An Open Letter from Dylan Farrow — Page 5

Honestly my age probably has something to do with it. I was very young when these initial allegations came about and am just going on what Dylan is saying now. (And like I said I always believe victims before I believe their accused rapists.)

Do you have any links that have an objective view on what happened initially? Anything I've read is pro-Dylan or pro-Allen.

you might want to take note of Mia Farrow's long-time defense of her dear friend Roman Polanski after all these years.

Why? What conclusion am I to draw?

(I'm genuinely asking - this is a tough thing to get my head around, and it's hard to sort out my own feelings on the matter.)

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In my defense I did say that I side eyed Mia's support of Polanski and I still question it. Especially since I think she even went as far as testifying for him in court.

On twitter today somebody posted "Isn't it weird that Mia Farrow is still friends with Roman Polanski?" and Mia replied, "I'm not".

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Larry, in one of the infamous 80's cases of the sexual abuse of children in a day care center in California, many "victims" remembered sexual abuse, even had reactions and showed symptoms of the crimes that were claimed. Many people were fired, lost their careers over this. It was found out it was all false, created by the child Pyschologists who planted the false memories. A child being told over and over something happened begins to believe is it history. I went to college with one of these "Child Pyschologists" who were responsible for this debacle. I do not necessarily believe Dylan is lying, but I do question if it in fact happened and who the abuser actually is (ex: I think Bassinger releasing Baldwin's angry voicemail cause much more pyschological damage on their child then the voicemail itself). Anyway, we will never know the entire story. I am not a Allen fan BTW.

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I've seen a lot of people speculate that the Daily Beast article prompted Dylan to speak up, but from reading that article it seemed to be prompted by Mia and Ronan's actions and comments during and after the Golden Globes.

The only real facts we have are that when the allegations were first brought up there was no physical or medical evidence found to confirm that they were true. Ultimately this is a very long game of he said/she said in which we will never see a winner. This is a circle with no end.

It's immaterial to Dylan. Absolutely agree.

But, it's a point about Mia Farrow's character and some very complicated relationships, which is part of the discussion in this thread.

ETA - and, in a way, it's related to Dylan's letter because she calls out people for supporting Woody Allen, when one could argue that her mother did the very same.

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Updated On: 2/2/14 at 11:02 PM

Alana Newhouse argues, on the Tablet magazine website, that Mia Farrow should never have left this "toxic family psychodrama" to be tried in the court of public opinion.



Tabletmag.com: Who Is Responsible for Dylan Farrow’s Pain? It’s not, as she argues, the public.

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Newhouse's piece is very compelling, the most compelling thing I've read on the subject.

It is hard for me to figure out why Mia Farrow would sign off on her images being used in the Golden Globes montage and then call the Lifetime Achievement Award a slap in the face to abuse survivors.

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PJ, that article sums up beautifully what I think a number of people have been trying to find the words to express.

Thank you for linking it.

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Alana Newhouse argues, on the Tablet magazine website, that Mia Farrow should never have left this "toxic family psychodrama" to be tried in the court of public opinion.

This is a much more eloquent way of saying what I attempted to in the other, now-deleted thread. I do not shame or blame Dylan in any way. Nor do I have a "side" in all of this. I'm not an Allen fan and actually found Annie Hall to be boring.

We are discussing this because of Mia and Ronan's I'll advised tweets. Numerous articles have been written because of Mia and Ronan's tweets. Dylan Farrow wrote that letter because of Mia and Ronan's tweets. If they had kept silent then this thread wouldn't exist and most of us would be blissfully unaware of what transpired 20 years ago.

Dylan has right to her pain but she also has the right to have it in private. Family drama has no place in the tabloids. I still feel that Mia and Ronan showed a lack of class by tweeting during the Golden Globes. Go to her. Be there for her. Don't throw her to the press like a pig to slaughter. Even if they meant well it has become a circus of family pain that shouldn't be reported on.

Call me "disgusting" if you wish but this is how I feel about it. This is not for the court of public opinion.

In a less traumatic and heartbreaking example a singer I enjoy recently broke up with his gf who immediately ran to twitter. Now people are taking sides and I just have to shake my head. Private lives are for private. I hate that those lines are so skewed.

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Love you, Namo

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