I thought I'd have to publish a page with a laugh-until-you-cry emoji for a title in response to that Tweet from Scooter Braun, but I don't. Many other people, none of whom know what the entertainment industry has really done, Tweeted far more eloquent replies than what I could have thought of.
This is my favorite so far, although technically it's nonverbal and not English:
These are from a devastated Ariana Grande fan, who saved her money so that she could meet Ms. Grande (one of Mr. Braun's proteges), and who is being given a "partial refund":
Mr. Braun isn't "misunderstood."
Mr. Braun rips people off all the time. He rips off the children and teenagers whom he deprives of normal childhoods and adolescences. He uses them, their talent, their innocence, their gullibility. He turns them into hypersexualized, excruciatingly illiterate young adults who simultaneously believe and struggle to fulfill the galaxy-sized, stage-lit, cardboard avatars that he spins around them. Then he rips off the fans who set their hopes on those avatars. Then, he blames everyone other than himself whenever he and the industry which rewards sleazy behavior cannot disguise his greed.
