Fantasy world clouds Winger's grasp on reality!
The swagger of a rapist!
When celebrated director Roman Polanski was apprehended this past week on his way to accept a coveted award at a Film Festival in Switzerland - the reaction of the power-players in Hollywood was not only swift and severe - but wild and outspoken.
For example, Debra Winger (who once held promise as a fine actress with a career now in the dumper) snapped up a ream of paper - and like a tot in a nasty tantrum - began waving a petition (consisting of a list of Tinsel Town heavy-weights) demanding Polanski's release forewith on the bizarre premise that there had been a great miscarriage of justice!
Curiously, as I was channel-surfing last night, I spied a promo for an upcoming broadcast of one of her tired old films - The Black Widow - which raised my antennae a tad.
Was this just a publicity stunt to bolster Winger's career in the International spotlight?
Debra who, you say?
Gotcha!
Winger, and her supporters, have skewered - overlooked even - the on-point legal issues that are relevant in respect to the Polanski rape case.
Just like any individual charged with a crime in a civilized society, Polanski is required to appear for his day in court (and present a proper legal defense).
The notion that officials in Switzerland should "release" Polanski because thirty years have passed (and the auteur directed award-winning films such as "The Piano") is a mind-boggling jarring one.
For argument's sake, let's say a jealous suitor murdered his girlfriend, and managed to escape the long arm of the law for years on end.
A couple of decades later, if the fugitive has not been arrested and convicted of the damning crime, should the court's just dismiss the case because it is a "cold file"?
Most certainly not.
Many have accused the District Attorney - Steve Cooley - of grandstanding and taking advantage of the Polanski scandal for political reasons.
Normally, with Cooley, that would be the case.
In this current scenario, however, he is correct in his stance in my opinion.
"It's about completing justice," noted Cooley recently for the record.
"Just is not complete when someone leaves the jurisdiction of the court."
For this reason, Polanski (not above the law, is he?) must appear before the U.S. Judge originally assigned to the case (or for hearing with a bench-warmer in that Judge's absence) and face the music.
In that forum, Winger and her staunch immoral Hollywood friends and work associates (the attempted rape of a drug-induced victim is a reprehensible crime, after all, isn't it?) are entitled under the law to ask for leniency based on any number of factors deemed reasonable.
Currently, the Winger effort amounts to an a**-backward solution to the problem.
What a bunch of stupid hooey!
The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but they do turn.
But, not on the type of faulty screws that Winger would foolishly (and selfishly) pray for in this ludicrous case.
Amen!
Not exactly!
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