Should actors continue to work with Roman Polanski?
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From what I read in Polanski's autobiography, Geimer wasn't drugged, nor did she object to having sex with Polanski. Whether this is true or not, I cannot judge upon. Polanski was convicted because she was a minor, not because it was involuntarily on her part. She may have regretted it later on.
Even though having sex with minors is not unaccustomed, (hardly any minor waits until being 18 to have sex), it is still illegal. Polanski obviously liked his girls young, in 1976 he became involved with then-15 years old Nastassja Kinski. So, in that light, Samantha Geimer, the person he was accused of having raped, was 'just another fling' to him.
All that aside, Polanski was convicted, and actually has paid $500.000 in damages to Geimer, and thereby paid his due. That combined with the fact that Geimer herself wants the charges to be dropped (as she said in several interviews), one has to wonder who benefits most from a prolonged debate about this entire issue. Surely not Geimer.
So, all in all, it would be best to leave this entire matter behind us, including Hollywood actors and actresses, and let him do what he does best, creating beautiful movies, like The Piano.
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M$I keep wondering how many young girls he has been with since he's been out of the U.S. Someone who would do that once would do it again, in fact, he has a sickness, and probably wouldn't be able to help himself from doing it again.
He chose to leave his country to avoid prosecution, and from all reports, he hasn't been living in poverty since then. He has worked abroad, collaborated with others and made money. The fact that the entertainment community would even consider taking him back into a warm embrace sickens many people.
He is a sick man and should be punished by truly being exiled from this country. Do we still do this? I think we should in this case, because it is certainly a just punishment.
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Assuming that Polanski avoids extradition from Switzerland, where he is currently under house arrest at his Swiss villa, what then? This case, and the ugly details behind it, have been common knowledge since they first transpired. If Hollywood did not shun this man when the act was still fresh, why would they do so now.
If anything, the lengthy period of time that has gone by since he first fled has created a notion of sympathy for the man by some in the film industry. If they did not stand on principle earlier, I do not see how they would do so now. Sadly, the film industry has already made this decision decades ago on this matter.
Does this make this sort of reaction from Hollywood correct? Of course not. Personally, I believe he committed a vile act, one for which he did not serve punitive consequences. As such, he should face his sentence. Should that sentence take into account the fact that he has apparently not engaged in sexual deviancy with minors since? Yes, but, the simple act of having lived an exemplary live since should not exclude him from facing up to that which he eluded so long ago. Until that act of full contrition is realized by Polanski the film industry should shun him. Sadly as I stated above, they will not.
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Will Ferrell recently said that he wouldn't go back on the Jay Leno Show. He said that if Leno's people were to call, he'd probably "call in sick". It's funny to me how Leno's behavior is condemnable in public but Polanski's is not. In short, yes Polanski should be avoided he never really felt the ramifications from his actions.
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M$As for the rest, of course not, he should be in prison, as should all men who rape minors.
There are good reasons for the laws concerning age of consent, and good reasons why sexual predators need to be in prison. Our young girls need to be protected from deviants who are not able to control their unnatural sexual urges.
People who feel differently should line up outside his trailer (on his movie set) offering up THEIR thirteen year old girls for the pervert to use next. Since they obviously have no sense of society's and parents' duty to protect children from sexual predators, let THEIR children be the ones to suffer, not the rest of us.
You may think this answer is too strong. You obviously haven't had a daughter sexually assaulted by an adult male. It tends to bring out strong feelings. If you didn't know it before, now you do. Prison is too good for slime like Polanski.
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M$Artists can still create meaningful important art despite their personal travails. So can Athletes for that matter, just look at Tiger. I'm sure he'll be back to playing great golf in no time and will still draw thousands of people out to the courses. Picasso shacked up with a 17-year-old when he was 46. Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year old cousin, and despite being ostracized faced no criminal persecution. I guess marriage made it OK?
I think for Hollywood to boycott an influential artist like Polanski would be downright hypcritical. Art relies on its audience. If people want to boycott watching Polanski's films then by all means do it. But I don't believe the art itself has been tarnished in any way.
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M$As a consumer I will probably avoid attending another Polanski film until this matter is resolved. I dont think I will go as far as to hold the actors woking with him accountable for Roman's infractions.
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Documentarian, Marina Zenovich, in "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" makes light of speculation that if and when Polanski ever returns to US soil there's a good chance he would get nothing more than a slap on the wrist in his sentencing. At any rate, paying a debt and becoming an ex-criminal does not make Polanski's art any more valid. But in a day and age where public image is as important to Hollywood stars as is to politicians I wouldn't be suprised if many people chose not to work with him. I wouldn't be surprised if a no-fear, anti-hollywood actor like a Sean Penn would not care what people thought, unless they had some personal convictions agains Polanski. What's criminal is movie ticket prices these days to pay for the ludicrous dollar amounts most of these undeserving actors recieve for acting in art-less movies.
He was convicted. He drugged and sexually violated a minor.
The difference between himself and other pedophiles, sex offenders is that
he has fame, money, and powerful connections.
If you are willing to do business with any known criminal, famous or not.
Then working with Polanski is a non-issue.
My brain.
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I agree with you. The victim has asked that this issue be closed and I feel we haven't been fair to her.
And since we're on the subject... why are actors still working with Woody Allen?
Both of these men made piss poor choices, but they're also some of the best in the film industry. I guess some people cannot separate what a person creates from some bad choices they have made.