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	oxfordcomma 2011-02-02 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	Oh my god. Are they Polanski supporters? Because if they aren't now, then it sounds like they were back then. D: D: D: D: D: (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kumquat_of_doom 2011-02-02 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Harrison Ford certainly is a Polanski supporter. It crushed me too ._. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yattara 2011-02-02 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Why so faily, Ford? ;_; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kumquat_of_doom 2011-02-02 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	Dude actually picked up Polanski's oscar for him when he couldn't come back to the US without being arrested. Depressing, innit? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alexa 2011-02-02 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh. Every time I find out that another one of the actors I've always loved supports Polanski, an angel dies. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ekaterinv 2011-02-02 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	I think pretty much everyone famous in Hollywood is a Polanski supporter. The only Hollywood people I read about who did not and do not support him were writers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

oxfordcomma
2011-02-02 09:31 pm UTC (link)

I can only think of a few that spoke out against him: Kirstie Alley, Sherri Sheppard, and Emma Thompson signed the petition but then removed her name when many of her shocked fans asked what the hell she was thinking. But I didn't know whether Spielberg, Lucas, and Kastan were among the ones who spoke up in support of him. (Many maintained a politic, if somewhat cowardly, silence.)

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	sistercoyote 2011-02-02 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Greg Grunberg spoke out against him, not that he's a big star or anything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-02-03 12:10 am UTC (link)
	But he should be! I <3 the Grunberg. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2011-02-03 01:04 am UTC (link)
	I agree with this comment 100% (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eleutheria 2011-02-03 12:42 am UTC (link)
	So did Lexa Doig. Who also isn't a big star but should be! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-02-03 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	I love Lexa. She's so freaking cool. ~~And she makes those unbearable SyFy movies bearable given the slight looks she adds, like mild disbelief at the wrong scenes.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	finchbird 2011-02-03 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Greg > 99.99999% of Hollywood. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	full_metal_ox 2011-02-05 01:32 am UTC (link)
	You can chalk up Edward Bernero, creator of Criminal Minds, as another Polanski detractor: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/author/ebernero/ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2011-02-05 03:48 am UTC (link)
	That makes me happy. Although (looking at the comments to that) I do get tired of the assumption that if you're liberal you automatically support Polanski. I'm pretty much as liberal as you can get without being an anarchist, and I think they should put Polanski not just in jail, but under the jail. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	staroverthebay 2011-02-05 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Jamie Lee Curtis spoke out against him (or at least wrote a column about it) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	oxfordcomma 2011-02-02 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Er, my last comment was misleading. Kirstie Alley and Sherri Sheppard spoke out against him. Emma Thompson first supported then removed her support. (Reply to this)(Parent)

kattahj
2011-02-03 09:44 pm UTC (link)

If I'm allowed to make a hypothesis based on absolutely nothing at all, I think maybe it has to do with Hollywood stars being used to getting what they want, whether it's sexual encounters or drugs or other stuff, and they don't take well to someone so famous being told "this is not okay," because then they could also be told "this is not okay" and they feel above that. While writers and minor actors of course aren't so pampered.

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	evilsqueakers 2011-02-03 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Or. And here's a more practical approach: you don't piss off a set of people who have ability to set up your career if you're on the way up to A-list. So you play along, even if you don't believe in it, just like every other job in the world. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

kattahj
2011-02-03 09:57 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, I'm sure that has to do with it too, though I think people not blinded by their own desires could still have the ability to stand back and say, "Nope, sorry, this grossly violates my ethics."

I mean, I can theoretically get why someone might play along with stuff they don't believe in if they're heading for unemployment otherwise, but defending Roman Polanski isn't what keeps, say, Johnny Depp from ruin.

But then, I've always been in the "I'd rather wear the same clothes for fifteen years than take a job I hate" camp. (And that's not theoretical.)

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evilsqueakers
2011-02-03 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, but I wasn't thinking of the A-listers already there. More of the rising stars, like the people who are maybe B-listers but see the A-listers are on board and know it depends. Let's face it: most industries are "who you know" not "what you think." It's why you learn to network. And sometimes it's easier to put your ethics on hold in order to keep your mortgage paid.

Ain't fair, but it's something a lot of people struggle with. I think people like Depp look at it as an artistic investment or something. Ie, it's something used to create great art.

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kattahj
2011-02-03 10:12 pm UTC (link)

IDK, I can understand giving up certain principles to reach your goal, such as acting in movies you know to be shit, and I guess not speaking up against Polanski might be one of those things, but I think it's basic decency and not a very big risk to just not sign the petition. Plus, a lot of the people who signed the petition are pretty big names, and it includes people like Salman Rushdie, who I think we can safely say didn't sign it out of fear for reprisals.

I think people like Depp look at it as an artistic investment or something. Ie, it's something used to create great art.

Yeah, which is kind of a variation - if not as harsh - on what I said. The belief that if you're good enough at what you do, you should be allowed to do whatever.

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ekaterinv
2011-02-03 10:21 pm UTC (link)

I think Depp thinks if you create great art you're allowed to do absolutely anything you want to the lesser, not-as-human serfs below you. I think that is what motivates pretty much everyone who supports Polanski, in fact. Some people are important and worthwhile. Other people aren't and are just put here for the important and worthwhile people to use however they wish.

It's an aristocracy. The lord isn't supposed to go around raping other aristocrats, but raping the milkmaid is not only perfectly fine, it's encouraged.

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