'Sexual favours were the norm in music industry'

Re:'Sexual favours were the norm in music industry' by ALittleLight on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:32PM (#26172078)

If someone said "I like The Pianist" I wouldn't judge them one way or the other, having never seen The Pianist myself. If someone said they liked Roman Polanski, I would have an opinion. I think extending honors or awards to him is more of the latter category.

I honestly would be fine with the award if Harrison Ford had simply continued on to explain that Polanski could not be there on account of being a child rapist on the run from justice. That would have put things nicely into perspective and, I think, clarified that they were awarding the accomplishment of the film and not honoring Polanski himself.

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Re:'Sexual favours were the norm in music industry' by kergonath on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:15PM (#26172542)

The Pianist is great, I would recommend watching it (more or less legally if you have reservations about giving money to some people). Also, a film is not only its director. There are many, many other people involved. I am sure some of them are arseholes and some of them are good people, but the end result stands on its own merit.

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