I’d love to see a poll showing if the same people who think Gore Vidal is a genius also think Roman Polanski’s drugging and raping of a 13-year-old girl is no big deal (or what Whoopie Goldberg said “wasn’t rape-rape.“) The argument seems to be, “a lot of time has passed, the victim doesn’t want to be drug into a media circus, and besides Polanski is such a talented director.” Um, er, okaaaay.
Fine, he’s no Charles Manson, but can you imagine the Hollywood crowd downplaying child rape if it were say Glenn Beck accused?
Before you answer that make sure you read Kate Harding’s Salon.com article “Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child.” It hammers some of the facts from the case down pretty tight.