Chameleon Magazine

Dame Judi Dench—Shakespearean icon, Bond’s M, and now, apparently, Weinstein’s unofficial parole board—has suggested the disgraced mogul has “done his time.” Yes, really. The same Harvey Weinstein whose victims are still unpacking decades of trauma while he lounges in prison scrubs and appeals courtrooms.

🎬 Curtain Call for Accountability: Dench’s Dubious Forgiveness Tour

In a move that can only be described as absolutely baffling, Judi Dench—whose career was indeed boosted by Weinstein’s Miramax in the 1990s—has decided to reflect on the crimes of her “former friend” with what sounds suspiciously like… empathy.

“I imagine he’s done his time,” she said, as if Weinstein’s stint behind bars somehow wipes the slate clean of serial assault, coercion, intimidation, and the industrial-scale silencing of women in Hollywood.

One imagines Dench sipping tea, sighing wistfully, while Weinstein’s survivors are still reliving their nightmares in therapy. Because what is justice, really, when weighed against the nostalgia of Oscar parties and red carpets?

The real tragedy here is the soft-focus moral relativism that so often arrives once power players have had their day in the sun. The same industry that once feared Weinstein is now gently rewriting him into a tragic figure rather than a predatory one—helped along by remarks like this.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about denying forgiveness. It’s about remembering who gets to grant it—and it’s not celebrities with fond memories of BAFTA nights. It’s the dozens of women whose careers, psyches, and lives were derailed by a man who weaponized influence like a loaded gun.

So no, Dame Judi. He hasn’t done his time. Not until justice includes the voices you seem to have quietly stepped around.

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