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thessalian) wrote2009-10-15 07:51 pm
thessalian) wrote2009-10-15 07:51 pm
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Poetic Justice
I've been trying to stay well out of the Roman Polanski hoopla, to be honest. For what it's worth, my opinion on the matter is that he ought to go and face the music. I don't know what the statute of limitations is like on rape, but there's also the minor point that he got given a sentence that he never served. What happens next ... that's for the courts to decide.
Those in Hollywood who thinks that it all ought to be forgotten, let go, and generally glossed over despite justice not having been served ... really need to get real. However, rather than looking down our noses or railing in horrified rage at the people who are stupid enough to think that their money, power and fame, as well as Polanski's own, should count for more than due process, let's do what Calvin Trillin has done - use our brains and point out the sheer idiocy of the entire prospect. To wit:
What Whoopi Goldberg ('Not a Rape-Rape'), Harvey Weinstein ('So-Called Crime') et al. Are Saying in Their Outrage Over the Arrest of Roman Polanski
By Calvin Trillin
This article appeared in the October 26, 2009 edition of The Nation.
October 7, 2009
A youthful error? Yes, perhaps.
But he's been punished for this lapse--
For decades exiled from LA
He knows, as he wakes up each day,
He'll miss the movers and the shakers.
He'll never get to see the Lakers.
For just one old and small mischance,
He has to live in Paris, France.
He's suffered slurs and other stuff.
Has he not suffered quite enough?
How can these people get so riled?
He only raped a single child.
Why make him into some Darth Vader
For sodomizing one eighth grader?
This man is brilliant, that's for sure--
Authentically, a film auteur.
He gets awards that are his due.
He knows important people, too--
Important people just like us.
And we know how to make a fuss.
Celebrities would just be fools
To play by little people's rules.
So Roman's banner we unfurl.
He only raped one little girl.
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nutmeg3
Those in Hollywood who thinks that it all ought to be forgotten, let go, and generally glossed over despite justice not having been served ... really need to get real. However, rather than looking down our noses or railing in horrified rage at the people who are stupid enough to think that their money, power and fame, as well as Polanski's own, should count for more than due process, let's do what Calvin Trillin has done - use our brains and point out the sheer idiocy of the entire prospect. To wit:
What Whoopi Goldberg ('Not a Rape-Rape'), Harvey Weinstein ('So-Called Crime') et al. Are Saying in Their Outrage Over the Arrest of Roman Polanski
By Calvin Trillin
This article appeared in the October 26, 2009 edition of The Nation.
October 7, 2009
A youthful error? Yes, perhaps.
But he's been punished for this lapse--
For decades exiled from LA
He knows, as he wakes up each day,
He'll miss the movers and the shakers.
He'll never get to see the Lakers.
For just one old and small mischance,
He has to live in Paris, France.
He's suffered slurs and other stuff.
Has he not suffered quite enough?
How can these people get so riled?
He only raped a single child.
Why make him into some Darth Vader
For sodomizing one eighth grader?
This man is brilliant, that's for sure--
Authentically, a film auteur.
He gets awards that are his due.
He knows important people, too--
Important people just like us.
And we know how to make a fuss.
Celebrities would just be fools
To play by little people's rules.
So Roman's banner we unfurl.
He only raped one little girl.
Thanks,
nutmeg3
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So Roman's banner we unfurl.
He only raped one little girl.
Natasja Kinski? Or does statutory rape count not at all?