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5th-Jun-2008 10:22 am
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I am SO sick of famous people making Roman Polanski out to be this great hero who was wronged by the media. He was in his 40s and had sex with a 13 year old GIRL. Every time I turn on the TV, I see another celebrity talking about how it was concensual, and he loved her, and all kinds of things like that; THAT if we hear a "normal" person doing today for the same reasons, we'd want him or her strung up, it sickens me.

I feel bad for him and what he went through with the Manson Family. But that doesn't make this right.

The "famous" people say the judge was just trying to make a name for himself and went after Polanski too harshly because the judge wanted to be "known." BUT, HE-HAD-SEX-WITH-A-THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD!!!

They're making some kind of movie about him that will be on HBO this summer. It's early previews are already getting this critical acclaim and support. When the 22 year old softball coach has sex with his 15 year old player, he gets fired and put in jail. There isn't praise about him. There isn't anything great said. AND that I could see more than a 44 or 45 year old having sex with a 13 year old. But the softball coach isn't world famous. And I'm just using that as an example, because I heard about it on the news a while ago.

I mean, am I missing something?

Do we think he was seduced by the 13 year old?

Do we think it was ok that he had sex with the 13 year old?

Does this make anyone else see red?

If I flip by another talk show, and hear another host talking about how great Polanski is, and how he got a bum rap in the '70s with all of this, I think I'm going to scream.
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5th-Jun-2008 02:46 pm (UTC)
Totally agree. The law is the law -- there is NO WAY it could have been consensual at her age, and the law reflects that. What he did was flat-out wrong, and he's a pedophile. The end.
5th-Jun-2008 02:50 pm (UTC)
Yeah talent doesn't excuse anything.
5th-Jun-2008 04:28 pm (UTC)
I agree 100%. Never understood all the people who went out of their way to praise this sexual predator. Sure, he made some great movies but that doesn't give him a pass on what he did. Though some people act like it does. I really hate that Hollywood attitude that if you're famous or talented enough you're kind of above petty things like morality.
5th-Jun-2008 05:08 pm (UTC)
Yeah! I mean I just don't get it!
5th-Jun-2008 06:32 pm (UTC)
I think Polanski is a great filmmaker.

I feel sorry about Sharon Tate.

I don't think either excuses his actions. And I think he's a fucking coward for having lived in Switzerland all those years to avoid extradition.

He's a great filmmaker, but he's a failure as a person.
6th-Jun-2008 03:05 pm (UTC)
Agreed.
5th-Jun-2008 06:37 pm (UTC)
The original deal was to get him off with no prison time. The judge wanted to give him time, around a year or two.

He didn't just have sex with a 13-year-old girl. He DRUGGED her first. And the facts are not refutable--he admitted to them to get the deal.

Yes, the girl (now woman) doesn't want Polanski persecuted any more. She's made her peace with it.

But that doesn't mean I don't get to think he's a total scumbag.
6th-Jun-2008 03:04 pm (UTC)
The whole thing just is sickening.
5th-Jun-2008 10:54 pm (UTC)
Jen,

They call them talk shows, but does anybody actually stop, and listen? :(

Hugs!

Steve
6th-Jun-2008 03:05 pm (UTC)
Too many people listen.

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