

Well, there were a number of people at the table, friends of his, and he said to me, yes, you do seem ill, you're slightly feverish, would you like to have some Contact? You know, the cold medicine. Here is one of his accusers, describing an incident: He's also someone who has been accused by multiple women of drugging them and sexually assaulting them. He is charming and iconic, one of the most culturally important and successful comedians ever, an elder statesman of the entertainment industry. Who doesn't love Bill Cosby? I grew up watching Fat Albert and eating Jell-O Pudding Pops, which is a cliché, but Bill Cosby is the creator of some of our most warming and affirming clichés. Which brings up another beloved American funnyman, Bill Cosby. Not thinking about it is a popular and powerful choice. Anyone who didn't think about it before now had chosen not to think about it. Woody Allen's status as an accused child molester has been a matter of public record since before Manhattan Murder Mystery came out.

So the current crisis over how people are supposed to feel about Woody Allen is on some level odd. Dylan Farrow Details Sexual Abuse By Woody Allenĭylan Farrow has published an account of the sexual assault she experienced at the hands of her…

It was new that Dylan Farrow herself was signing her name to the accusations, but Vanity Fair had covered the case, in grim detail, more than two decades ago. The thing about Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing her father, Woody Allen, of sexual abuse is: There was not much really new about it.
