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[rivka]

I've never seen a Roman Polanski movie.

And, you know, I'm glad. Because if there's some sort of magic crack in his films that strips people of any vestige of common decency, then I'm happy to have done without.

Kate Harding sums it up perfectly, as usual.

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[juthwara.livejournal.com]

Yes, Kate Harding was even more brilliant than usual on this topic. It's mostly her writing that's keeping my head from exploding. I mean, he drugged and raped a child who said no and begged him to stop, jumped bail and left the country to avoid consequences. He has never expressed remorse and in fact subsequently engaged in a sexual relationship with another girl who was below the age of consent. He's an unrepentant fugitive serial child rapist. I just don't see the moral gray area here. And yet, people seem determined to look for it.

I decided when the Pianist came out that while I normally try not to let my opinion of the artist affect my opinion of their art, I couldn't give money to a child rapist. And now I have to decide if I want to give my money to people who sympathize with a child rapist. Sigh. And I was really looking forward to Terry Gilliam's latest movie too.