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The case Luc Besson does not make much in France, it makes however a certain noise across the Atlantic. In its columns, the New York Times wonders about the case of the French producer, suspected of badual badault on several women. He is still active, unlike Harvey Weinstein, who has lost all his titles and all his power.
Yet, according to the New York Times, Luc Besson is "the first personality in the film industry in France to be implicated in the era of #MeToo ", a kind of Weinstein" à la française ". Also, the newspaper is surprised at the lack of reactions in France, especially from the world of cinema, after the various accusations against the producer.
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Nearly two months after the filing of a first complaint against Besson by actress Sand Van Roy, the New York Times argues that "few voices stand to support Ms. Van Roy" and that the French cinema did not undertake a "big housekeeping" as it could be the case in the United States, after the Weinstein affair. Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, CK Louie, Dustin Hoffman …, the list of comedians whose behavior has been strongly denounced is long.
The art of seduction, a cultural difference
Not in France, insists on New York Times . It would thus exist "several factors [qui] prevent #MeToo and its French equivalent, #BalanceTonPorc, to have an impact comparable to that of the United States". "In France, as long as a man is not indicted, it is relatively easy for him to sue his accuser in defamation," argues the daily. Would women denouncing badual abuse in France be less well protected by justice?
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Yes, the New York Times cites, in particular, the testimony of the former European spokeswoman Ecology-The Greens, Sandrine Rousseau, who accused Denis Baupin of badual badault in 2016 And who has since been pursued in defamation by the politician.
But for the American daily, the French culture is also to blame. "The French believe that their conception of baduality is very different from that of Americans, perceived as more rigid and puritanical," writes the paper. According to him, the art of seduction "à la française" thus prevents the establishment of a "clear boundary between appropriate behaviors and other unacceptable ". 19659002]
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To support his argument, the New York Times quotes the tribune published in Le Monde last January and signed by more than 100 women, including Catherine Deneuve, to defend a "freedom to importuner" . This platform had been the subject of heated debate, including in the United States. It even gave rise to a parody during a sketch of the very famous show Saturday Night Live . One could see actresses Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong making fun of the French Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot.
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