Polanski, 76, began his career in film in the 1950s. After his 1968 film “Rosemary’s Baby” won critical and commercial success, Polanski suffered a disturbing tragedy when his pregnant wife and several friends were murdered by notorious serial killer Charles Manson’s “family” in 1969.
Polanski has never recovered from the death of his beloved wife and his friends. Polanski went into a self described exile after the tragedy as all of us would.
Eight years later, Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles for and pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor after a 13-year-old girl accused him of rape. Polanski, then 44, was released after a 42-day psychiatric evaluation, at which time he fled to France. Since then, Polanski has been considered a U.S. fugitive, with an outstanding arrest warrant dating back to 1978.
Regardless of the whether Polanski did or did not do what he is accused of the bottom line is that he did not face the music and fled before his plea was put into record. On September 26, Polanski was arrested by Swiss police as he attempted to enter the country for the Zurich Film Festival.
The entertainment industry seems to ignore that Polanski was accused of molesting a thirteen year old girl. During his years as a fugitive, Polanski continued to make several award-winning films and remained one of the most critically acclaimed directors in both American and international cinema.
Image the outcry if it was an athlete or if it was a politician. Hollywood is in its own world when it comes to things of this nature. Just think of how the parents of that little girl have had to go to sleep every night knowing their little girl’s innocence was taken away. No amount of money can give that innocence back.
Does this bother anyone besides me? Does it matter to us that an adult male took advantage of a thirteen year old girl?
There has been a public outcry against predators using the web as a way to attract both young boys and girls into compromising situations and even with the public’s outrage there has not been enough done. Children are the most precious things on earth and the way we are not joining together to protect them is extremely sad.
Take a deep look into the Catholic Church scandal and see just how little the church did to correct their wrongs. While I certainly believe in forgiveness, I do not believe that rewarding Cardinals, like Bernard Law, with “promotions” is what forgiveness is all about. Lives were destroyed by the one group of individuals that should have been protecting the children. If you need to see it for yourself you could do worse than seeing the movie Doubt with Meryl Streep.
As a parent, protecting your child should be the number one responsibility in a parent’s life. Showing the world that what Roman Polanski did was alright, does not send the right message to our children. Giving Polanski awards for his work is a very bad precedent. Promoting clergy who knew about the abuse in the church and did nothing about it is just as bad if not worse.
The leaders of France and Poland are begging the Swiss to put him out on bond. Hasn’t he skipped out on this once before? How is it that most of these defrocked priests still get to live in retirement homes? Instead of watching Polanski’s movies, how about spending some time trying to deal with the issue of protecting our children.
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