Comments on: Roman Polanski, George Orwell, and Salvador Dali

By: Chapomatic

Chapomatic — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:31:35 +0000

[...] article about how artists aren’t always nice people, and how that doesn’t mean they get special consideration. Comments [...]

By: Moet een briljant artiest ook een goed mens zijn? - Lekker Juridisch – Ars Aequi

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:27:22 +0000

[...] wanneer hij geen beroemde cineast geweest was. En waarom wordt überhaupt verondersteld dat een goed kunstenaar ook een goed mens moet zijn? Het slachtoffer van Polanski gaf in het verleden aan dat ze geen er bezwaar tegen had wanneer [...]

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:56:28 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paula Brooks. Paula Brooks said: RT: @beckychr007: RT @DivaJulia: Polansky debate skewed b/c if against him going 2 prison, you're for child rape. http://bit.ly/Z4xPA: [...]

By: Polanski: Althouse dares to ask… » The Anchoress | A First Things Blog

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:40:16 +0000

[...] Volokh: When Orwell says that even a reborn Shakespeare couldn’t get away with “raping little girls,” he was either reflecting the mores of the times (1944) — or he forgot about Hollywood. [...]

By: 9-29-2009 | Drive Time Happy Hour

9-29-2009 | Drive Time Happy Hour — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:51:19 +0000

[...] Roman Polanski, George Orwell, and Salvador Dali…good artists are not necessarily good people and bad people are not necessarily bad artists. The first writer I encountered who explored this issue was George Orwell in his essay on Dali…When Orwell says that even a reborn Shakespeare couldn’t get away with “raping little girls,” he was either reflecting the mores of the times (1944) — or he forgot about Hollywood. [...]

By: More on Child-Rape Chic | Little Miss Attila

More on Child-Rape Chic | Little Miss Attila — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:40:53 +0000

[...] Morrissey has more. As does Jim Lindgren. LaShawn Barber. Neo-Neocon. And Insty, who remarks, “You can tell a lot about a governing [...]

By: Instapundit » Blog Archive » JIM LINDGREN: Good artists are not necessarily good people and bad people are not necessarily bad a…

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:55:43 +0000

[...] LINDGREN: Good artists are not necessarily good people and bad people are not necessarily bad artists. “When Orwell says that even a reborn Shakespeare couldn’t get away with ‘raping [...]