tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post5407962717117416201..comments2024-01-10T17:38:08.333-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Burns: What Does Rape Look Like?Liz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-69485111349547063482009-10-04T20:38:06.421-04:002009-10-04T20:38:06.421-04:00Thank you for this post! So very well-articulated....Thank you for this post! So very well-articulated. I appreciate all the bloggers who have taken a vocal stance about Polanski and what he did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-48573570886683932562009-10-02T07:14:12.511-04:002009-10-02T07:14:12.511-04:00Yes. And it's why he gets excused, forgiven, i...Yes. And it's why he gets excused, forgiven, its in the past, and if he was Bob in flyover state he wouldn't get all this. Or, as others have pointed out, if he was Father Polanski or Rabbi Polanski people would not be signing positions.<br /><br />And its why she doesn't count. My mini obsession with this has kept me watching who officially sides with him. <br /><br />Allison Arngrim has been incredibly vocal against what is going on, and you should follow her on Twitter. Jack Nicholson and Angelica Huston are silent (I wonder if she now realizes "sullen" was drugged, drunk and raped). A handful of people are saying "um, child?" But only a handful.Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-6905867199528094012009-10-02T05:54:58.986-04:002009-10-02T05:54:58.986-04:00He's famous and talented and she's...she&#...He's famous and talented and she's...she's invisible.<br /><br />That's what it's all about - which is what makes me even sicker.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-30555483512368623682009-10-01T10:39:28.307-04:002009-10-01T10:39:28.307-04:00Annie & Steve, thanks!
Susan, I agree. Every ...Annie & Steve, thanks!<br /><br />Susan, I agree. Every time I see an actor I like in a Woody Allen film, I think a little less of them. What ultimately works for me is separting the person from their work. This is also why I hate any type of celebrity endorsements or political positions. But that is another rant.<br /><br />Katrina, I commented on this at Chasing Ray. Even if we go with the statutory rape argument (ie his defenders who say that his plea deal negates her allegations and shifts this to a "yes but oops 13" situation), WHY does no one ask, What is wrong with a 40 year old who has sex with a 13 year old? Instead, they say, "look at the slut who had sex with a 40 year old." This isn't Don Johnson/Melanie Griffith (much closer in age, long relationship) or Brad Pitt/Juliette Lewis (she was of age, tho young). Yet I think that is what the defenders think. I don't know. She was 13; he was 40. I cannot see any type of true consent in that situation. And I don't understand why he is viewed as having done nothing wrong. And she is.Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-80158793045566417022009-10-01T10:27:14.842-04:002009-10-01T10:27:14.842-04:00I don't care if she said, "Yes! Yes! Yes!...I don't care if she said, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" She was 13. He was 43. It was rape.<br /><br />And I agree that he should serve time, significant time.Katrina Stonoffhttp://stonoff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-76734080476367224022009-10-01T09:12:53.769-04:002009-10-01T09:12:53.769-04:00Liz,
That people still work with and watch Allen&...Liz,<br /><br />That people still work with and watch Allen's movies is appalling to me.<br /><br />As for Polanski, I don't know what to say. How do you defend a man who raped a child. She could offered him sex and it would still be rape.<br /><br />Women are raped and killed and the culprit often walks away or does little time. A criminal gets more time for theft than for abusing a woman.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-49727180316327646092009-09-30T22:38:25.212-04:002009-09-30T22:38:25.212-04:00Thank you for posting this. Your justified anger i...Thank you for posting this. Your justified anger is satisfying to read. Really well said.Steve Brezenoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974929351763422930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-33126001344147880072009-09-30T21:54:15.393-04:002009-09-30T21:54:15.393-04:00very, very, very well said. thank you.very, very, very well said. thank you.anniehttp://superfastreader.comnoreply@blogger.com