Comments on: Breaking News: Artists Defend Polanski, Argue for Justice by Oeuvre

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:45 +0000

Rarefied Artists for Personal Excess… hehe.

Brilliant article, where did you go?

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:17:46 +0000

I still can’t believe the guy has had quite a career since then. He’s quite the talented storyteller. But I can’t help wondering how other these other artists and celebrities could condone working with a man who would and could do such a thing. It really is quite creepy to think about it. These actors and actresses who talk about him as such a visionary…I guess they’re thinking “A job is a job.” Or maybe they’re just using him to promote their own careers. Very interesting post.

By: Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:18:40 +0000

A great post – both funny and thought provoking. Well done.

By: catering and events

catering and events — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:25:26 +0000

it’s all politics….people blathering on about ‘left’ vs ‘right’ may well be nonsensical, but the Polanski affair is a profoundly political issue. Given that his defenders are undeniably camped among the ‘left’, this is an opportunity to see revealed an aspect of their mentality that utterly betrays their fraudulent claims of ‘equality’ and ’social justice’ – they wish to be part of an elite with an ever-shifting standard for compliance with the law.

By: Ricardo Santos

Ricardo Santos — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:34:11 +0000

Well, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote “Don Quijote de la Mancha”, when he was in prison, and it turned out to be one of the best literary works of all time. So maybe he just need to change his art expression from films to writing.

A law should be applied equally to every person, irrespective of talent or not. That is the base of justice.

By: Sean Lindsay

Sean Lindsay — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:18:09 +0000

Marshal, you can’t speak for all of Polanski’s defenders. They’re a wild bunch, with all sorts of justifications – ranging, in my humble opinion, from the flat-out wrong to the chillingly wrong.

And you’re flat-out wrong on two key points:

1. The rape is not “alleged”. Polanksi pled guilty to a charge of unlawful intercourse with a minor, a crime known in other jurisdictions as statutory rape.

2. Polanski fled the United States before sentencing. Unlawful flight from prosecution is a crime, which he committed after the rape.

Anyone defending Polanski’s subsequent freedom, and/or decrying his arrest pending extradition, is implicitly forgiving him this second crime, if not the first as well.

If you truly believe that Polanksi’s status as an artist has “nothing to do with any of it”, you’re an idiot. It’s (almost) everything to do with it. Name one other statutory rapist whose freedom is vocally championed by a substantial contingent of the worldwide film community.

The anonymous “analysis” you link to is chillingly wrong: riddled with shoddy logic, opinions masquerading as reason, and assertions so ridiculous they beggar belief. It’s basically a long-winded, clumsy defence of statutory rape.

If you “found” that article, you desperately need to service your bullshit-detector. If you wrote it, then God help you, because your faculties are damaged.

By: Marshal

Marshal — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:02:47 +0000

None of his defenders ever argued that we should forgive his past or future crimes for being who he is. The argument of his true defenders is that he never committed any crime in his life before or after the alleged rape – that he is an artist has nothing to do with any of it. I found a highly in-depth analysis if the messy case which sheds more light on his side, and the juridical side of things.

http://novalislore.wordpress.com/2009/10/

Read it, and then think again.

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:38:12 +0000

Hilarious.
“with his track record of extraordinary films, we should forgive him the crimes he has committed in the past, and indeed some he may commit in the future.”
So he commmits a crime. But wait, He’s a film genius! Of course we shouldn’t treat him like any other human being whose commited a heinous crime! No, he’s far too good for that!
Huh.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:04:28 +0000

Your blog is wonderful! Please keep adding to it! PS: one of my favorite blogs is The Neglected Books Page (neglectedbooks.com).

By: Just Dave

Just Dave — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:06:15 +0000

Ha-Ha-larious. Great mock!! I’m passing it along. Funny!