<p>If my 27 year old daughter started dating a 57 year old man, I wouldnt be happy about it. I guess I am part of
the disgusted group. 
Glad it worked out ok for you, HarvestMoon1. </p>
<p>Thanks dstark, me too. It was a lovely relationship.</p>
<p>I just don’t think Fielding Mellish (Bananas) is capable of doing what he is being accused of. Revolutionaries don’t molest young girls. :)</p>
<p>We cannot know with certainty what happened. Therefore, our opinion is just that: an opinion. Debate on this is simple pontification.</p>
<p>My favorite WA movie is Annie Hall. I stopped paying attention to his films after the Soon Yi incident and because I don’t think he has much to say anymore.</p>
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This is kind of an important point. We don’t really know much about Woody Allen–we just know about “Woody Allen” as he portrays himself in his movies.</p>
<p>I think we are confusing the issue. This isn’t a situation of a May/December romance. This is a situation of a man marrying a woman who was functionally his daughter and the sibling of his children. There is a difference between an incestuous relationship and your run of the mill lecherous affair.</p>
<p>To clarify - She was not functionally his daughter. She was the adopted child of his girlfriend who was also the mother of his other two adopted child and possibly one bio-child although whether he is the bio-dad of that child is now unclear. He did not live with the Previn kids (or his kids either for that matter) and certainly did not consider them to be his children. There is plenty of grey area although it is creepy. In any case, a May/December romance has nothing to do with molesting a 7 year old.</p>
<p>His wife is a sibling to the other children in the household. And the affair started while he was involved with her mother.</p>
<p>I realize that and I agreed it’s creepy. But, it’s a long way from child molestation. And, at this point they’ve been married for 20 years. But, I agree the beginning was creepy. </p>
<p>I can see how that creepy way of them getting together must have been extremely upsetting to the Farrow household, leading to all kinds of life-long complications.</p>
<p>If Mia Farrow’s autobiography is to be believed, Soon-yi had exactly zero empathy for how she had hurt her mother. IIRC, Mia admitted she went ballistic when she found out about the affair and behaved badly. Soon-yi was pretty ugly about it herself, choosing to deny that there was any kind of betrayal in her actions. In contrast, WA acknowledged all of that, but rationalized it with I know it seems wrong, but “the heart wants what it wants.” Pretty lame IMO.</p>
<p>Putting the child molestation allegations aside, Mia had little respect for the boundaries of other peoples’ relationships and marriages. Life works in funny ways.</p>
<p>^^^Yeah, point taken. Also, her book was naturally going to only reflect her own POV.</p>
<p>Mia is and was a whack job. No idea how the “family studies” you need for adoption ever approved her as a mom., much less Mia/Woody as parents who don’t live together. </p>
<p>It’s called a home study. She and Woody are both the kind of adoptive parents (he has adopted several children with Soon-Yi) about which other adoptive parents often say: Who the hell did their homestudy? But they are certainly not alone as apparently inappropriate adoptive parents. We just don’t hear so much about the rest of them unless the kid dies or is found tied up or living in a cage in the basement or back yard.</p>
<p>They may still have been better than other options for those kids. That’s what’s really sad.</p>
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Hmmm, Arabrab, you keep hurling negative adjectives at Dylan’s mother, maybe at some point you’ll see the father in a negative light too?</p>
<p>They can both be seen in a very negative light. That’s the problem. And, Dylan was brought up to hate Woody. </p>
<p>Mia reportedly said to WA, “You took my daughter. Now, I’m going to take yours.” I find that entirely believable.</p>
<p>Flossy, that’s purely hearsay on your part. I’m sticking with the custody ruling documents.</p>
<p>Yes, he lost custody. Personally, I don’t think he ever wanted custody in the first place. What? Was he going to turn Dylan’s sister into her stepmom. Unlikely. However, he was being accused of child molestation. That custody hearing could have been very ugly. Even in the court documents Mia looks shockingly unstable. He didn’t fight nearly as hard as he could have if winning was his goal. I do think Dylan believes she was molested. But, this thread is going in circles now. </p>