Walking along the home’s shaded paths, it’s easy to see why residents wish to remain here.
Katzenberg, How You Gonna Spin This One?
In a classic case of "biting the hand that feeds you," I'm going to start off this blog post by complaining about the coverage of our Evening Before the Emmys rally that I read on The Wrap.
Normally, I have nothing but respect for the hallowed hyperlinked hallways of this website. They've given me a platform to launch into an almost weekly tirade that I hope reflects the outrage that the industry is feeling on the impending destruction of motion picture and television health care.
But, they got it wrong this time. I read the story of our rally where we were supposedly "placed two blocks away by the police."
Adding insult to injury, I also read how we were "herded away by the police."
As a group, the families of the Residents wrestle with what is true fact and what is conjecture every day. In this case, the perception of the reporter may have been misguided by a momentary lapse of reason.
As thankful as we are for coverage, we know that the MPTF relishes the smallest misstep in order to publicly castigate us.
This is no "Dancing With the Stars" where one of the judges can wave a lackluster scorecard that unleashes an onslaught of tears from the clumsy contestant -- we are "Dancing With the Truth," and we won't be happy until we win the tournament. We have the truth on our side.
We were neither blocks away nor herded by the police. We have a wonderful relationship with the LAPD. They know of us and work with us so that our protests and rallies do not impinge on the rights of others. We are careful to keep the four-letter words from our chants (often difficult) and tidy up after ourselves.
I've personally seen the LAPD actively protecting our rights when some crybaby executives and duffers at the Motion Picture Home started complaining about our "noise" during their golf-event cocktail hour.
We are respectful when they are not. We comply with a moral imperative where they turn their heads. We support those that cannot support themselves when they toss them out.
Anyway, it's not all chanting and marching while we wash down stale Cheetos
with warm Diet Coke -- in stark contrast to the celebrities who only yards
away were dining on caviar scented tofu while sipping Crystal. The lies
that the MPTF serves on a platter seem to go down better when served on
white linen.
No...sometimes we run across a real gem. A virtual guffaw at their expense
that might someday see the light of day.
Katzenberg's gonna s--- when he sees this. I can't wait to see how they spin their video showing a senior MPTF executive and his nurses Obladi-ing and Oblada-ing their way along the corridors of the Motion Picture Home, merrily escorting a patient out in song and dance -- only to have the evil exec give the wheelchair-bound patient a hearty "get lost" shove out to the parking lot, where you imagine the patient dodging oncoming traffic on Mulholland.
Had I not been so pissed about the brazenness of this uncompassionate video, I was almost as upset listening to them eviscerate the copyright of a Beatles classic. A double blow to my sense of all that is holy!
I'm all about sarcasm, parody, and laughing at our follies and foibles. I get it, I really do. In the hands of a skilled comedian, maybe we could have laughed at this parody of what I interpreted as abuse and indifference.
But not this time.
The stories of the deaths, one most recent, is anything but funny. If I had the permission of the family, I'd describe for you the final weeks in an industry professional's life that was all about sadness, betrayal, and displacement.
To have died at the cusp of the Jewish New Year in this way is an abomination. To have died in unfamiliar surroundings, no matter how opulent or competent, is unforgivable.
It didn't have to be. I'm not the only one saying that. I'm sure those who seem heartless to us are also filled with regret at the passing of this giant. How can they not? How can they say that transfer trauma has not claimed the lives of at least some of those who have been shown the door?
Next blog post, let's look at Ken Scherer's hastily-put-together press release that states: "MPTF’s Board of Directors has also approved the allocation of millions of dollars to facilitate safe and responsible transitions for the residents of our Long Term Care Unit as they transfer to new facilities."
These guys have millions to spend on anything but the continuum of care for motion picture and television workers.
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Unite For Truth Says
Here is what OTHERS are saying about Richard Stellar here on THE WRAP message boards -
Richard acts and functions like he knows what he is talking about! He is no better than those that are throwing the elderly out. Before all this closure talk even happened, barely anyone came to visit Mary. He knows it. We know it. You shouldn't act so high and mighty. It doesn't make you any better than them anyway. You were almost never involved in Mary's care once you sent her to the home. Visiting once a week, most times not even that. Let the truth be told.
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Children of the elderly turning over the care of their mother or father to the home - DISCARDED!
Visiting every once in a while for minutes, simply making an appearance. Why now when the worst has happened does this organization say the home has an obligation! What happened to their loyalty?
SAVE MPTF !!
LOSE Richard Stellar !!
Falcon Says
we know who this man is. Please don't listen to him. Richard is very good at caring for his mother and he always has been. This man has deep issues with richard over another matter. We know who he is. He thinks that anyone who reads this doesn't know but we all know. So keep saying bad things about Richard because you are the only one who does, and we know the who and why of it. Stay away from us, we are glad that you are away.
Unite For Truth Says
Sorry, M. Sherwood, but I for one find it very relevant if Richard Stellar is fighting for MPTF but has shown such disregard for his own mother prior to this fight.
M. Sherwood Says
What is "Anonymous" attempting to accomplish by spewing hateful comments about Richard Steller?
Let's focus on the despicable actions of the MPTF and join Richard in helping to get the truth out.
What the MPTF is trying to do is a betrayal of all that is moral and decent.
Thank you, Richard, for continuing to shed light on this tragic and criminal situation.
Unite For Stellar Says
Is this guy on Stellar's payroll? He's doing more for Richard's credibility than anything else, lol!!
Don't worry Rich! We know who this loser is.
You told us lol!!
Anonymous Says
My friend from the Indonesia was Mary Stellar's care giver at Woodland Park Avenue West in the Woodland Hills. She would tell me how Richard Stellar would rarely even visit Mary and when he did that he would not even sit down and speak with her. He would stand for a few minutes and leave. My friend would have to call Richard over and over to get things for Mary's care but he could not be bothered. Richard lived so very close to Mary but would hardly ever find the time to even visit her at all.
We should all fight to keep the hospital open but you should know about this man !!!!!
"Apa yang terjadi di sekitar datang sekitar"
Changing motto Says
MPTF motto, along with the history of the place, has been revised before our very eyes. Anyone notice that Katzenberg said "caring for our own?" Betraying our own and abandoning our own, yes. Caring for our own? More PR spin. By the tone of this blog, caring for ourselves is more like it.
In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Katzenberg is #41 on the list of New Establishment with the comment:
In January, reports surfaced that the bulk of the Katenberg family's $20-million-plus charitable trust had been lost in Bernie Madoff's imaginary ledgers.
Earlier in the year he is quoted on the swindle “This is extremely painful and humiliating for me.”
Katzenberg was victimized, deprived of by deceit. Rather than using that harsh lesson for good, he is doubling down during his high holidays. To atone for sins against another person, he must first seek reconciliation with that person righting the wrongs he committed against them. So far, he has done the opposite and soon will come his final day to make amends.
What MPTF has done is worse than transfer trauma. The depth of the betrayal is beyond imaginable. And they're singing about it? G-d help them.
Thank you for the rally. Thank you for telling readers about the media and the spin. It's a company town and we're in bad company.
Helen of Peel Says
I find the entire episode of closing the long term care facility a lesson in Hollywood greed.
Whatever the board of directors thinks they are doing, it is certainly not about taking care of those who spent their lives in the business, making these people rich, while they toiled and worked for much less.
In my opinion, what is happening is immoral.
But then again, this is Hollywood, so why should that be surprising?
Yet Another MPTF Donor Says
Seems like the author of said comment below needs to use a spell checker and maybe should voice what he, she or it feels is midleading.
Another MPTF donor Says
Seems like maybe the author of said article is in need of printing a bit of a retraction as it sounds like its midleading with outright fictions in it. News media hasn't been looking good of late, this just cements that particular opinion clearly.
MPTF donor Says
I attended the protest as well, with many other rank-and-file union members, and found the Saving the Lives of Our Own group to be respectful of the police at all times. I agree that the reporter, while well-intentioned, was probably trying for a sensational angle where there was none.
The gathering of 100 or so community members included some chants and a candlelight vigil intended to let the attendees of the "Evening Before the Emmys" party know that the MPTF was NOT accepting donations specifically earmarked to keep the nursing home open, and asking the MPTF set up a fund raising campaign expressly for the purpose of saving this historic and vital facility.
Once again, the MPTF chose to ignore our pleas and cited the millions they were spending to transfer the residents, placing them at great physical risk, instead of keeping them in the Home they were promised would be theirs always.
Many of us have donated to the MPTF in the past and will no longer be doing so. And I know I'm not the only Industry member, rich or not-at-all-rich, who will now be spending my charity dollars elsewhere.
Ironically, I believe that the MPTF's cold-hearted decision to close the nursing home and force out its elderly residents will cost them more in fund raising dollars lost than they could possibly earn or save just by admitting they made a mistake and agreeing to keep the Home open.
Have a heart, MPTF. Keep your sacred promise to "Take Care of Our Own" most elderly and needy.
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MPTF donor Says
I attended the protest as well, with many other rank-and-file union members, and found the Saving the Lives of Our Own group to be respectful of the police at all times. I agree that the reporter, while well-intentioned, was probably trying for a sensational angle where they was none.
The gathering of 100 or so was a peaceful, candlelight vigil intended to let the attendees of the "Evening Before the Emmys" party know that the MPTF was NOT accepting donations specifically earmarked to keep the nursing home open, and asking that they set up a fundraising campaign for the purpose of saving this historic and vital facility.
Once again, the MPTF chose to ignore our pleas.
Many of us have donated to the MPTF in the past and will no longer be doing so. And I know I'm not the only Industry member, rich or not-at-all-rich, who will now be spending my charity dollars elsewhere.
Ironically, I believe that the MPTF's cold-hearted decision to close the nursing home and force out its elderly residents will cost them more in fund raising dollars lost than they could possibly save by just admitting they made a mistake and agreeing to keep the home open. It's not too late.
Have a heart, MPTF. Keep your sacred promise to "Take Care of Our Own" most elderly and needy.
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