OK, I admit, I knew that part before today. The part I did not know was that he pled guilty to said offense before fleeing the US.
Roman Polanski, for the blissfully uninformed, is a douchebag Hollywood director that has not been allowed in Hollywood since 1977, when he fled the country.
He was arrested in Switzerland the other day, and if there is any justice in the world will be extradited to the US ASAP. Predictably, the “Roman Polanski is a victim”, “Roman Polanski is a misunderstood genius”, and “Roman Polanski should not be held to account for raping a child because he is famous/talented” crowds have been out in full force since then.
If you are interested in the details of the story, Salon has them. But all you really need to know is the simple fact that Roman Polanski raped, drugged, and sodomized a 13 year old girl.
And the fact that we can’t get unanimous agreement that this worthless pile of shit should be rotting in prison instead of receiving lifetime achievement awards is a sad commentary on how far off track our society has become.
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Here's the petition, and here's the list of people in desperate need of moral perspective.
Here's some names I recognized:
Woody Allen (rofl)
Martin Scorsese
Guillermo del Toro
Ethan Coen
David Lynch
For my part, I'll gladly refuse to view any film or media contributed to by the above list.
I hope if there are parents among them, that they come to the realization that they should be ashamed of themselves or they simply didn't read what they were electronically signing.
I'm planning a round up post tonight that includes all of the appalling things I've read on this situation, including the petition stuff.
I just have to get the stomach to type it up.
I was going to do an impression of how Woody Allen sounded while signing the petition, but the impression doesn't translate well to text.
Let's also remember that Allen married his ex-wifes adopted daughter, so… his opinion doesn't count either.