If Harvey Weinstein’s career really is dunzo, then that, at long last, answers the question of what a successful man in Hollywood has to do to put himself out of work: be accused of raping women for the past 30 years (which he has denied). By contrast, the African-American director, Nate Parker, saw his career end just as it was beginning, when it emerged last year that he was acquitted of a rape charge in 2001. By way of further contrast, Casey Affleck, who was accused of sexual harassment as recently as 2010, won the 2016 best actor Oscar.

For this reason, I suspect Kevin Spacey’s career is probably finished while producer Brett Ratner’s might not be: both have been accused of multiple sexual assaults, but whereas Ratner allegedly preyed on young women, Spacey allegedly went after young men, and it is in no way a defence of Spacey to say that there has been a distinct air of homophobia around his hasty banishment. After all, just ask yourselves if Roman Polanski would still be getting lifetime achievement awards if he’d sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy instead of a girl.

It takes a hell of a lot for a straight white man to destroy his own career.