'Fear is everywhere': a quiet paranoia haunts post-Weinstein Hollywood

The Guardian reports:

Anne Helen Petersen, author Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema, said: “I think there are many people – mostly men – who are very scared of what may or may not come out about them.”

From afar it may seem Hollywood rings with denunciations. In reality, there is a hush.

“It would be the end of my career,” a junior executive told the Guardian after declining to go on the record about a former boss’s harassment. “I’ve discussed this with colleagues. We’re all amazed he hasn’t been outed. But no one wants to be the first to go public.” Half a dozen others – executives, actors, writers and crew members – with allegations against other industry figures echoed the sentiment.

Imagine that.