Two of these men are child rapists or molesters.
The third is the one the Oscar’s just banned for 10 years.
The third is the one the Oscar’s just banned for 10 years.
For people who think the specifics somehow alter the point here:
Roman Polanski confessed to drugging and raping a 13-year old girl in 1978…
He then fled the country to avoid prison and has been a fugitive from justice ever since.
He is literally an unpunished child rapist.
Roman Polanski confessed to drugging and raping a 13-year old girl in 1978…
He then fled the country to avoid prison and has been a fugitive from justice ever since.
He is literally an unpunished child rapist.
Despite that fact, the Academy’s only response was to… repeatedly nominate him for Oscar’s and then name him Best Director WHICH HE COULD NOT ATTEND TO COLLECT BECAUSE, AGAIN, HE WAS A FUGITIVE CONFESSED CHILD RAPIST.
It was only in 2018 - forty years after he PLEADED GUILTY to drugging and raping a child - that the Academy in all of its gleaming morality, bowed to public pressure and “banned” the 85-year old rapist who they celebrated for 40 years as a fugitive.
I have been loathe to dive into the Will Smith / Chris Rock thing because there has been no shortage of takes there and no need whatsoever for yet another white dude to weigh in but now that the Academy has weighed in with a ten-year ban for Smith, this needs to be said…
The reaction to the moment and analysis afterwards has been tinged with racism.
White people would not have risen to that reaction if it had been Shia LeBeouf or Russell Crowe or Russell Brand.
And I chose them because they have actual reputations for shittiness.
White people would not have risen to that reaction if it had been Shia LeBeouf or Russell Crowe or Russell Brand.
And I chose them because they have actual reputations for shittiness.
I mean, it was a slap. It was an 100% wrong and inexcusably poor decision.
However, shit needs to be called out for what it is.
The Academy countenances all manner of racists (see: Mel Gibson) and child predators (see: Polanski, Woody Allen)… provided they’re white.
However, shit needs to be called out for what it is.
The Academy countenances all manner of racists (see: Mel Gibson) and child predators (see: Polanski, Woody Allen)… provided they’re white.
A 10-yr ban from the Academy that spends most Oscar nights trending on under the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, man, that’s transparent AF.
Mel Gibson went on a racist, abusive tirade towards his girlfriend.
Never lost his seat at the Oscar’s.
You know why?
Because #OscarsSoWhite.
Mel Gibson went on a racist, abusive tirade towards his girlfriend.
Never lost his seat at the Oscar’s.
You know why?
Because #OscarsSoWhite.
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