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It ain't you....that's the first place my head went.
Ba-dump-bump.
I'll be here all night.
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I wish we could treat all criminals with the same sensitivity people are showing Roman, and subject Roman to the same laws as we do criminals. Or as they would be applied in a system without race and class pressures.
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Johnny Depp is looking more and more like Mickey Rourke ( especially in that picture) and it's making me nervous.
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As far as the films being bad... yeah, the sequels just obviously weren't thought out and probably would have been better to be freestanding episodes rather than some sort of after the fact trilogy story arc. Fairly awful and overlong as well. But I have to say some of the effect work and creature design truly was special and stood out among other blockbuster summers pics. It's a shame they were stuck in such uninspired films though.
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But I feel like it's similar to the insane outrage people have for Kanye, who disrespected a white woman, and their complete acceptance of Chris Brown, who beat the everlovin' shit out of a black woman.
I think people view Polanski's and Brown's victim's as "asking for it," and Jackson's and Kanye's as defenseless innocent victims.
Then again, I'm a strident ranty-pants, whaddo I know?
09/28/09
And the differences between the Jackson and Polanski cases go well beyond race, and probably explain the difference in reactions. Polanski committed his crime decades ago, whereas the crimes Jackson allegedly committed occurred just before the trial. Polanski is on top of his career right now, having won an Oscar in the last decade, and as he continues to be one of the most sought after and celebrated directors in the world, whereas Jackson had basically completely disintegrated before the worlds' eyes by the time of the trial -- his greatest achievements far, far behind him. Lets face it, Polanski is much more sympathetic a character than Jackson -- not only because of his extraordinary personal struggle, but because of his continued talent. Not saying any of this excuses the often ridiculous reactions the public has had, but it may help explain them a little?
Perhaps it also has to do with the fact that Polanski is a producer of "high culture", whereas Jackson, Kanye, and Brown are all percieved as producers of "low" or "pop culture" -- their worth more suspicious and their privilege less secure than other media figures.
One caveat -- I seem to remember people arguing just as fervently that Jackson's past personal tragedies must be taken into account when we evaluate his actions -- just as people right now are arguing that we must take into account Polanski's survival of the Holocaust and his wife's murder. Both arguments seem like complete bullshit to me.
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Wow, I just got schooled on the internet, and it made me feel better about the world. See people, this is how it's done!
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No more rhyming now, I mean it.
Anybody want a peanut?
DYEEAAHHHHHH.
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A terrible situation, like drugging and raping a thirteen year old girl and then running away and hiding like a coward for years? News flash Harvey, being an artist and serving your time for a crime you admitted to are not mutually exclusive.
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Moreover, what sentence would be disproportionately severe when considered in light of his crime, which was RAPING A CHILD? They put dudes on death row for that in Louisiana, until SCOTUS ruled it was cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional (in 2008). I realize that he pled out to essentially statutory rape, and I'm no expert on 1970s sentencing guidelines, and so based on the charge he pled guilty to if a judge had sentenced him to life, he might've been able to demonstrate, through the appeals process, that there was some judicial misconduct, thereby vacating his sentence.
HOWEVER. At that point, his case would've been remanded, and he would've been sentenced again. Maybe he'd have gotten time served. I don't know. But the fact of the matter is that fleeing the fucking country just because you're worried you'll get the max for the lesser crime you pled to in order to avoid the harsher sentences on the books for those charges you managed to avoid - there's no "political" concern that justifies that. It's privileged fuckery, plain and simple.
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Quite frankly, this whole mess of "E! will pay for your wedding if you get married on this exact date otherwise no dice" really makes me think these people want a free wedding and attention. They may have a great fondness for each other, but after a month it's very hard to know what the bad points in a relationship look like, much less how to weather them.
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I get what lala is saying - it's bullshit that the state of California will let two marginally famous people marry for the sake of their entertainment careers, but they won't let two gay people marry for the sake of love. And it's even more bullshit that this was ever put up for a popular vote. Governance by referendum can SUCK IT.