Woody Allen cheated on Mia Farrow with, and married, her daughter Soon-Yi, who was his adopted daughter too in all but official documentation and who was ten years old when they met.
I can't separate Woody Allen or Polanski from their art either, sry. Same with a lot of people who have done stuff that really sticks in my craw (Billy Crudup, for instance). It's impossible for me to stop thinking about their sliminess and I can't even begin to remotely enjoy anything they made.
In the case of Woody Allen I'd be willing to give anyone who worked with him a little more of a pass, because that case is more of supreme creepiness, but Polanski was a fugitive child rapist for decades. At some point you need to take responsibility for the company you choose to keep, and I think "fugitive child rapist" is comfortably past that point.
Re: actuelly, yeah
I can't separate Woody Allen or Polanski from their art either, sry. Same with a lot of people who have done stuff that really sticks in my craw (Billy Crudup, for instance). It's impossible for me to stop thinking about their sliminess and I can't even begin to remotely enjoy anything they made.
In the case of Woody Allen I'd be willing to give anyone who worked with him a little more of a pass, because that case is more of supreme creepiness, but Polanski was a fugitive child rapist for decades. At some point you need to take responsibility for the company you choose to keep, and I think "fugitive child rapist" is comfortably past that point.