The Chris Moeller Archives

Life's mysteries

I don't know what Bill Cosby is guilty of, and neither do you, but I know that reruns of The Cosby Show can no longer be found on cable, and Woody Allen just got a series deal with Amazon.

Cosby is getting shouted down during the live comedy performances on his 2015 tour that haven't been cancelled, had his production deal with NBC nixed, received a relentless mocking by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the Golden Globes, despite not a lick of evidence that the man has ever committed a crime in his life, and right now, there are a couple Hollywood acting careers that are in jeopardy simply because the actresses refused to publicly criticize Cosby during live television interviews. All the while, Mark Wahlberg continues to get offered A-list acting parts and has a license to print money producing television series on HBO even though the public record reveals that he committed multiple hate crimes as a young man, once calling a Vietnamese man he had never met a "Vietnam fucking shit," then proceeding to punch the man in the face and render him permanently blind. Wahlberg says he "takes full responsibility" for this and other shameful actions of racially-motivated violence during his youth, but nevertheless admits he has never sought out his victim to try to make amends, claims he "(doesn't) have a problem going to sleep at night," and two months ago, filed in application in Massachusetts requesting a full and unconditional pardon for his most celebrated crime.

Roman Polanski can't return to the U.S. without being imprisoned because he skipped out on sentencing after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl after a photo shoot in 1977. His 33rd film, Venus in Fur, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.

In 1972, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and kept her in hiding for three years while maintaining a sexual relationship with her, and he was honored at the Kennedy Center 13 months ago for his lifetime contribution to the performing arts.

I wonder what in the world Allen, Wahlberg, Polanski, and Page have going for them in the court of public opinion that Cosby doesn't have.

posted by CM @ 9:09 PM