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The Final Word on Roman Polanski.
...there was certainly no artistic merit in the crime he acknowledged committing: During a photo shoot at the Los Angeles home of his friend and "Chinatown" star Jack Nicholson, Polanski plied a 13-year-old girl with champagne and drugs and had sex with her.That is grotesque. In general, I agree with the European view that Americans tend to be prudish and hypocritical about sex. But a grown man drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl? That's not remotely a close call. It's wrong in any moral universe -- and deserves harsher punishment than three decades of gilded exile.
--Dana Goldstein
COMMENTS (2)
You didn't mention that he sodomized her.
Looks like he will finally get what he deserves...and he deserves it in spades.
Posted by: Noam Sane | September 29, 2009 2:34 PM
Elites aren't subject to the same laws as ordinary riffraff. Prosecuting Polanski for rape would be like prosecuting Cheney for torture.
If you don't understand, Richard Cohen will explain this to you.
Posted by: Win Pollard | September 30, 2009 8:17 AM