"Humor can be such a good way to hide anger at racist, sexist degradation and to challenge white male authority sideways--without risking as much direct blowback--that it perhaps shouldn't be a surprise that the comedian Tina Fey wrote jokes about Harvey Weinstein's sexual predation--lines about being pinned under Weinstein, and turning down sex with him--that aired on her show 30 Rock in 2012, years before his behavior could be reported straight. In 2013, during the Oscars, the white male comedian Seth MacFarlane also made a Weinstein joke--about the lead actress nominees no longer having to pretend to be attracted to the producer. After 2017 reporting revealed the extent of Weinstein's predation, MacFarlane explained that a friend of his, an actress who'd been harassed by Weinstein, had confided in him, prompting his joke. "Make no mistake," he said at the time, his one-liner had come "from a place of loathing and anger."