Disappeared by MeToo

Fair enough. But what was odd with Hoffman is that once these accusations surfaced, its like he dropped out of sight. I think he stopped taking or getting movie roles(though I think I saw one or two on imdb.)

I think "the last straw" for Hoffman was trying to field questions at a Q and A and having John Olivier hammer him on the accusations.

I would suppose that Hoffman figures "I'm rich, I'm old, I had my career, who needs this?" and dropped out. In his 80's, he can do that.

As for MeToo accusations, whether true or not, they sure knocked a few male celebrities and politicians out of the box fast: Matt Lauer, Al Franken, Bill O'Reilly, the head of CBS. And the Great White Whale, Harvey Weinstein.

Most movie stars seem to brush MeToo off. Hollywood remains a bad place to make the MeToo case , given how many women are KNOWN to trade sexual favors for roles. Its not like all men are predators and all women are victims, there is a serious gray area.

But Hoffman seems to have quit over it.

I used to like John Oliver, but that was low of him. No doubt he'll feel vindicated and that he's some sort of Ronan Farrow style hero for MeToo/feminism, but it was, like you say, an ambush, during a tribute for Wag the Dog (ironically, one of Hoffman's lesser films, at least IMHO). Yes, men who abuse women should be held accountable, but I have very little time for bad-faith actors, as Oliver was in this instance, using the pretext of a anniversary celebration of a film, to try to be some bigshot 'Gotcha' journalist, and I suspect it will have soured the event for many of the people present, the audience and various celebrity guests alike.

Maybe some militant feminists will disagree, but I honestly thought it was pretty low. If you're going to go after historical sex offenders, and I'm not saying you shouldn't, at least have the integrity to be honest rather than hide behind a supposedly celebratory event. You might not get an opportunity to face-off with your 'target', but at least people will trust you and treat you in good faith going forward, which might, in turn, reap better results.

and Going Straight

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Yes, that was another good one.

He made other good ones I didn't list above, to be sure.

One time, he even played the son of Sean Connery ("Family Business.") That's acting.

True...perhaps I would refine that to say that he simply stopped "making the rounds" of events where our older, distinguished stars get to be honored in their old age.

I looked it up, and John Oliver went at Hoffman -- without Hoffman leaving the stage -- for quite some time at a retrospective Q and A on "Wag the Dog." So...no more of those. No more Oscar appearances, either (but a LOT of stars don't go there anymore if not nominated.)

True: Stars working past 80 are usually "novelty act" performers. Even with Clint and Caine doing it...we notice that they are not the young men, or even middle-aged men, we came to admire.

Cary Grant's record stands. Retired at 62 and refused to ever come back for any role.

As much as Robert Redford, Donald Sutherland, and the even older Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall have been getting for the last five years or so, I suspect.