him do what you have to do"-Tippi Hedren [View all]DFW
(54,356 posts)52. Unfortunately attitudes towrd his behavior were different then
But it was not even a secret in Hollywood--just not considered OK to speak out against it, because stardom trumped indecent behavior, and he WAS the great Hitchcock. No longer. This about Hitchcock is not some new discovery, but rather an unwillingness to continue to trivialize it. To his victims, it was anything but trivial.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
62 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
"Hitchcock said he would ruin my career & I told him do what you have to do"-Tippi Hedren [View all]
octoberlib
Oct 2017
OP
I support ALL these women coming forward, but, I'm just a TINY BIT uneasy (notice I said "tiny bit")
InAbLuEsTaTe
Oct 2017
#30
Amazing, I never heard that til today... that will forever change the way I view Hitchcock & his mov
InAbLuEsTaTe
Oct 2017
#49
Oh, yeah... For all his artistic brilliance, Hitchcock was a hardcore pervert
Blue_Tires
Oct 2017
#3
I would like to hope so, but the name&shame of the powerful is going to percolate
irisblue
Oct 2017
#15
There is, unfortunately, a reason why you didn't see much of Tippi after The Birds
Downtown Hound
Oct 2017
#11
The morale is: spousal rape helps cure frigidity from childhood sexual abuse
obamanut2012
Oct 2017
#33
The very well-done HBO film "The Girl" is about Hedren and Hitchcock and Sienna Miller is
anneboleyn
Oct 2017
#31
Hitchcock did the same to my beautiful, ingenue friend, coincidentally in two Tippi Hedren movies.
stuffmatters
Oct 2017
#13
His young 60's victims were not silent about his abuse.Very brave of them back then to speak out
stuffmatters
Oct 2017
#25
Your friend was very brave. I don't know if I could have done that. Women were frequently blamed...
Honeycombe8
Oct 2017
#28
Yep, and in jobs like waitressing is absolutely everywhere -- the public and the employer.
anneboleyn
Oct 2017
#34
Yup. I can't imagine that there are many women who were in the workforce
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2017
#29
An ex-boss (when I was new) once told me that leaving the job would ruin my career :
lindysalsagal
Oct 2017
#39
Hitchcock's 'The Birds' is a classic movie. I can remember seeing it and being
PatrickforO
Oct 2017
#40
none of this is a surprise. why do you think there is so much opposition and hatred of Feminists
JI7
Oct 2017
#53
Remember all the complaints about workplace relationships and how some made their way to the top
coolsandy
Oct 2017
#54
Here is a little story from my primordial time in Hollywood regarding hitchcock...
Javaman
Oct 2017
#55