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Recent article from New York Times on Allen V. Farrow

posted 4 years ago by brux (14840)
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‘Allen v. Farrow’ Episode 2 Recap:
A Family Torn Apart Seven months after the shocking discovery of Woody Allen’s relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, he was accused of sexually abusing Dylan Farrow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/arts/television/allen-v-farrow-episode-2-recap.html

After the first episode premiered, a spokesperson for Mr. Allen and Ms. Previn, who have been married for more than 20 years, released a statement saying the series was “riddled with falsehoods” and suggesting that the filmmakers did not give them ample notice to respond to it.
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The publisher of Mr. Allen’s recent memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” also objected to the inclusion of snippets from the audiobook, which it says were used without permission.
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The filmmakers said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Allen and Ms. Previn were approached in December and were given two weeks to confirm their interest in an on- or off-camera interview. A representative confirmed that they had received the request but did not respond to it, the statement said.

Woody and Soon-Yi were asked to be interviewed for a documentary that was in the can and ready for release? Not exactly what a documentary is supposed to be. Not exactly any attempt to get at the truth or tell both sides of the story.

I noticed that in this fake-documentary ( I say fake because they did not make any attempt to allow Woody and Soon-Yi to tell their story, and they spun the story with ominous music and heavy innuendo ) they keep saying sexual assault, which implies rape or beating or sexual penetration, when what they are claiming ( falsely according to Woody Allen ) is that Woody touched her inappropriately, one time. No reports of anything like that before or since. Real sexual predators do not commit these actions once, so this does not fit the pattern of sexual predator. Would we be hearing about this if this were not Mia Farrow's obsession?

[–] kukuxu (5409) 4 years ago

One thing I find really interesting about this case is how they systematically try to "poison the well". That's a very common element of propaganda when you want to demonize somebody.

This is an example:

This episode, using interviews with journalists and clips from Mr. Allen’s films, explores Mr. Allen’s focus on romantic relationships between older men and younger women.

And this is not the first time I've seen that. It's a constant hammering on "Woody Allen is focused in young women".

Actually, Woody Allen has had both relationships with young women and with women of his age. Given that he can pick (the advantage of being considered -rightfully- a genius), that's completely normal.

And Woody Allen writes comedy. Most comedy uses young female leads. You take Billy Wilder's movies, for example, and most female leads are in their early 20s. In some cases, lie 'One Two Three' or 'Sabrina' the female leads are even under 20. C'mon, 'Sabrina' is a movie about the relationship between a very young girl and a guy in his 40s/50s.

You could do the same character assassination with almost every director of comedy. The difference is that Allen has been marked to be taken down.