Michael Jackson (Leaving Neverland) and R. Kelly (Surviving R. Kelly) the documentaries were decisive blows on the public personality of each singer and, while some still defend them, most believe in the accusers and have thoroughly washed their hands. The evidence against Woody Allen has been explored and analyzed and sometimes dismissed as Hollywood gossip, but we hope that HBO’s documentation Allen v. Farrow it is the final blow to overthrow what appears to be a sexual abuser.
He married his girlfriend’s daughter, for God’s sake, which we knew was the tip of a terrible iceberg, and yet he managed to make film after film afterwards. Amazon made Allen’s shelf A rainy day in New York in 2018 after taking Dylan Farrow’s allegations against him more seriously, thank goodness.
Woody Allen has been considered insanely scary since he married daughter Soon-Yi, but Allen worked and worked and still seems to get a pass that Michael Jackson and R. Kelly don’t have. As we need, what I’m sure is a good documentary, canceling Woody Allen once and for all is beyond me, but, fingers crossed that Allen v. Farrow it’s the last nail in your coffin.