Stars Walk Out Of French Award Show In Protest After Roman Polanski Wins
Source: HuffPost
Numerous actors walked out of Frances César Awards, the countrys equivalent to the Oscars, after convicted rapist and disgraced director Roman Polanski took home one of the top prizes at the ceremony.
Nominated for 12 awards, Polanskis An Officer And A Spy had already garnered plenty of controversy before the award show even kicked off in Paris on Friday night, as the 21-person board that oversees the event abruptly resigned en masse earlier this month in protest of his nominations and the organizations opaque decision-making process.
Though Polanski who pleaded guilty in 1977 for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl refused to attend the award show for fear of a public lynching, he won best director for the film, which prompted multiple attendees to storm out of the ceremony.
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jimfields33
(15,978 posts)Warpy
(111,359 posts)As an artist, he is outstanding.
As a human being, he is an utter failure.
This happens more often than not.
Same thing happens with athletes, too.
58Sunliner
(4,410 posts)Why do we constantly try to compartmentalize rape and men.
olddad65
(599 posts)oldsoftie
(12,615 posts)Takket
(21,634 posts)he is a rapist pedophile. he should be in prison.........