Polanski. Boy am I cross

[lexin]

Harvey Weinstein: "Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films. I was with him the day he won the Legion of Honour in France, which was a spectacular day. I remember the incredible love and affection that people have for him." From here .

Bollocks. Bollocks. Bollocks. Irrelevant bumlicking bollocks.

Roman Polanski is by his own admission a rapist who abused the trust of a 13-year-old girl. The judge in the case had no cause to be making an agreement with him whereby he got off with 40-odd days and latterly realised the fact, at which point Polanksi skipped.

I don't care how many good films he's made, he's a rapist and should be in jail.

There is a point where even I become an authoritarian and some things are just wrong. That Polanski's been swanning about Europe for the past thirty years before being arrested is one of them.

Comments

[lexin.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about Sharon Tate - but I mean what happened to her doesn't give him carte blanche to be a rapist. It just doesn't compute.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

What does having one's wife murdered have to do with committing a crime against a child? I remember that case (yeah, I am that old) and I remember some people suggesting Polanski had attracted the attention of the Manson gang because of the satanist content of Rosemary's Baby. Which I thought was a disgusting movie, because--let's see, taking sexual advantage of a helpless woman to bring evil into the world? Oh, yeah, great theme. (Yes, that is sarcasm.)

Jail the child-raping scum-sucker. And throw away the key.