Sorry To Return To This, But...

[poliphilo]

Why all this celebrity support for Polanski when nobody jumped to the defence of Gary Glitter?

What has Roman got that Gary hasn't?

No-one plays Gary's music anymore, but Polanski is still in work. At the time of his arrest he was preparing a movie about Tony Blair.
 
I don't get it, I really don't.

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[jfs.livejournal.com]

High art vs. Low art.

The fans of Gary Glitter's music don't see that the fact he created entertaining pop songs puts him above the law. The Glitterati (to use a phrase I came across today) honestly think that because of the 'art' they create, they are not bound by the same morals or laws as the rest of us.

As someone on my LJ said, witness those actors and filmmakers who refer to us hoi palloi as 'civilians'.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think that must be it. Polanski is an "artist" and Glitter just a popular entertainer.

We're talking elitism.