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You can skillfuly tell any story and make a monster into a misunderstood and sympathetic charachter.Did anyone else watch the HBO documentary about Polanski and the 1977 trial last year? It was an eye opener.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/138382
Not saying he should get off scot free, but after listening to both the prosecutor and the victim, I had an entirely different perspective on the case (which I didnt know much about, other than he "drugged and had sex with a 13 year old," etc.)
Not really any excuse for Rufie-ing a 13 year old under any circumstances then fleeing the consequenes, no matter what the Hollywood whitewash says.
I'm interested in the big effort to add context and sympathy when if it was anyone of us the "I was upset and not thinking clearly" or "it was a youthful indescretion" excuses wouldn't fly.
The world would be a better place if rules were rules.