Nice, but you forgot “Cancel Culture is morally dubious.”
Yeah, we really just need a commonly accepted shorthand, like “Argument #27”.
Yeah, not a single biography of Hitler has been published since 1945, for very similar reasons.
That’s absurd. Besides the fact that he’s been cleared of molesting a child, Woody Allen is sort of known for something other than his weird marriage. And even if it was a book about a man who was famous for being a creep, the idea that you’d ascribe such motivations to a reader of a book is ridiculous.
When they hire his latest 13-year-old [del]victim[/del] GF to edit. BTW Hachette’s owner, besides focusing on media, has built aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, race cars, and electric bikes. But media seems more remunerative.
His French publisher wants to continue with the book:
Note, Editions Stock is a French publisher, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, which itself is part of the Lagardère Group.
There has not been one autobiography.
That we know of!
Mein Kampf is partly an autobiography by Hitler written in 1925 so it does not cover his whole life.
ISTM that once you start explaining why shtupping your girlfriend’s daughter isn’t so bad, you’ve lost.
Annie Hall is a truly great film. Bananas and What’s Up, Tiger Lily? are hysterically funny. It’s easier to enjoy the films if I can believe in the neurotic New York Jewish nebbish persona, and not in the creepy old man one.
Sorry/not sorry - Purple Rose of Cairo was stupid, Stardust Memories was actively unpleasant to watch, Crimes and Misdemeanors was morally bankrupt and I haven’t seen many of the others since. Go away, Woody - you had a great run but I don’t like you anymore.
Regards,
Shodan
Let’s call it The Hatchie Dialogue
I just realised something about Woody Allen’s movie A Rainy Day in New York.
In the movie, the famous middle-aged film director who is hitting on the attractive teen girl is called Roland Pollard - a name not too far off from Roman Polanski.
I have a feeling that something is going on here, not mere coincidence or obliviousness on Allen’s part. Is this Allen’s way of giving the middle finger to the world?
I don’t worry about closed-minded people such as yourself.
Right. And if someone is reading OJ’s If I DID IT, they have gotten away with murder.
They likely haven’t. But it is odd to purchase that book, supporting the guy making money off of his murders and thumbing his nose at the justice system. It is not a book I would openly read in public, due to the implications that I’m okay with giving money to that man.
The same applies to Allen’s book. I’m not going to support the guy who most likely got away with child molestation. And I would think it odd of people who would purchase it and read it publicly. Like it or not, doing such makes a statement about your values.
No, the person reading it is likely not a pedophile. But they are okay with giving money to one.
Actually, a court awarded the rights of the book to the Goldman family, so by purchasing it you’re supporting the family of one of his victims, not OJ.
Actually, Mein Kampf went back into print for the first time since WWII in 2017. I’m not sure when, but in answer to an SD query about Hitler’s living relatives, Uncle Cecil made mention of said relatives trying to collect on back royalties for Hitler’s book. Can you imagine that?
In Germany, I presume you mean.
That is, as we surviving Juden say, chutzpah.
I like some but not all of Allen’s movies, and have been generally creeped out by him since the whole Soon-Yi thing blew up. I’m sure he can find another publisher, or even self-publish, if he wants. The controversy over Hachette’s decision will probably only boost sales for whichever publishing house eventually puts his icky tome on bookstore shelves.