<p>I know it wasn’t a sincere question, but I loved* Manhattan Murder Mystery* with WA, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Angelica Huston. Very funny. I also enjoyed Midnight in Paris.</p>
<p>But my favorite was* Bullets Over Broadway*, in which WA did not even appear. His voice was very strong, though, through the character played by John Cusack. It was a wonderful film with an amazing ensemble cast. I can’t imagine how anyone couldn’t love this film unless it was just distaste for WA’s personal life overriding objectivity of the film’s merits.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, one of the main themes of this movie was “Can you really separate the man from the artist?” Hmm…interesting.</p>
<p>Yale’s team did not believe Allen had sexually abused her, but weren’t sure if Dylan was responding to stresses in the family and fears for her mother or whether she’d been coached by her mother; their conclusion was it was most likely a combination of the two. </p>
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I brought up George Clooney only to respond to some suggestions that since WA prefers young women, it is more believable that he might be a pedophile. Yes, the WA-MF-Soon-Yi dynamics are more “odd” than anything we know about GC. </p>
<p>Regarding May-December affairs, I do think there is an element where GC gets a pass because he’s incredibly good looking, apparently non-neurotic, and very charming. Woody Allen is reputed to be charming, but at best he is 1 for 3. So, when I see a photo of GC with Stacey, I think: good-looking couple. When I see WA with a much younger woman in a film, I think: Ew, couldn’t he have found a more appropriate actress for that role? </p>
<p>Yes, but I think molestation includes a lot of things that would not necessarily show up in a physical exam. I do not believe he was accused of rape, which could be confirmed by an exam of a 7 year old.</p>
<p>If you weren’t there, I can’t imagine how anyone can know what really happened. The most credible part of his story is the fact that the experts at the child sexual abuse unit at Yale believed him.</p>
<p>WA said at the time it helps SoonYi with her self esteem when he pays attention intimately It is possible that he doesn’t see it molesting when in fact it is.</p>
<p>WA may be a sick guy and he may have done what was alleged, but I don’t see how anyone of us can really know.</p>
<p>The Yale social workers said the kid had trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy. All one has to do is look at the McMartin preschool case in California to understand the difficulties of relying upon the testimony of young children.</p>
<p>It looks like people intend to judge no matter what. I’ve seen word by word discussions of Allen’s piece. I’ve seen long analyses of Farrow’s own issues, from her involvement with 51 year old Frank Sinatra while 19 to her becoming pregnant with Andre Previn’s children while he was married to her friend. It’s absurd.</p>
<p>The ONLY and I repeat ONLY sensible words about this have come from a young girl we actually know was actually raped, Samantha Geiner, who we know was raped by Roman Polanski. Here is part of what she says:</p>
<p>“You will still have to heal. If you come forward and there is insufficient evidence for a conviction, that is a reality you will have to face, and you can find a way to begin recovering in spite of that. If you are given the choice to not prosecute and spare yourself the trauma of a trial, highly publicized or not, you can make your choice, go forward with your life, and begin to heal. If you never come forward to the authorities, tell no one or only someone close to you, you can begin to recover and overcome what has happened to you. Under any of these circumstances, there will always be those who doubt you and nothing will erase what has happened to you. That does not have to stop you from healing.”</p>
<p>There seems to be little healing and a whole pile of not healing. As she then notes: “Bitterness and retribution, regret and anger are things that poison you; they do not heal you.”</p>
<p>There seems to be an incredible amount of poison. </p>
<p>Garland’s link to the article, “10 Undeniable Facts About the Woody Allen Sexual-Abuse Allegation” in her February 8th post is very interesting. (BTW, still no post number for easier reference purposes.) Below the article there is another link to Justice Wilke’s 30 page ruling dated June 1993 granting Mia Farrow custody of Dylan, Satchel and Moses.</p>
<p>WA’s NYT letter is certainly not an antidote to Dylan’s “poison.” Perhaps if he had apologized years ago, the healing process could have begun. If he really was not physically inappropriate with Dylan then sit down, discuss the other troubling issue with Dylan. I feel it is very simple, in the letter, WA:</p>
<p>… shouldn’t have boasted that he took a lie detector test and passed without divulging that he refused the polygraph administered by the Connecticut state police and instead picked one chosen by his legal team</p>
<p>…shouldn’t have boasted about the findings of the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic when the social workers did not even testify, Dr. Leventhal didn’t even bother to see Dylan and Justice Wilkes dismissed the findings </p>
<p>…didn’t tell Dylan that despite the fact that he “loved her deeply” he didn’t think that it was NOT okay to have sex with her sister while he was in a relationship with her mother, that he had a problem comprehending such an act would have a devastating psychological effect on everybody except him it seems because he was “blissfully happy” oblivious that his act was the “sheer illogic” in the entire scenario and not the mother’s reaction to clear breach of trust</p>
<p>…didn’t tell Dylan that it is normal for him to take naked photos of his sister because Soon-Yi was interested in modeling and maybe Liebovitz was too expensive? Did WA show Soon-Yi’s modeling portfolio book to Dylan, a portfolio which has to include photos of Soon-Yi in various outfits aside from birthday suit because agencies would also like to see what she looks like wearing clothes right? BTW, how is the modelling career? Did she at least get to do the cat walk? </p>
<p>…since WA wrote, “Of course, I did not molest Dylan. I loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter’s well-being,” then might as well be honest and admit that she had been cheated out of having a loving father because he exploited the vulnerabilities of her sister as an inexperienced young adult and breached the trust of everyone in the family without thought of their well-being. </p>
<p>Judge Wilke’s ruling is troubling including what you posted krillies.</p>
<p>"shouldn’t have boasted that he took a lie detector test and passed without divulging that he refused the polygraph administered by the Connecticut state police and instead picked one chosen by his legal team</p>
<p>…shouldn’t have boasted about the findings of the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic when the social workers did not even testify, Dr. Leventhal didn’t even bother to see Dylan and Justice Wilkes dismissed the findings"</p>
<p>Was Woody Allen getting therapy concerning Dylan before the alleged abuse? Is that a fact?</p>