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The most controversial part of the Q interview, that I pointed out yesterday, is the element surrounding his good friend, Bill Cosby.
Marchese: We’ve obviously been learning more lately about just how corrosive the entertainment industry can be for women. As someone who’s worked in that business at the highest levels for so many years, do all the recent revelations come as a surprise?
Jones: No, man. Women had to put up with fucked-up shit. Women and brothers — we’re both dealing with the glass ceiling.
Marchese: But what about the alleged behavior of a friend of yours like Bill Cosby? Is it hard to square what he’s been accused of with the person you know?
Jones: It was all of them. Brett Ratner. [Harvey] Weinstein. Weinstein — he’s a jive motherfucker. Wouldn’t return my five calls. A bully.
Marchese: What about Cosby, though?
Jones: What about it?
Marchese: Were the allegations a surprise to you?
Jones: We can’t talk about this in public, man.
In other words, Q knew.
Let's think about that for a minute, then put that in context.
Joe Paterno was the long time football coach for Penn State University. Jerry Sandusky, his assistant, was a serial rapist, continually molesting little boys and teenagers throughout the duration of his tenure at the school.
Paterno was held partially responsible for his assistant's actions, was stripped of the accolades the university had previously bestowed upon him and was sent packing in disgrace, all because he did nothing.
While Quincy Jones is not in the same position with Bill Cosby, in that he didn't hire Cosby for jobs or didn't bring Cosby into circumstances specifically, the way Paterno did with Sandusky, the parallels make one pause. Why wouldn't you blow the whistle on someone, even for their own sake, to get THEM some help, let alone stop them from harming more people? Why would you ignore those actions knowing that these actions are illegal at least, immoral at best?
I'm not certain that anyone is going to come after Q for this, but it definitely made me sad.
Marchese: We’ve obviously been learning more lately about just how corrosive the entertainment industry can be for women. As someone who’s worked in that business at the highest levels for so many years, do all the recent revelations come as a surprise?
Jones: No, man. Women had to put up with fucked-up shit. Women and brothers — we’re both dealing with the glass ceiling.
Marchese: But what about the alleged behavior of a friend of yours like Bill Cosby? Is it hard to square what he’s been accused of with the person you know?
Jones: It was all of them. Brett Ratner. [Harvey] Weinstein. Weinstein — he’s a jive motherfucker. Wouldn’t return my five calls. A bully.
Marchese: What about Cosby, though?
Jones: What about it?
Marchese: Were the allegations a surprise to you?
Jones: We can’t talk about this in public, man.
In other words, Q knew.
Let's think about that for a minute, then put that in context.
Joe Paterno was the long time football coach for Penn State University. Jerry Sandusky, his assistant, was a serial rapist, continually molesting little boys and teenagers throughout the duration of his tenure at the school.
Paterno was held partially responsible for his assistant's actions, was stripped of the accolades the university had previously bestowed upon him and was sent packing in disgrace, all because he did nothing.
While Quincy Jones is not in the same position with Bill Cosby, in that he didn't hire Cosby for jobs or didn't bring Cosby into circumstances specifically, the way Paterno did with Sandusky, the parallels make one pause. Why wouldn't you blow the whistle on someone, even for their own sake, to get THEM some help, let alone stop them from harming more people? Why would you ignore those actions knowing that these actions are illegal at least, immoral at best?
I'm not certain that anyone is going to come after Q for this, but it definitely made me sad.
