While not being accused of being in favor of sexual abuse of children, the
majority of the posts I've seen on the show this week have fallen into
three main categories:
1) "Woody Allen is a creep, so of course he did it."
2) "I never liked his movies, so of course he did it." ("Manhattan" is
usually cited here)
3) "He married his stepdaughter (or daughter, in rare cases), so of course
he did it."
Occasionally, an Allen supporter will show up (sometimes linking to the "By
the Way ..." video, sometimes to the Moses Farrow article, sometimes to
other videos), but they are invariably shouted down as supporting
pedophilia. The article in the LA Times today, with its "the reason Allen
supporters believe him is because they want women to shut up and be abused"
conclusion was a new low, even for the dog-trainer (which is as nothing
compared to the NY Times). The Daily Beast came close, though, with its
article that tarred Allen with the Jeffrey Epstein brush (including the
charge that he apparently supported Roman Polanski -- neglecting the small
detail that so did Mia Farrow).
Most often, the Allen-haters remind me of nothing so much as Q supporters,
refusing to listen to counter-facts and evidence in favor of the narrative
they've been fed.
Dylan Farrow seems to have no trouble talking about all of this now, so why
doesn't she take Allen to court and have it out once and for all? If he
were proven guilty, I'd have no qualms in wanting him locked up or -- more
likely -- fined heavily. Given the inconsistencies in the Farrow accounts,
though, and their abhorrence of being put under oath and questioned -- and
the attendant penalties for perjury -- I don't expect it.
Allen's career is over. That's certain, so in that sense, the Farrows have
won. Even if he were definitively acquitted, the true believers would claim
the trial was rigged and no studio is going to finance him.
--Dave Sikula
On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:23:14 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:
> So, nobody not last named Allen is happier than I am that this HBO series
> is over. This week I have had the unique experience of both being accused
> of being in favor of the sexual abuse of children (by online interlocutors,
> not on this list) and spending a couple of hours reporting one of my
> patients for sexually abusing a child.
>
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