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Bill Maher ain’t shy, and to know his humor is not necessarily to love it. Beware to those at the lashing end of his comedic whip, which is equal parts harsh, funny, and all-too-often true. Maher is famous (or shall we say infamous) for the raw opinions he vents weekly on his HBO series, Real Time With Bill Maher, of note was his recent grilling of Director, Roman Polanski.
Unlike many stars in Hollywood who have rallied and petitioned in support of Roman Polanski, few outspoken celebrities have taken an outward stance against him. Maher is decidely and quite publically against Polanski who is currently holed up in Switzerland whilst his fate looms ahead.
No one is arguing that Polanski isn’t a gifted filmmaker, a visionary, a true talent within his field, BUT COME ON! To stand in support of him in this case is essentially standing in support of, well, as Chris Rock put it to Jay Leno, “Rape. It’s rape! Rape is No. 2. It’s murder, then rape…” He also pointed out to Leno, “”…we want to capture Osama Bin Laden, and murder him. We don’t want to rape him – that would be barbaric.” Ummm, yeah.
Why it’s taking A-list jokesters such as Maher and Rock to bring the rest of Tinseltown up to moral par reflects the sad fact that Hollywood’s moral standard is sometimes completely wiggity-whack.
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I agree with Bill…really, how can anyone defend Polanski’s behavior?
I’m with ya Bill ‘n’ Chris! Fame & excellence in any field shouldn’t mean immunity from criminal prosecution.
He should do time. He ran because he was afriad. He drugged a 13 ye old child, raped her, and later bragged about having sex with a 15 ye old Natasha kinsky. Piece of crap. Kate winslet probably supports him but is afraid to speak out either way. She has a career to think of.