I've heard a lot of discussion about Polanski, but there's one thing I've been missing, that I haven't heard from any media talking heads, or even internet discussions, the average amount I've read being a movie lover:
Why doesn't this asshole MAN UP.
Folks rave about his movies (I've seen two o his movies, they're not bad, but there are plenty of directors out there better - Nolan, Ridley Scott, Fincher, hell, Mel Gibson..)
I'm one who's tired of sports stars and artists getting off when the average school teacher, plumber, or civil service worker, etc. would be in jail for years on the same offense, whatever it is - drugging and raping a 13 year old, like Polanksi, wife beating, assault, drugs, etc.
But I'm missing where MEN...and I consider myself a wuss, but even me, and other MEN, guys, dammit, aren't looking at this little asshole and screaming "MAN UP, DOUCHE!" Come to America, face the charges, either defend your actions, which you have defended them, asking what's the big deal about my actions? Or face the charges and apologize like a man.
Now I realize that the concept of manhood, too much in the real world, but altogether in the vast media world, has died, been buried, and already rotted away.
Taking responsibility is so rare, when folks do it on their own, people don't know what to make of it. In the real world it's tough. I pity my female friends who are looking for a "good man," one who isn't on drugs, an alcoholic, abusive, a cheat, or won't get them pregnant and then leave.
Dave Ramsey recently talked about this. He went bankrupt, and when he started getting his life back together, he decided to pay all his debts, because it was the responsible, and spiritual thing to do. He couldn't live with himself after doing it - boy, he didn't ask for a government bailout! So he paid ever debt back, EVEN those the bankruptcy wiped out! (This was more difficult than he thought it would be, but he got it done.) After, he could rest VERY easy, knowing he PAID ALL HIS DEBTS TO HIS FRIENDS AND SOCIETY. It was, basically, a manly thing to do.
(By manly, I don't mean going out and beating the shit out of someone, or having big muscles. I mean things like this.)
I've been waiting for Polanski to do that - to come to America FOR HIS OWN SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION, but I know at this point, the concept of "can sleep at night," is also meaningless. Many of the biggest fucking bitches and assholes I know sleep damn well at night, after making their fellow human's life hell.
It's also annoying that this jerk gets a free pass and support from liberal Hollywood, but someone like Mel Gibson gets raked over the coals for his behavior. Where are all the Hollywood elite defending his "artist talent?" Oh wait, he did The Passion, he deserves none. Now, what Mel did was deplorable, but I know reality - Mel/conservative gets no defenders, anyone/liberal gets lot of defenders.
With all these "reality" shows out there, why not have one with people fixing their wrongs, making amends for their actions, apologizing to the one's they've hurt or wronged?
Director Polanski Attends Swiss Jazz Fest
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER Associated Press Writer
Roman Polanski has made his first public appearance since being released this week from house arrest, attending the Montreux Jazz Festival on Saturday to watch his wife perform on stage.
The 76-year-old film director arrived at the Lake Geneva festival Saturday evening in a sport utility vehicle with tinted windows. When he emerged, he brushed his fingers through his hair — a trademark gesture — then was ushered into an elevator. Security personnel protected him from an eager crush of photographers.
Polanski's wife, the actress and singer Emmanuelle Seigner, performed shortly after his arrival, wearing a flannel shirt, a black hat and jeans.
In an interview earlier Saturday with Swiss television, excerpts of which were broadcast on France-2 television, Polanski thanked "the millions of people who kept sending me messages of support during those nine long months."
"I would also certainly thank my wife Emmanuelle (and) my children, without whom I would have never been able to hold onto my dignity and perseverance," Polanski said.
The Oscar-winning director was freed Monday from seven months of house arrest at his Swiss chalet when Switzerland's government refused to extradite him to the United States. Before that, he served two months in prison as the Swiss government pondered whether he should be handed over to U.S. authorities to be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Polanski still faces an Interpol warrant in effect for 188 countries.
"For the moment, I'm happy to be free and to be able to do the things I was kept from doing," Polanski said.
He said his son cut off the electronic bracelet that Swiss authorities had required him to wear while he was under house arrest.
"They told me to throw it away, that's it," Polanski said of the authorities. His son "couldn't stand it anymore," so he was given "the privilege" of removing the tracking device.
Seigner never mentioned her husband during an hour-long performance, but said she was "very happy" to be in Montreux. Polanski didn't appear on stage and it was unclear where he might have watched the concert from.
"That was the theme to 'Rosemary's Baby,'" Seigner said after her first song — a reference to the 1968 film directed by Polanski.
Why doesn't this asshole MAN UP.
Folks rave about his movies (I've seen two o his movies, they're not bad, but there are plenty of directors out there better - Nolan, Ridley Scott, Fincher, hell, Mel Gibson..)
I'm one who's tired of sports stars and artists getting off when the average school teacher, plumber, or civil service worker, etc. would be in jail for years on the same offense, whatever it is - drugging and raping a 13 year old, like Polanksi, wife beating, assault, drugs, etc.
But I'm missing where MEN...and I consider myself a wuss, but even me, and other MEN, guys, dammit, aren't looking at this little asshole and screaming "MAN UP, DOUCHE!" Come to America, face the charges, either defend your actions, which you have defended them, asking what's the big deal about my actions? Or face the charges and apologize like a man.
Now I realize that the concept of manhood, too much in the real world, but altogether in the vast media world, has died, been buried, and already rotted away.
Taking responsibility is so rare, when folks do it on their own, people don't know what to make of it. In the real world it's tough. I pity my female friends who are looking for a "good man," one who isn't on drugs, an alcoholic, abusive, a cheat, or won't get them pregnant and then leave.
Dave Ramsey recently talked about this. He went bankrupt, and when he started getting his life back together, he decided to pay all his debts, because it was the responsible, and spiritual thing to do. He couldn't live with himself after doing it - boy, he didn't ask for a government bailout! So he paid ever debt back, EVEN those the bankruptcy wiped out! (This was more difficult than he thought it would be, but he got it done.) After, he could rest VERY easy, knowing he PAID ALL HIS DEBTS TO HIS FRIENDS AND SOCIETY. It was, basically, a manly thing to do.
(By manly, I don't mean going out and beating the shit out of someone, or having big muscles. I mean things like this.)
I've been waiting for Polanski to do that - to come to America FOR HIS OWN SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION, but I know at this point, the concept of "can sleep at night," is also meaningless. Many of the biggest fucking bitches and assholes I know sleep damn well at night, after making their fellow human's life hell.
It's also annoying that this jerk gets a free pass and support from liberal Hollywood, but someone like Mel Gibson gets raked over the coals for his behavior. Where are all the Hollywood elite defending his "artist talent?" Oh wait, he did The Passion, he deserves none. Now, what Mel did was deplorable, but I know reality - Mel/conservative gets no defenders, anyone/liberal gets lot of defenders.
With all these "reality" shows out there, why not have one with people fixing their wrongs, making amends for their actions, apologizing to the one's they've hurt or wronged?
Director Polanski Attends Swiss Jazz Fest
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER Associated Press Writer
Roman Polanski has made his first public appearance since being released this week from house arrest, attending the Montreux Jazz Festival on Saturday to watch his wife perform on stage.
The 76-year-old film director arrived at the Lake Geneva festival Saturday evening in a sport utility vehicle with tinted windows. When he emerged, he brushed his fingers through his hair — a trademark gesture — then was ushered into an elevator. Security personnel protected him from an eager crush of photographers.
Polanski's wife, the actress and singer Emmanuelle Seigner, performed shortly after his arrival, wearing a flannel shirt, a black hat and jeans.
In an interview earlier Saturday with Swiss television, excerpts of which were broadcast on France-2 television, Polanski thanked "the millions of people who kept sending me messages of support during those nine long months."
"I would also certainly thank my wife Emmanuelle (and) my children, without whom I would have never been able to hold onto my dignity and perseverance," Polanski said.
The Oscar-winning director was freed Monday from seven months of house arrest at his Swiss chalet when Switzerland's government refused to extradite him to the United States. Before that, he served two months in prison as the Swiss government pondered whether he should be handed over to U.S. authorities to be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Polanski still faces an Interpol warrant in effect for 188 countries.
"For the moment, I'm happy to be free and to be able to do the things I was kept from doing," Polanski said.
He said his son cut off the electronic bracelet that Swiss authorities had required him to wear while he was under house arrest.
"They told me to throw it away, that's it," Polanski said of the authorities. His son "couldn't stand it anymore," so he was given "the privilege" of removing the tracking device.
Seigner never mentioned her husband during an hour-long performance, but said she was "very happy" to be in Montreux. Polanski didn't appear on stage and it was unclear where he might have watched the concert from.
"That was the theme to 'Rosemary's Baby,'" Seigner said after her first song — a reference to the 1968 film directed by Polanski.
