Hollywood, which once overlooked allegations that Allen sexually molested daughter Dylan Farrow. turned on the auteur during the MeToo movement’s peak. No new evidence changed their minds. The cultural flow changed, and the industry went along with it.

The same actors who flocked to his movie sets for decades, often earning Oscars for their trouble, suddenly turned on Allen. Some apologized for appearing in his films. Others donated their salaries to assuage their guilt.

Allen, 87, kept on making films, except he mostly works outside the U.S. and casts from a smaller pool of recognizable talent.

You could say he’s been “canceled,” except Allen dismisses the notion.