NEWS. . . BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Let’s go back to 2010, when rape jokes were the pinnacle of edgy comedy and when Greece’s biggest stars (Russell Brand, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jonah Hill) were at the peak of their Hollywood fame.
Directed by Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel, Brand starred in the spin-off film Forgetting Sarah Marshall in his role taken from rock star Aldus Snow, with Combs posing as Sergio Roma, the head of the fictional label Pinnacle Records.
He steps in as the wannabe Aaron Green, who, along with Combs, attempts to bring the temperamental rocker to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for their 10th anniversary show.
Sounds like an innocent comedy, doesn’t it?
A clip from the film recently sparked a firestorm on social media, after Diddy accused of a crime that his character Sergio necessarily plays in a scene.
While Diddy denies all of the allegations against him, which have been laid out in five separate legal documents in recent months, film enthusiasts were quick to point out the striking similarities.
The clip resurfaced in X and sees Combs’ character, Roma, sex trafficking Aaron under a name called Destiny.
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“Excuse me, come here for a second, what’s your name?” asks Roma of Destiny, played by Carla Gallo, in which the enthusiasts have a “sick” scene.
“Destiny, be careful,” he continues. Now you’re going to sleep with Aaron. “
Aaron mutters “Disrespectful” and cuts the scene. Later in the film, Aaron accuses Destiny of raping him.
Knowing now Combs’ fees, this scene has sinister new overtones.
In the most recent lawsuit filed against Combs, a former producer and cameraman for rapper Coming Home, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones alleges that Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes.
It’s the backlog of five sets of legal documents involving serious allegations, the first of which came due last year from Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie, who accused him of rape and violent behavior. The claims were settled the next day and he denied any wrongdoing.
Combs was later accused of drugging and raping a student at the school and later sharing a video of the abuse flavored with “revenge porn. “
Then a third came forward and claimed that rapper and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns raping her and a friend before “choking her in a fit of violent rage. “
At the fourth trial, another woman, known as Jane Doe, claimed she attacked through Combs when she was a teenager.
Combs has broadly denied all allegations made against him in December, saying in a statement: “Enough is enough. For the past few weeks, I have been sitting silently and watching other people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation. ” and my legacy.
“I’ve had disgusting accusations made against me,” he continued.
“Let me be clear: I committed any of the alleged horrible things. I will fight for my name, my family, and for the truth.
In September, comedian, actor and now YouTube conspiracy theorist Brand accused four women of rape, sexual assault and mental abuse as part of a joint investigation through The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches, allegations he has strenuously denied.
Metro. co. uk delved into the scenes of Get Him to the Greek and discovered other unexpected results.
In a video posted by Combs and his “dear friend” Brand at the time of filming, they can be seen flying to Las Vegas on a jet for a weekend.
The rapper introduces the comedian as a “dear friend” and tells him how they’re going to “find women to sleep with. “
“You the plane, the tickets, the hotel for the big fight, but I the chopsticks,” Brand told the camera.
“And the whores,” Diddy adds.
“Well, okay, we haven’t discussed it, it’s still okay, I’ll check. . . I’m a misogynist, I’m opposed to that kind of language. I like to think of them as ladies,” Brand responded.
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” the clip also reads.
Another video from 12 years ago has also been revealed, this time of Hill in Get Him to the Greek.
The Superbad actor can be seen following a woman’s buttocks with a camera after spinning around in a dance scene.
He then appears to say, “Nick, I’m going to pass out,” while focusing on a woman’s buttocks, prompting an explosion of laughter on set. Here, he may simply be referring to director Nicolas.
The video, posted on YouTube, is titled Behind the Scenes – Get Him to The Greek and released through BTS Movies.
It comes after Hill’s ex-girlfriend accused him of being “misogynistic” and “narcissistic” in a scathing social media post last year.
The surf instructor, Sarah Brady, posted a series of text messages, according to her, exchanged between the two men on Instagram, in which she appeared to reveal their largely erroneous “limitations. “
In the posts, the actor asked Sarah to delete from her Instagram any browsing photos that showed her “a *** in a thong” and when she said she had deleted “all the posts,” Hill allegedly told her it was a “good start. “But she didn’t “seem to understand” what he meant.
The second screenshot gave the impression of showing Hill warning her that if she sailed with men, had “inappropriate friendships with men,” modeled, posted photos of herself in “bathing suits” or “sex photos,” and maintained friendships with “women. “in volatile places,” then he’s not the guy for her.
Alongside the accusations on social media, Sarah added, “Someone who is an emotionally abusive spouse doesn’t mean they’re a terrible user (this is due to their own trauma).
“At the same time, that doesn’t mean everything is fine. “
A few days later, former Zoey 101 actress Alexa Nikolas, 31, reported on Twitter that Hill had “slammed” her against a door and “stuck his tongue down my throat” without her consent when she was 16.
In response to the allegation, Hill’s attorney, Marty Singer, told Deadline that the alleged incident “never happened. “
The former child star claimed in her social media thread that the alleged incident occurred when she and the 22 Jump Street star went out for a cigarette smoke at a space party.
“Jonah Hill came here at some point and we were all fair because, of course, predators gave us underage alcohol a lot,” he wrote.
The Hollywood actress continued, “Jonah Hill didn’t pass me the cigarette, which I thought was strange, and then as we were walking back to the door, I asked him and he didn’t say anything, but he slammed me against the door and stuck his tongue in. my throat.
“I was so horrified that I chased him away and ran inside. “
So it’s not just an unblemished comedy, but a film created despite its misogynistic cast or as a symbol of it.
In addition to Get Him to the Greek, there are plenty of other films from the Superbad era, which would arguably have a less problematic cast, but they all still exist in that same boy club we’ve become so desensitized to and now take a look at with a new, critical eye.
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