Posted on 09/29/2009 3:27:18 PM PDT by FeliciaCat
Edited on 09/29/2009 3:53:14 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Does being an 'artist' trump being a rapist?" asks Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood. According to 138 people in the film industry who signed a petition demanding the immediate release of Roman Polanski from Swiss custody, yep!
And they're joined by another group of writers and artists Bernard-Henri Lévy is rounding up! On his roster: Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Neil Jordan, Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Mike Nichols, Diane von Furstenberg, and Paul Auster, among others. As for the other petition (launched by French film industry association SACD), in addition to the signatories posted at The Wrap last night (Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Monica Bellucci, Stephen Frears, Tilda Swinton?!?), new big-name rape apologists are signing on all the time! Today, we can add Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam and — wait for it — Woody Allen to the list.
Woody Allen, people. It would be kind of funny, if it weren't a big f***ing list of celebrities who support a child rapist.
Also, let us not forget Whoopi "rape-rape" Goldberg, and of course Debra Winger's statement as president of the Zurich Film Festival jury. As Variety reported:
Winger... on Monday demanded Polanski's release and criticized Swiss authorities for their "philistine collusion" in arresting Polanski as he entered the country.
"This fledgling festival has been unfairly exploited, and whenever this happens the whole art world suffers," Winger said in a statement on Monday, standing together with the other four international jury members who wore red badges reading "Free Polanski" as they announced plans to continue the fest.
That's apparently what this is about, in the minds of all these great artistes: Philistinism. A failure to appreciate A) Polanski's genius and B) the sanctity of international film festivals. No, I am not even kidding about the second part.
Don’t know what to say. There really ARE two Americas.
Uh, maybe Polanski HAD no big thang. That’s why he liked thirteen year olds.
If it was a Priest or Minister that abused a girl 50 years ago then stopped after realizing he was wrong, these same appeasers would be calling for his b+*^ls!
Excellent point...
He wasn’t home.
Other celebrities who support Polanski’s release but haven’t had a chance to sign the petition yet include R. Kelly, Kobe Bryant, Former President Bill Clinton, and William Kennedy-Smith.
Well, just because a crime happens in your house doesn’t make you an accomplice. If he helped set it up, or helped cover up the crime afterwards, then certainly. I just don’t know enough details about the case to make that call.
I worked in Hollywood my first 2 years out of college. Hollywood is a toilet, always has been a toilet, and always will be. In the mid 70’s, cocaine was used as a medium of exchange.
Obama’ fault. And now we have a list of Euro-celebrities who have endorsed child rape. Nice.
I wonder what his Uncle Teddy would have had to say about this issue???
These hollywierdos better watch their step. My family sees two movies a week, and it is on the verge of stopping. If the rest of America has the same distaste of this hollywierd lifestyle as we do, business will decrease.
OK, this is Hollywood demonstrating it’s moral character. Now let us see if N.O.W. and the various Womyn organizations react. Think I should hold my breath?
Jack Nicholson was not in town when it happened.
Woody Allen says it’s no big deal to rape a 13 year old.
Of course this is the same industry who embraced Woody who married his stepdaughter (who he was a stepfather to from childhood on), so of course he has no problem with it.
These people make me sick.
They actually don’t want ANY age of consent, but in this case, it’d still be rape. Rape-rape-rape.
I think Nicholson was in Europe when this happened.
This is beyond sickening to me...I cant believe anyone would be an apologist for something like this. I hope this comes back to haunt EVERYONE who signed this petition.
The only silver lining I can see in Obama’s recession/depression is that movie ticket sales are down. May all these people who support this pervert drown in their own filth.
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