Probably that and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a perverse cultural underbelly in hollywood where morals are constantly degraded to the point where a lot of things are accepted or treated as not a big deal, at least in the sexual realm..
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Roman Polanski: 'US persecuted me when they tried to extradite me'
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Probably that and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a perverse cultural underbelly in hollywood where morals are constantly degraded to the point where a lot of things are accepted or treated as not a big deal, at least in the sexual realm..
Buddha Beam
Banned
Nicholson said in a statement, "I don't remember that at all."
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
His trial was kind of botched by a showboat judge who was sentencing him based on the whims of the media circus. Even the attorney for the prosecution said the whole thing had become unfair and he understood why Polanski fled.
But he should have done time regardless. And the US is right to continue their demand for justice.
WarMacheen
Member
The US may be firing cruise missiles soon, be a shame to have one veer off course
Via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case
Actually, Huston was there. I thought she was with Nicholson.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I never said it was an allegation, I know it's a fact. You guys can keep shouting at clouds all you want though.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
I'm so dissapoitned when I see good actors work with this little fuck.
Ewan McGregor, Johnny Depp, that fuck dudes ?
Ewan McGregor, Johnny Depp, that fuck dudes ?
Valkyr Junkie
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Alleged? What a piece of shit article.
The Faceless Master
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that childfucker
King Allant
Member
meh it a job. Even if it by a childfucker
Seriously. How do you get on set with this guy, look him in his cold dead eyes, shake the same hands that raped a child, and not feel nauseated about what you're doing?
Anticitizen One
Banned
I love the picture used in the OP. Make him look as smug as possible to really get people riled up.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Thinking of Mr. Polanski as a deranged man makes me enjoy the perversions in some of his films (especially the early ones) way more.
freenudemacusers
Member
well people managed with victor salva so...
I think he's pointing out that it wasn't just statutory rape, it was rape rape (no consent)
It always makes me laugh how much support he had from the movie industry. Like, present this exact case but swap Polanski's name for any old fucking guy and they'd feel sick. But because he made a movie as good as Chinatown its okay.
Winning the Oscar for the Pianist was a fucking despicable act that happened because of a fucking despicable industry. Guy's a cunt, interviewer should have smacked him in the fucking mouth.
Winning the Oscar for the Pianist was a fucking despicable act that happened because of a fucking despicable industry. Guy's a cunt, interviewer should have smacked him in the fucking mouth.
Freewheelin'
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Insane person. He has made some brilliant films, but yeah, it's hard to defend the work of a child molester. Disgusting.
The guy is seen as a tortured artist. They more than likely see it as working with the man who made films like Chinatown who's being harassed unfairly. Rather than the scumbag who's been on the lam for 30 years after raping a 13 year old girl, oh yeah he made films like Chinatown.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I honestly think there's something disarming about it to artsy fartsy types. It's all well and good to be against child rape in the abstract, but when it's "just" a sensetive French artist who just happens to like extremely young women, it feels more familiar, more excusable... Maybe even dare I say erotically appealing to some of them. It's a little like the Hollywood version of women who send love letters to murderers in prison.
Grimm Fandango
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This continues to blow my mind. Did he think he'd just get a laugh out of everybody and continue on with his life?
Spehornoob
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I'm not gonna necessarily blame the people in his films, but the list of people who are supporting what he did publicly really depressed me.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Yes. It was a few Polanski threads back.
Society has made it known that Sex offending a serious No No especially against children.
Someone like him is obviously going to get a lot of heat
Well a bunch of them signed a petition
http://www.indiewire.com/article/over_100_in_film_community_sign_polanski_petition
ComputerMKII
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People and organizations that signed the petition in favor of releasing Polanski from house arrest:
http://www.sacd.fr/Tous-les-signataires-de-la-petition-All-signing-parties.1341.0.html?&tous=
It's a fucking shame because there is people I love and respect in there but how they can defend him is absolutely fucking beyond me.
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Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
That list always hurts seeing some of my favorites. Mann, Scorsese... 
Of course Woody Allen is on there..
That list always hurts seeing some of my favorites. Mann, Scorsese...
And you read the petition and you just think what the fuck are they even thinking?
That bolded section. I know its relatively old news now being four years old, but I just can't get my head around the fact that so many people think he should be free purely because he's one of them, a film maker. I can't think of any other reason.
The same way we wear shoes made with child labor and buy diamonds drenched in blood as gifts.
On another note, his vocabulary seems off. It isn't persecution, the US government pursuing criminals (for crimes committed in the US) is justice.
RedNumberFive
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Yup. I was as surprised as you to see them endorsing child rape.
The amount of people that signed that petition makes me wonder how many of them know the particulars of the case, outside of the general stuff and what was covered in the deceptive documentary that TWC put out a few years back. I have a hard time believing, at least, that a lot of those people would have signed it if they had just read Samantha Geimer's deposition, where she describes everything that Polanski did to her.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It's funny how if any other child rapist were ugly and untalented, these celebs would probably join the "fuck you rapist" crowd.
They are pretty much all crazy rich with PR reps, they will be well aware of it.
PairOfFilthySocks
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Mega-rich child rapists who never answer for their crimes tend to get people riled up, yes.
Any other industry.
Imagine if a bunch of dock workers made a petition to help a colleague who fled the country after raping a teenage girl, or chefs. There'd be indignation around the world, probably from actors and directors as well.
Fucking cunts, the lot of them.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
The following list is less depressing:
People who spoke out AGAINST Polanski:
http://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/577422.html?view=1709454
People who spoke out AGAINST Polanski:
http://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/577422.html?view=1709454
Kevin Smith (verified Twitter)
Michael Cudlitz (Twitter)
Jay Smooth (Twitter) (ETA: Jay Smooth has an excellent new video blog entry about this mess over at Ill Doctrine.)
Greg Grunberg (verified Twitter)
Luc Besson(Most of the way down the first page of the article)
Bill Maher (Twitter)
Lexa Doig (one more here) (Twitter)
Kirstie Alley (verified Twitter--not a single tweet here, just her Twitter page, because she is on FIRE and has been posting all day; her starting tweet is here.
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Twitter)
Noel Clarke (Twitter)
George Stromboulopoulos (Twitter; also see ide_cyan's comment for transcript of a talk show dealie)
Jewel (verified Twitter)
Jake Tapper (Twitter)
Toure (Twitter)
Andy Borowitz (Twitter)
Carrie Brownstein (her blog on NPR's site)
John Legend (verified Twitter)
Steven Page (Twitter)
Neil Gaiman (verified Twitter) (YAY!!! OMG, whew.)
Jeaniene Frost (Twitter)
Coe Booth (Twitter--there's a lot more tweets--there's a whole conversation between several YA writers)
Maureen Johnson (Twitter--ditto)
Justine Larbalestier (Twitter--also ditto)
Lizz Winstead (Twitter--she's a co-creator of the Daily Show)
Marie Brennan (LJ)
Jim Hines (LJ)
Jack Cafferty (CNN blog)
Sherri Shepherd (Twitter--more tweets, I just picked two)
Hart Hanson (Twitter--creator of Bones [the TV show]) (Also, I love this quote.)
Alison Arngrim (article, she's about half way down the page)
Sasha Frere-http://twitter.com/sashafrerejones/status/4477234168Jones (Twitter)
Alison Sweeney, Jillian Michaels, Lisa Kudrow, Tom Morello and Patricia Arquette (CNN Video, in the order that I listed them--all good, except that Patricia Arquette uses the "it's a complicated blahblah," which I'm pretty tired of hearing because no, it's not.)
Eve Ensler (Huffington Post)
Martin Gero (Twitter)
Paul Cornell (Twitter)
Andrew Vachss (Twitter) (ETA: video on YouTube)
Kristin Cashore (blog post)
Jimmy Kimmel (Link added--YouTube video)
Mo Rocca (verified Twitter)
Peter Sagal (Twitter)
Melissa Gilbert (Twitter--link is to TwitLonger)
Dennis Miller (Fox News interview: o_0 [heh])
Alison Winn Scotch (Twitter)
Eugene Robinson (Washington Post OpEd)
Bo Zenga (LA Times article--he's in the last two paragraphs and the first part is nothing you haven't read before, if you've kept up on this at all)
Chris Daughtry's wife, Deanna (Twitter)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (CNN--also folks have quoted Arnold as saying he won't pardon Polanski, if they can get him over here, but I can't find a link for that.) (ETA: People magazine article)
Allison Anders (blog post)
Geraldine Ferraro and others (NY Time blog with multiple posts by different people--I didn't have time to read the whole thing, but I did see that some of them are on the side of "hey, not a big deal" so if that's triggery for you, you might pass on this one. Ferraro supports extradition.)
Chris Gorham (verified Twitter)
Katha Politt (blog on The Nation)
Abby McDonald (blog post)
Darren Ewing (Twitter)
Dennis McGrath (Twitter)
Michael Seitzman (Huffington Post--awesome articles, he kicks ass, but triggery as hell, since he posts her testimony verbatim in one, and is pretty graphic in the other)
Robert Llewellyn (verified Twitter)
Josh Malina (Twitter--in context of that stupid badge she wore, apparently)
Jesse Eisenberg (Interview--see the comment here for the relevant excerpt)
Roseanne Barr (blog entry)
Montel Williams (audio)
Jon Stewart (video from the Daily Show) (And Joy Behar--I was on the fence about adding her name to this because she waffles a little, but I've been talked into it.)
Jody Watley (Twitter)
Xeni Jardin (BoingBoing)
Karen Miller (Author blog on LJ)
Rex Murphy (CBC News)
Slavoj Zizek (Twitter)
Chris Rock (Video and article on Jezebel--this has been much-awaited, and he is AWESOME, so the wait was totally worth it
Roland S Martin (CNN)
Liz Burns, YA reviewer (blog entry)
Jessa Crispin (Twitter)
Not The LA Times (short satire article)
Ed Bernero (BigHollywood post--he's a producer, Third Watch and Criminal Minds--and his bit here is excellent)
Salma Hayek (Access Hollywood, no link yet)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Huffington Post;
Jimmy Fallon (on his show--no link yet)
Drew Carey (Twitter)
Emma Bull (LJ)
Elizabeth Bear (LJ)
Ashley Miller (Twitter--screenwriter)
Cokie Roberts (Huffington Post)
Kurt Sutter (Twitter--director/screenwriter)
Elisabeth Fies (Twitter--producer/screenwriter)
Adam Barken (Twitter--screenwriter)
Howard Stern (YouTube; also: o_0 I'm sorry but you know you're completely fucked up when Howard Stern calls you out for messed up morals and ethics)
Zach Stentz (Comment on a Jezebel article)
Joel McHale (no link--on this week's ep if The Soup)
Wanda Sykes (Huffington Post)
Elon James White (This Week in Blackness video blog--the Polanski bit is at the end, about 4:55, but you should totally watch the whole thing, because he's awesome.)
Jamie Foxx (CBS/AP article)
Ze Frank (Twitter)
Emma Thompson (News blogs--At least in theory--she was on the petition, and someone talked to her, went over it with her, she says she's taking her name off the petition now.)
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm surprised Whoopi Goldberg's awful defense hasn't been brought up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZskUvAGyjQ
"It wasn't rape-rape."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZskUvAGyjQ
"It wasn't rape-rape."
There's nothing about her defense that doesn't induce a certain glazing in the eyes. I let out an audible "what" when I saw that for the first time in 2009.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
The worst part is... It was rape-rape. Even if that girl were 21, she was drugged and coerced into it against her will.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Wow, what a disgusting human being.
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