Gore Vidal Describes Polanski’s Victim as ‘Young Hooker’

In an interview published today, The Atlantic describes Gore Vidal as “a sharp provocateur, as irascible and irreverent as ever.”

I’m assuming that’s some kind of internal Atlantic-code for ”twisted old has-been degenerate desperate for attention“:

ATLANTIC: In September, director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland for leaving the U.S. in 1978 before being sentenced to prison for raping a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson’s house in Hollywood. During the time of the original incident, you were working in the industry, and you and Polanski had a common friend in theater critic and producer Kenneth Tynan. So what’s your take on Polanski, this many years later?

VIDAL: I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?

Vidal then goes on to blame Polanski’s legal problems on… (more…)

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Tags: Gore Vidal, hooker, interview, rape, roman polanski
Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 2:43 pm in Classic Hollywood, Politics | 254546177 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/28/gore-vidal-describes-polanskis-victim-as-young-hooker/Gore+Vidal+Describes+Polanski%27s+Victim+as+%27Young+Hooker%272009-10-28+21%3A43%3A45John+Nolte

Roman Polanski, Child Rape, and the Shifting Sands of Cultural Morality

When I first started contributing to Big Hollywood, one of the rules I set for myself was to never discuss non-political figures, specifically folks in Hollywood.  There is plenty to write about without insulting members of the industry you are trying to work in.  So, in writing today about Roman Polanski, my purpose is not to malign the child-raping son-of-a-bitch himself, but to discuss the broader cultural ramifications of Hollywood’s support for his vile, child-raping son-of-a-bitchery.

The Founders of this nation understood full-well that a nation of liberty could not long survive without a strong moral foundation.  If government exists to control people, then limited government naturally would control them very little.  The potential upside was tremendous.  If allowed to live free, a human being might pursue their own interests to the betterment of all of society.  Freedom means a man might strive, risk, and fail, but it also meant that he might strive, risk, and succeed.  As this process played out over time, it might well become the single greatest engine for innovation and wealth creation in all of human history.  (more…)

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Tags: consent, Declaration of Independence, Evil, Founders, Freedom
Posted Oct 20th 2009 at 5:04 am in Celebrity News, Culture, Featured Story, Politics, Religion | 24448685 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jdboreing/2009/10/20/roman-polanski-child-rape-and-the-shifting-sands-of-cultural-morality/Roman+Polanski%2C+Child+Rape%2C+and+the+Shifting+Sands+of+Cultural+Morality2009-10-20+12%3A04%3A45Jeremy+D.+Boreing

Polanski Apologists Don’t Speak for All of Us in Hollywood

Enough.

Anyone who would sign a petition demanding release of a fugitive child rapist is actively hurting a business I love and DOES NOT speak for all of the entertainment industry. America needs to know that by viewing/buying our product, the public is not supporting these views.

Our industry is made up mostly of hard working, decent people who believe in this country and the justice system. I strongly feel that one of the bigger reasons for the decline in film and television is that the public, our customer base, has simply had enough of Hollywood.  And I don’t blame them.

I have a question for those supporting Roman Polanski: Is there no line?  Is there no line at which you won’t blindly support someone? He’s an artist? So what? Charles Manson was a decent guitar player.  Hitler could paint. Roman Polanski is a good director. So-the-hell what? This man drugged and anally raped a thirteen-year-old girl. The transcript of her testimony can be found online. Read it.  It should horrify you.

It wasn’t “rape-rape”? What the hell does that even mean, Ms. Goldberg? Are you suggesting that the little girl was at fault for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? For not more forcefully resisting an adult her mother placed her with?  A famous man? (more…)

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Tags: "rape-rape", child rape, chinatown, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Phillip Garrido
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 at 1:17 pm in Featured Story | 239542149 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ebernero/2009/10/02/polanski-apologists-dont-speak-for-all-of-us-in-hollywood/Polanski+Apologists+Don%27t+Speak+for+All+of+Us+in+Hollywood2009-10-02+20%3A17%3A55Ed+Bernero

‘Last House on the Left’ Presents Rape as Entertainment

The explicit portrayal of rape in Last House on the Left (2009) is repugnant and coarsening and wrong. Director Dennis Iliadis dwells on the act long past the moment in which we get the point; long past when we have been emotionally affected. The scene quickly becomes exploitation.

This poison goes down smooth because Last House is creepy, frightening, and well-executed, as horror movies go. The movie looks as good as any other mid- to big-budget Hollywood picture. The acting is above-average for this kind of thing, the villains are creepy (though made oddly sympathetic at times), and the updates to the original story make the plot far more believable than it was in the amateurish, junk-pile original from 1972. (more…)

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Tags: 1972, Dennis Iliadis, horror, last house on the left, rape
Posted Apr 1st 2009 at 10:41 am in Politics, Reviews | 9288213 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mlong/2009/04/01/review-last-house-on-the-left-presents-rape-as-entertainment/%27Last+House+on+the+Left%27+Presents+Rape+as+Entertainment2009-04-01+17%3A41%3A46Mike+Long

Watchmen: Lots to Like, Little to Love

I don’t judge movies by their source material, so I won’t judge “Watchmen” by the amazing graphic novel from which it comes. When we pay our 12 bucks to see a movie, nobody hands us a book to go along with it, so the moral contract between consumer and story-teller is that the story has to hold up on its own.

“Watchmen” works as a dark, post-modern, revisionist middle finger to the icons of our optimistic past. The plot isn’t its strong suit, the characters are what make “Watchmen” an impressive experience. Dr. Manhattan is a being who lost his unique electric field in a lab accident. He didn’t keep his hair, but he kept his blue penis, which is useful in revealing that he’s not Jewish. A Materialist god, Dr. Manhattan is losing his grasp on what it means to be human, even as he gains the ability to see life one molecule at a time. (more…)

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Posted Mar 6th 2009 at 4:07 pm in Entertainment, Featured Story, Politics, Reviews | 7424242 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dtennapel/2009/03/06/watchmen-has-lots-to-like-little-to-love/Watchmen%3A+Lots+to+Like%2C+Little+to+Love2009-03-07+00%3A07%3A01Doug+TenNapel