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But it doesnt matter what he told me.
Tambor is far from the first great popular artist something like this has happened to.
He wont be the last.
That was never our job.
It was part of his job.
And he blew it.
I was thinking about all this en route to the interview.
But Tambor has just enough screen time to taint any goodwill you might feel for the work.
You know the sensation Im talking about.
Poof, the spell is broken.
But Im also wondering, what about having some kind of extreme asshole clause?
I know lots of people who have been abused verbally and psychologically.
Thats traumatizing, too.
What do we do with that?
The repulsed feeling is still there, and it makes a difference in how I react as a spectator.
Jeffrey Tambor is a great actor.
I cant lose myself in the fiction anymore because I dont see the character hes playing not exclusively.
You cant be in love with it.
You cant really enjoy it in the most basic sense, not without playing dumb.
You didnt do that to the artist.
The artist did that to himself.
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And its awful.
Peoples lives get ruined, their careers get interrupted or destroyed.
Rose McGowan,Annabella Sciorra, Ashley Judd, and Mira Sorvino are just a few of the survivors.
As Rebecca Corry a comedian who says C.K.
On top of all that, we also have the collateral damage of cultural vandalism.
Forget the masterpieces that Jeffrey Tambor has been a part of.
Now, because ofthe indecent-exposure allegations by Corry and others allegationsC.K.
himself confirmedas true that series has become the Voldemort of recent TV: You dare not speak its name.
Predators careers are getting raptured, as well they should be.
We can still talk about them, study them, write about them, contextualize them.
But the emotional connection has been severed.
The work becomes archival.
Thats all on the predators.
Its not on you.
None of us asked for this.
Its incumbent upon the artist never to put the audience in that position in the first place.
Certain things you’ve got the option to forgive or forget.
Other things you cant because they stain the mind.
This is the misdemeanor on top of the crimes.
The room at the Essex had a strange energy when I entered it on Tuesday afternoon.
I saw her in the lobby with her suitcase, walking toward the front entrance with co-star David Cross.
I dont really care one way or the other.
I was given 25 minutes.
That happened after we finished, he said.
We were on the penultimate week of filming the series when theTransparentallegations came out.
No, no, no, Tambor said.
Netflix has been tremendously supportive, as has the cast.
Im going to miss her.
Im going to miss the cast very much.
But Im so proud to be here, and I think this is our best season.
I am honored to be among them.
Which of my bits was your favorite?
Arnett interjected, and everyone in the room laughed nervously.
We have five more minutes, one of the publicists in the corner said.
So doesArrested Development, Id imagine.
And that, unfortunately, is on Jeffrey Tambor.
