| moviePig wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:28:35 -0800 (PST), moviePig pwall...@moviepig.com wrote: If Polanski knew her age, then he was demonstrably stupid. But, beyond that, only villagers with intimate knowledge of his particular situation have any business with a torch and pitchfork... That's a fair point, but it's not what I was objecting to. A willingnes s to abstain from condemnation does not give implied consent to honoring the ma n .. In view of his past peccadilloes, any such expression is unwise. It is a good deal worse than unwise, but I'll stop there. To paraphrase Jay Len o, *what* are they thinking? Well, that'd depend on whether they were honoring him for his filmmaking career or for his work with kids. I assume that, for whatever reason or reasoning, they're disregarding his purported appetites *and* accepting his innocence of the more sensational charges... Not that I'm a Polanski apologist, but I'm inclined to agree. Any sex crimes he may have committed in his personal life have no bearing on his skill as a filmmaker. However, no career success can ever wash away the stain on his personal life. To make a sports metaphor, he will always have an asterisk by his name in the record books. |