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Jussie Smollet Trial

I think ****'s about to get horrifying for the Jussmeister. Should've paid that bill when it was manageable and said it was a business decision. Wouldve been done and done
 
theprestige said:
I wonder if there was ever actually a point when he could have kept his Empire gig. Or was the trajectory of the grift always going to take him over that edge?
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Slightly before saying to the Osinaro brothers 'dudes, I got this idea' would have been the last shot at coming out unscathed
 
Thermal said:
Slightly before saying to the Osinaro brothers 'dudes, I got this idea' would have been the last shot at coming out unscathed
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I'm tentatively putting it much later. I think it was making the police report that put him across the Rubicon. Before that, the show's cast, crew, and producers could have just rolled with it.
 
theprestige said:
I maintain that -
- 3AM
- sub-zero weather
- downtown Chicago
- Subway run
- two MAGA-chads
- who recognize Smollett
- as both gay and an actor on Empire
- and attack him in an injury-free scuffle
- leaving behind some rope and traces of bleach

Is an implausible array of facts on its face. Winter weather in the middle of the night in downtown Chicago in midwinter is plausible enough. Choosing that time to go on a Subway run stretches credulity only a little. If the story stopped there I doubt anyone would question it. But after that, the coincidences start piling up too high, too fast, to reasonably accept the story at face value pending further information.
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Identifying a non-starring role too. I didn't watch Empire at all, enough to categorize his role in it, but from what I've seen reported, his role could be easily erased (and was) so it's not like he was a critical player in the drama. Nobody hate watches that hard.
 
theprestige said:
I wonder if there was ever actually a point when he could have kept his Empire gig. Or was the trajectory of the grift always going to take him over that edge?
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I think if he had gone quiet and let it die down(paid the fine of course) and not kept doubling down on the lies, he might have gotten added back in. Lots of actors do and say stupid things, it blows over, and they quietly pop back up. But he just had to keep speaking up about how he was not lying. I think that was his biggest downfall.
 
theprestige said:
I'm tentatively putting it much later. I think it was making the police report that put him across the Rubicon. Before that, the show's cast, crew, and producers could have just rolled with it.
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The Osindaros don't strike me as particularly loyal or sharp. I think they would have rolled on Jussie sooner or later, to bask in the 15 mins. This whole hoax could have flown If the players thought like proper villains. But they acted like...actors.
 
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