After checking these things out, I side completely with Woody Allen. I believe he is a fine human being as well as one of the greatest movie makers of all time (in fact, he's #1 in my book of movies, which I've seen all I could buy, and I'd like to see them all).
Mia Farrow is a monster. It was clear from her movie performances as well. She's unhinged, selfish, insane, willing to destroy her ex-husband (and even her young child) simply to win a custody battle. And with all Woody Allen movie fans as collateral damage. I simply cannot understand what Woody ever saw in her. I could barely stand her performances either (though they may have added some bite). Diane Keaton and the others are so much better, and real people.
Leading up to the key custody battle, it is totally and utterly implausible that Allen would have sexually abused his 7 year old daughter. Even if he had some kind of problem, which there has never been any other evidence of.
It's almost unreal. They had 4 children and adopted 10 others. (I believe this was mostly Farrow's idea.) Allen was certainly some kind of foolish martyr/saint for putting up with all this as long as he did.
Ronan Farrow, who defends his mother at the expense of Allen, is a jerk. He's also been willing to destroy anyone and anything to get ahead. Most haven't kept up with this, but his leading story about Weinstein, which was the first to paint him as a rapist and not mere harasser, failed basic journalistic standards and was ultimately dismissed in court. Ultimately Weinstein was convicted on other grounds. I'm not trying to defend Weinstein anymore, he obut I think generally he produced excellent movies and seems to have had a positive influence on Michael Moore, who made gems under Weinstein's watch, but has now descended into producing crap like Planet of the Humans.
I one subscribed to New Yorker but after their role in boosting Russiagate I decided not to renew (I would have cancelled, but I'm too disorganized for that). I see it just as a gossip rag now, run by the deep state for social control.
I believe there has been some crap in #MeToo also. Certain people were brought down for no good reason including Franken and Keiller. I certainly wouldn't trust Ronan Farrow to get the stories straight. It seems to me the big chips have been taken down mostly on the left rather than the right. Those on the right who were brought down (like Ailes) were on borrowed time and oxygen anyway. The selective punishment aspect of #MeToo thing smacks of Epstein-like setup, entrapment, and control, which is what ScandalMania is generally I believe. We need to focus on processes more than people, policies more than scandals. A helpful media would help that focus rather than distract. Of course we don't have a very helpful mass media, what we have is Manufacturing Consent.
But even I can't live without mass media altogether. I simply understand and try to watch out for it's limitations. On international affairs especially, NYTimes may be more wrong than it is right, but sometimes it works and I'm still looking for something better.
Here's a Woody Allen and Mia Farrow Timeline from the NYTimes.
The Times on Ronan Farrow.
Mia Farrow is a monster. It was clear from her movie performances as well. She's unhinged, selfish, insane, willing to destroy her ex-husband (and even her young child) simply to win a custody battle. And with all Woody Allen movie fans as collateral damage. I simply cannot understand what Woody ever saw in her. I could barely stand her performances either (though they may have added some bite). Diane Keaton and the others are so much better, and real people.
Leading up to the key custody battle, it is totally and utterly implausible that Allen would have sexually abused his 7 year old daughter. Even if he had some kind of problem, which there has never been any other evidence of.
It's almost unreal. They had 4 children and adopted 10 others. (I believe this was mostly Farrow's idea.) Allen was certainly some kind of foolish martyr/saint for putting up with all this as long as he did.
Ronan Farrow, who defends his mother at the expense of Allen, is a jerk. He's also been willing to destroy anyone and anything to get ahead. Most haven't kept up with this, but his leading story about Weinstein, which was the first to paint him as a rapist and not mere harasser, failed basic journalistic standards and was ultimately dismissed in court. Ultimately Weinstein was convicted on other grounds. I'm not trying to defend Weinstein anymore, he obut I think generally he produced excellent movies and seems to have had a positive influence on Michael Moore, who made gems under Weinstein's watch, but has now descended into producing crap like Planet of the Humans.
I one subscribed to New Yorker but after their role in boosting Russiagate I decided not to renew (I would have cancelled, but I'm too disorganized for that). I see it just as a gossip rag now, run by the deep state for social control.
I believe there has been some crap in #MeToo also. Certain people were brought down for no good reason including Franken and Keiller. I certainly wouldn't trust Ronan Farrow to get the stories straight. It seems to me the big chips have been taken down mostly on the left rather than the right. Those on the right who were brought down (like Ailes) were on borrowed time and oxygen anyway. The selective punishment aspect of #MeToo thing smacks of Epstein-like setup, entrapment, and control, which is what ScandalMania is generally I believe. We need to focus on processes more than people, policies more than scandals. A helpful media would help that focus rather than distract. Of course we don't have a very helpful mass media, what we have is Manufacturing Consent.
But even I can't live without mass media altogether. I simply understand and try to watch out for it's limitations. On international affairs especially, NYTimes may be more wrong than it is right, but sometimes it works and I'm still looking for something better.
Here's a Woody Allen and Mia Farrow Timeline from the NYTimes.
The Times on Ronan Farrow.
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