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- Brad Schreiber: Let Me Off at Off- and Off-Off-Broadway
- Lee Camp: Moment of Clarity - Why Everyone Over 50 Sucks
- DVR Ratings Bringing TV Networks Money
- Youth Homelessness Awareness Month: Ways To Get Involved
- Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List
- Huerfano County's Contaminated Water Supply Has Gas Company Playing Defense
- Rachel Farris: Electile Dysfunction
- CIA Rendition Plane Spotted In Birmingham UK
- Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements
- Bill Mann: HBO's Revealing Obama Film Goes Behind Campaign Scenes
- Thane Rosenbaum: Lincoln and New York at the New-York Historical Society
- Michael Seitzman: Polanski To Offer Cash and Cuddliness For Release
Brad Schreiber: Let Me Off at Off- and Off-Off-Broadway | Top |
There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, necessitating current top ticket prices of 140 bucks or so, along with seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese. This is nothing necessarily improper with any of this, because, in the case of, say Yazmina Reza's Tony Award winning drama God of Carnage , a powerful Albee-esque drama starring the brilliant Tony-winning Marcia Gay Harden, along with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels, the $81.50 you spend for a Tuesday night in the nosebleed seats becomes a transcendent theatrical experience at the Bernard Jacobs , with director Matthew Warchus expertly guiding two sets of parents into upper class warfare after one of their children has knocked out the teeth of the other. But as satisfying as God of Carnage is, there are other, considerably lesser known theatrical ventures in Manhattan that deserve kudos as well. Take for instance the new theatre company Human Animals, alumni of NYU who've just created the fantastically inventive middlemen by David Jenkins, a darkly humorous allegory that might have been written by Samuel Beckett if he worked for Enron. Staged at Soho Rep's intimate Walkerspace , with four desks and two long rows of seats for audience members facing each other and the players, middlemen steeps us in the surreal landscape of corporate drone Michael (Michael Patrick Crane) who tells the only other person in the building, middle manager Stan (Christopher Burns), "I may have bankrupted Bolivia." Despite the emptiness of their environs, both men learn they are being surveilled and Stan's desperate attempt to recalibrate a new ethical path for their company turns into a late-night, free associative, hilarious exploration of topics. Stan, while dealing with a wife he avoids and a child who smears feces on the wall, encourages the utterly lost Michael to dare to live: "Date a black girl! Grow a moustache!" Josie Whittlesey's pitch perfect direction, which includes airtight light and sound transitions and Crane and Burns, in terrific turns, give us the impression of having spent years together in soulless corporate freefall. Over at off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theatre in Greenwich Village, Thornton Wilder's old chestnut Our Town has been reinterpreted by director David Cromer with a surprisingly elegant, stripped down staging. With no props or detailed set, the cast moves about the audience, showing the hard-working ethos of Grover's Corners, NH and its citizenry, from 1901-13. As the stage manager, Jason Butler Harner tells the audience what to expect and yet, we are taken aback that the laconic, no-nonsense performances move us as much as they do. A teenage boy crying when his father chides him for not helping his mother, or a young woman who has died in childbirth and time-travels back to her 12th birthday, only to despair she cannot live any longer, these are moments that can be manipulative and callow in the wrong hands. While some of Cromer's actors play their New England taciturn behavior a little too subtly, in the end, we find the power of Wilder's work coheres precisely because less becomes more. At off-Broadway's Abingdon Theatre , a new comedy by Robert Cary and Benjamin Feldman sends up the world of New York theatre and its attendant egos, in the exceedingly clever Inventing Avi (and other theatrical maneuvers). Wannabe playwright David Smith (Stanley Bahorek) works for producer Judy Siff (Alix Korey). Aspiring actor Amy (Havilah Brewster) may be able to get David money to produce his latest play, if overly theatrical star Mimi (Emily Zacharias) uses a Jewish foundation to fund his Holocaust-themed work. Problems? You bet. Mimi and Judy are warring sisters and David has to pretend that his work is written by Avi Aviv (Juri Henley-Cohn), an actor who pretends to be the Israeli author and eventually thinks he is the author. Director Mark Waldrop has a field day with all the delicious jokes set inside the theatre world, as in the case of Zacharias complaining at one point, "I had more lines when I played the lead in Children of a Lesser God. " Bahorek plays a wonderful, put-upon nerd, Henley-Cohn nails his many dialects and the pomposity of his false identity and above all, Zacharias is hysterically watchable, the comedic core of the play, whether fuming, dripping in false modesty or finally smothering in love a son she never thought she'd see again. Getting high marks for concept but not for execution, My First Time , at New World Stages uses the actual responses of visitors to a website to talk about initial sexual encounters. The cast of four tries its best to take those replies and material by Ken Davenport and turn it into the theatrical event that The Vagina Monologues became. But Davenport has less to work with and poorly utilizes a screen to project statistics. We can chuckle when one of the performers, in the guise of a respondent, declares, "I want to lose my virginity but I don't want to be treated roughly. And you are the two nicest guys I know." But most of the replies used are rather mundane, become repetitious and Davenport lets his actors become childish and smarmy about sex. The lack of truly powerful stories is evidenced by the one that sticks with you, the girl who fears her brother, dying of leukemia, will never experience sex and she masturbates him under a blanket in the back seat of a moving car while her parents, unaware, are in front. Perhaps it is that old American mix of the puritanical and goofily lascivious that dooms this venture. | |
Lee Camp: Moment of Clarity - Why Everyone Over 50 Sucks | Top |
DVR Ratings Bringing TV Networks Money | Top |
Against almost every expectation, nearly half of all people watching delayed shows are still slouching on their couches watching messages about movies, cars and beer. According to Nielsen, 46 percent of viewers 18 to 49 years old for all four networks taken together are watching the commercials during playback, up slightly from last year. More on Advertising | |
Youth Homelessness Awareness Month: Ways To Get Involved | Top |
A version of this article originally appeared on Causecast.org This month is Youth Homelessness Awareness Month, and it has come not a moment too soon. Teen homelessness rates have soared in the U.S., with fewer jobs available for teens to help their family financially and more stresses pushing more kids to leave their homes and live on the streets. With more than three-quarters of these cases going unreported by parents and caretakers, many times there is no one even looking for these kids, and too often, they aren't trusting of the help that occasionally is offered to them. Children make up 27% -- the fastest growing segment -- of the U.S. homeless population, and there's no end in sight; the recession has forced many families out of their homes, making these youth just another group on the long list of victims, moving from couch to couch, shelter to shelter. But for many, economic stresses are just another ingredient in dysfunctional home lives, leading many to run away. They escape their home only to find new dangers and challenges; as many have pointed out, it's not that these youth are living on the streets -- they're surviving, at best. And while Obama's economic stimulus plan has funneled $1.5 billion to fight homelessness, virtually all of that money goes to homeless families, not unaccompanied youth. As a result, nonprofits and private charities have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders in this upcoming year; it is estimated there will be a 10-20% increase in homelessness this year, many of them children. Causecast is proud to welcome StandUp for Kids as a new featured non-profit, an organization dedicated to being advocates for at-risk youth and kids on the streets. StandUp for Kids works to get abused youth into shelters and away from their abusers through the Don't Run Away Program . They're also instrumental in helping street kids get their own apartments and teaching them the basic skills they need to live on their own. They're not alone in the fight. This month marked the third year of the Virgin Mobile FreeFest , working to help end youth homelessness. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has initiated a new program to focus particularly on youth and get them the help they need through early intervention, long-term housing, and after-care services for youth coming from foster care and correctional settings. You too can help, particularly this month: • Volunteer with StandUp for Kids . You can also donate $5 right now by texting STANDUP to 85944 on your mobile phone (don't forget to reply YES to the confirmation message). • Participate in peer outreach and community-based outreach to prevent youth homelessness in the first place. If you think someone you know is considering running away or already has, call 1-800-RUNAWAY or contact the Family and Youth Services Bureau to help find shelter for a homeless youth. • Let your state representatives know that we need more affordable housing options for young adults. • Stay up to date on upcoming opportunities with Causecast and Huffington Post Impact this month and get involved to help end youth homelessness. • Read the latest blog post from filmmaker Michael Hubbard , who discusses his experiences working with homeless families in Los Angeles for the Heartfelt Foundation. More on Homelessness | |
Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List | Top |
With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting harder to find cigarette-friendly vacation spots. More on Travel | |
Huerfano County's Contaminated Water Supply Has Gas Company Playing Defense | Top |
WALSENBURG, Colo. — Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high. The friend wasn't hurt. But that and an explosion at another home weeks earlier forced Colorado to suspend natural gas drilling around this southern plains town until someone could find out why dangerous levels of methane were getting into the groundwater. Two years later, Walsenburg and surrounding Huerfano County are still waiting, its residents caught in a collision between two of the West's vital resources: Water and natural gas. "The water is so saturated with methane and other chemicals it is not to be used for human consumption," said Bernice Angely, who's had water trucked to her home 10 miles west of town since her well blew up in July 2007. Petroglyph Energy Inc., a Boise, Idaho-based firm that has worked the rolling plains of the Raton Basin since 1999, suspended drilling until it can stem the methane. Colorado also is rewriting rules that had allowed Petroglyph to discharge water runoff from its drilling into streams and creeks. But Petroglyph says it's not clear the drilling caused the methane leaks or prompted other area water wells to run dry. Eying what it calls an extremely promising natural gas field, it believes a shallow water formation tapped by area homeowners isn't connected to a deeper one pumped by the company for its drilling operations. Petroglyph chief operating officer Paul Powell also believes a growing number of new homes in the area could explain some of the dry water wells. "We'll do what we need to do," Powell said, stressing that his firm is working with the state on a solution. Petroglyph has a plan to prevent the flow of methane into water wells by creating a hydraulic barrier. The company has proposed pumping water from an underground formation and injecting it into a row of wells where gas drilling occurs. Powell said gas will migrate into a void, and "if the void is full of water, there isn't room for gas to migrate through it." State regulators say the plan is plausible but that Petroglyph needs to prove it works. Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar, who farms in the nearby San Luis Valley, has asked the U.S. Geological Survey to weigh in by evaluating the area's water quality and formations to determine if the gas drilling is to blame for the problems. Water coursing through porous rock and streams has allowed farming, ranching and new subdivisions to thrive in the semiarid area about 160 miles south of Denver. It also helps trap methane gas in the vast coal seams that once made the area a mining hot spot. The coal mines are gone, but the methane that made digging for it dangerous is a valuable resource. Companies like Petroglyph pump huge volumes of water out of the ground to relieve the pressure trapping the natural gas. Steve Gunderson, director of Colorado's water quality control division, said Petroglyph will have to build a water treatment plant before it gets a new permit to discharge water. The old permit allowed Petroglyph to release up to 8 million gallons of water daily. Fourth-generation dairy farmer Brett Corsentino blames the discharges into the Cucharas River for ruining his corn crops. He uses river water to irrigate his crops just a few miles east of the homeowners having problems with their wells. He says the high levels of sodium in the wastewater has diminished his soil's ability to absorb water and stunted the corn's growth. "They say, `Well, there's no proof,'" Corsentino said. "Well, we'd been getting along for generations just fine until they started pumping 8 million gallons out of this country." Corsentino also says his herd suffered abnormally high birth and death rates and now numbers 400, down from 650. He believes the cows consumed too much sodium from the water and corn grown from it. His corn used to produce 6,000 tons of silage; this year's crop yielded 1,500 tons. However, Corsentino says his herd is healthier and milk production has increased since drilling stopped. "There's an obvious direct, substantial impact to Brett Corsentino's dairy," the state's Gunderson said of the drilling. Petroglyph paid for soil tests on Corsentino's farm. They showed high levels of sodium but that it also needed more calcium, Powell said. Petroglyph and Corsentino are discussing possible treatments. "We still don't believe we have liability for the situation," Powell said. "But we were willing to help him fix his land and get back to productivity." Ten miles west of Walsenburg, a rushing sound emanates from a pipe that vents methane from Ben and Melanie Bounds' water well. The pipe was installed after a June 2007 explosion blew off a shed roof covering the well. The Bounds had moved from Dallas to build what they call their dream home atop a hill with a breathtaking view of the Spanish Peaks. They say their problems started when Petroglyph began drilling nearby. They're suing the company and haul water from town to their cistern. "If I could run the clock back, we'd have never tried this," Ben Bounds said. "I had more methane coming out of my water well than they had out of any of their gas wells. It sounded like a locomotive going down the road," said Kent Smith, who also has a methane detector in his house. "The damage and the problems they've caused have got to be addressed, and they keep getting pushed aside and forgotten about." Petroglyph insists it's a good neighbor. Despite the methane mystery, it's trucking water to 14 area homes and has supplied 15 homes with methane alarm systems. ___ On the Net: Petroglyph Energy Inc., http://tinyurl.com/ybfpcco Walsenburg 2009 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report for Calendar Year 2008, http://tinyurl.com/yenabct | |
Rachel Farris: Electile Dysfunction | Top |
Last Monday, I had the opportunity to go to the fifth annual fundraiser luncheon in Dallas for Annie's List , an organization that raises money and provides resources for progressive female candidates in the state of Texas. Donna Brazile, a woman whose cadence often makes me feel like I'm living in a moment in time much more important than the one I'm in, was to be the wild-eyed liberal keynote at the luncheon. I was seated at a table whose seats were donated by one of the Ellis County women's groups, and when I sat down, introductions among the mixed array of women at my table were already underway. The two women next to me introduced themselves as Sandy* and June*, both of whom were longtime residents of the Dallas area region and and had the fashions to prove it. They glittered in gilded cocktail rings, perfectly coiffed hair and the lipstick-ringed smile rarely seen at events in Austin, where climbing out of one's jeans is socially equivalent to putting on makeup. They asked me why I was there and I mentioned that I was a blogger, which immediately piqued their interest. Sandy asked whether I wrote about national or state politics. I told her the truth: a little of both, sometimes neither, and lately a lot about Rick Perry. "I'm kind of enraged at Rick Perry right now," I said, and as the words escaped me, I had a brief moment of fear. This was, after all, Dallas. But to my relief, both Sandy and June were nodding furiously in agreement. "Oh honey," June cackled in a North Texas drawl, "who isn't. Now, what I wanna' know is -- if it comes to it, of course -- can I still vote for Kay in the Republican primary but vote for the Democrat in the general?" I explained to them the pro's and con's of voting in the Republican primary, reminding them that their preference of down-ballot candidates -- if any -- would be left by the riverside. They listened carefully, but didn't seem concerned about the other Democratic races. "I'm for Anyone But Rick," Denise said. "Yes," June agreed, "I think that's what I'm going to do. Vote for Kay to get that awful man out of there." It occurred to me that neither of these women had mentioned a single Democratic name. I sipped on my iced tea, hoping to look civilized, and said "So here's a question...what do you think about our Democratic field for Governor?" June and Sandy looked perplexed. I felt their momentary pain, until June appeared to think of something. "Well, we have Kinky and now, who else?" In the glare of a white linen table cloth and two women's eyes who were wanting to be informed, I felt ashamed. But politics doesn't leave much time for self-pity. "That's right," I said. "We have Kinky. Does the name Mark Thompson ring a bell to either of you?" They shook their heads. Sandy picked up a dinner roll and tore off a corner. I continued, "Hank Gilbert?" No. "What about Tom Schieffer?" Sandy chewed thoughtfully, and June started to shake her head before a light went off. "Why, yes. Yes, I have heard of him, come to think of it. I've been invited to a couple of his luncheons but never went because I'm just so busy and you know..." She trailed off before leaning toward me and dropping her tone. "Besides, doesn't he have something to do with Bush?" She said the last word like she was spitting out an olive pit, the sound tumbling out of her mouth with a downturn of disapproval. "He does," I said. Both of them recoiled at the thought. But I wasn't done with my poll. "So you both say you'd vote for Kay over Rick. And if Rick Perry wins the primary, you'll vote for the Democrat I assume?" They both nodded vigorously. "So," I said, "What happens if Kay wins? Who do you vote for in the general? What if it was Kinky versus Kay?" Both of them shook their heads. "I can't stand to say this," June said, "but I think I'd vote for Kay Bailey. How could I vote for that awful man?" The conversation turned to Kinky's penchant for cigars. They'd both recently seen him promoting his book on the local news, puffing away. Using a cigar as a prop in a post-Clinton world is, best I can tell, a Democratic deal breaker. How , I thought, is this guy staying ahead of other qualified candidates? Without a doubt, organizations like Annie's List are helping to pave the way. Donna Brazile spoke about the importance of women being in the room when decisions are being made about their lives and their bodies, saying, "There's no reason [women] should lack on anything when we're the majority of everything ,"a line that sent nearly every woman in the room (including myself) reaching for her checkbook. Brazile also continued the Obama chorus of this being "our moment," but wisely failed to mention what a squandered one it has become for Texas progressives. The Democratic women who could be running for Governor -- should be running -- are not. Other candidates hide in the pockets of their lobbyists. Someone whose underfunded message might deserve to make it to the masses is lost behind a celebrity press junket disguised as a campaign. Others are simply helped by their dowry to the Bush era, with a wink and a nod from the political machine saying, "He'll do." It's the political equivalent of taking the Devil's money to do God's work, while forgetting that at the end of the day, it is the Devil who gets all the power. This is our moment, but it's one that has left Democratic candidates staring off the edge of a cliff saying, "You go first." Is it any wonder we end up with the few who are merely dumb enough to jump? At one point, a slide of Ann Richards flashed on the screens behind the stage and an audible murmur rippled through the crowd. I heard Sandy whisper to June, "She was a heroine ." I pulled my eyes away from Ann Richards to look over at Sandy and June, in their early sixties, and wondered when I'm their age, who that heroine might be. Well, we have Kinky and now, who else? *Names have been changed to protect the progressive. I asked both Sandy and June if I could use their quotes if I changed their names, and they happily agreed. Thank you ladies for being such excellent lunch mates. More on Rick Perry | |
CIA Rendition Plane Spotted In Birmingham UK | Top |
An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met by British special forces helicopters. More on Ireland | |
Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements | Top |
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, saying that the Obama administration's change of approach on the issue damaged the likelihood of a peace agreement. More on Israel | |
Bill Mann: HBO's Revealing Obama Film Goes Behind Campaign Scenes | Top |
If you need a rejuvenating Barack Obama fix to lift your spirits and remind you why you voted for the President, don't miss an insightful new cable documentary premiering Tuesday -- almost exactly a year after Obama's election. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, airing Tuesday on HBO at 9 (repeated all month) is full of never-before-seen footage behind the scenes during the Illinois U.S. Senator's improbable run for the White House. After having previewed this upbeat and interesting doc, I give a lot of credit to filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams for producing a film that captures the elusive - the spirit and passion of the young Obama volunteers who added much of the energy to the campaign of the high-energy Obama. One scene shows a 9-year-old boy making calls for Obama in Iowa - and his face clearly registering frustration when the person he's calling doesn't know Obama's name. Throughout the film, we follow Iowa organizer Ronny Cho, who jumped on the Barack bandwagon in Iowa and works for the candidate across the country, calling his Mom regularly. Michelle Obama talks candidly about the tough family decisions that had to be made before she signed off on the long-shot campaign. The Obamas are seen here as a tight-knit family that remains close even with a whirlwind of activity around them. Even on the rare occasion when he loses a primary, Obama never seems downbeat during the grueling campaign. In one scene, he calls Hillary Clinton the night she pulls a surpise in New Hampshire, to congratulate her. He didn't have to do that. The New Hampshire primary loss could have deflated Obama's balloon, which was soaring after his shocking win in Iowa a few days before. But every primary loss (and there weren't many) seems to stiffen Obama's resolve. He seems unflappable here. That 200-watt smile didn't hurt, either. Other cool heads featured prominently are campaign strategist David Axelrod, campaign manager David Plouffe, and press manager Robert Gibbs , who all seem to possess the tranquil nature of their boss. Even when Axelrod concedes a race might go against Obama, he says it matter-of-factly. Rice's film underscores why he's called "no-drama Obama." This also goes for his staff -- not his high-spirited army of young volunteers. At the conclusion, Rice's cameras follow Plouffe and Axelrod as they make their way across a plaza toward Obama's hotel suite on election night. As they reach the door, a phone call comes in from a prime minister (we're not told which one) wanting to congratulate the President-elect, and the leader is politely told Obama is busy. Grace under unimaginable pressure is what one sees here. It's amazing that this was the first Presidential campaign for most of Obama's people. By The People: The Election of Barack Obama could be a textbook on how to run a campaign. It shows a handful of composed, highly focused people at the top successfully harnessing a high-energy youthquake/campaign, calmly keeping it on track.. This well-made doc, which started filming before Obama even announced his candidacy, will also bring back some pleasant feelings from last year -- when these brash outsiders re-took the White House. More on David Axelrod | |
Thane Rosenbaum: Lincoln and New York at the New-York Historical Society | Top |
For a city that votes solidly for the Democratic Party (except, of course, when it comes to mayor), New York City's connection to Abraham Lincoln--Republican icon and father of the GOP--is a political and cultural curiosity. It is also the subject of Lincoln and New York , the marvelous exhibit that is running at the New-York Historical Society through March 25, 2010. Illinois is the Land of Lincoln, but Manhattan Island may ultimately have been more important in creating the legend of Lincoln. Indeed, it was on this island where Lincoln's presidency was truly launched--from his first visit to the city in February 1860, culminating in his historic speech at Cooper Union, to Mathew Brady's image-making photograph that established his look and introduced his face to the nation, to the scores of New York newspaper publishers (Horace Greeley, for one) who rallied behind him and convinced their readers that this uneducated Railsplitter actually possessed presidential timber, to the Draft Riots, which occurred in response to Lincoln's Civil War policies and was, before 9/11, this city's greatest tragedy, and finally, to the mass outpouring of grief that accompanied Lincoln's funeral procession following his assassination in 1865. It's not for nothing that New York memorialized the 16th president with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Lincoln Tunnel. Indeed, Abraham Lincoln is very much part of the ethos of this city's identity as a commercial powerhouse and shaper of political destiny. After all, it was here that Lincoln was given a fresh look, cultivated new friends and financial backers and emerged transformed into a national public figure. The Beatles performed in Shea Stadium and at "The Ed Sullivan Show" and left New York as the first global rock band. Over a hundred years earlier Abraham Lincoln spoke at Cooper Union, dazzled the press and returned to the campaign trail as a political rock star. Lincoln and New York , the culmination of the New-York Historical Society's series of Lincoln Year exhibitions, events and public programs--all in connection with the Lincoln Bicentennial--is filled with entertaining exhibit spaces, original documents and artifacts, and various interactive showcases and short films. Not to be missed is a video re-creation of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech, performed by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston, who has, in fact, famously portrayed Lincoln on stage. | |
Michael Seitzman: Polanski To Offer Cash and Cuddliness For Release | Top |
It was either that title or, "Polanski Offers Release for Cash and Cuddliness." By the way, "cuddliness," for those who haven't read the transcript of the victim's testimony, is how the 13-year-old girl referred to Polanski putting his mouth on her vagina. Yes, according to The Hollywood Reporter , "A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a 'very, very significant' cash amount." This lawyer goes on to tell Switzerland that they shouldn't worry about Polanski running because he would "never behave like a fugitive." You mean he won't illegally flee prosecution from a country where he has a home and steer clear of that country's borders and authorities for thirty years? These people are in an irony-free zone. Polanski and his friends tell us that the most significant reason he should be freed is because it's been so long since the crime occurred. The fact that Polanski is the reason for that is completely lost on them. As retired Judge H. Lee Sarokin said so eloquently , "It would mean that the fugitive who is most successful in eluding capture gains an advantage over one who is less successful, which, in turn, would mean that the wealthier criminal would have a greater chance of avoiding extradition than the poorer one." It's also lost on Polanski and his supporters that the flight from prosecution not a crime that was committed thirty years ago but is in fact a crime that committed every single day Polanski remained a fugitive. But, the greatest irony is the sheer audacity, the outrageousness, the tone-deafness, and the stunning arrogance of offering a "very, very significant" amount of cash for release, after the court has expressly denied bail. In America, we have a name for that. Bribery. But don't worry, Roman Polanski would never do that. More on Roman Polanski | |
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