Word: polanski
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...suggesting that he had sex with his mother in an outhouse. The Court found in Flynt’s favor, establishing a precedent protecting obvious satire of a public figure even if it causes emotional distress. Eight years later, Flynt was immortalized by Woody Harrelson in the sympathetic Roman Polanski film, The People vs. Larry Flynt...
...Best Director.” You see, I don’t consider the film’s Oscar triumphs unexpected because The Pianist was a bad movie—it wasn’t. Rather, the controversial nomination and recognition of the film’s director, Roman Polanski, gave me pause. As I read across the box, I remembered the way I felt on Oscar night: it’s too bad that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose to honor such a unscrupulous and immoral...
...fair, I didn’t know all that much about Roman Polanski when he won his award. I knew he was recognized for edgy, “brutally honest” type films and I recalled some controversy surrounding his nomination. I was also surprised that an organization as self-conscious as the Academy would concede an award to such a questionable figure. But I did a bit of research on the Oscar winner and found that I should not be surprised at the Academy; I should be disgusted...
...controversial marriage left him stigmatized. The scandal-loving media had a field day. Yet, in the end, he’d done nothing illegal. Sure, judgments of immorality are up to individual inclinations, but you’d think that after committing such a horrible crime against a minor, Polanski would forever be an industry pariah. His actions were inexcusable and disgusting. That we are extolling him for his work is unbelievable...
...enough to say that the Academy is merely praising his talent and not Polanski himself. The United States, the country in which he is wanted, allowed the movie to be shown in theaters. That is enough. There is no need to further the exaltation of a serious sex offender who has not even had the decency to confront the consequences of his actions—instead, he has shirked the law and used the guise of movie genius to conceal his repugnant actions...