Miramax Turns Abuse Victims Into Hollywood Power Players
In the NYT, Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman examines how Harvey Weinstein's legendary abuse of his Miramax employees has created a class of super-executives who flourish in the business when take they their increased resistance to physical and psychological pain to other studios. Realizing that there were important lessons learned from Weinstein, Miramax survivors thoughtfully stroke their scars as they ponder important decisions:
We all ask ourselves: What would Harvey do?'" said Mark Urman, a publicity and marketing consultant to Miramax in the 1990's and head of the United States theatrical division of ThinkFilm, a Canadian independent.[...]
A distinct subculture in Hollywood, Miramax veterans tend to share war stories of their years with the Weinsteins and often wear the resulting battle scars as a badge of honor, sometimes referring to themselves as members of "Mir-Anon" - a riff on Al-Anon.
The Mir-Anon set is easily identifiable in the executive ranks. They're the ones that jump every time they hear a slamming door, count to ten to give their assistants a head start before they scald them with coffee, and proudly display black LIVESCARED rubber bands on their wrists.
