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Sowell, Dershowitz & Allen

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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I Shouldn't Have Apologized for a Woody Allen Film

Woody Allen was also shunned by the Hollywood community. The never proved or prosecuted accusation by his ex-partner Mia Farrow that he had sexually abused their adopted daughter Dylan. Combined with him marrying Mia Farrow's adopted daughter, Suni Previn, was even too much for the usually adventurous Hollywood set to stomach. So the memo got sent that anyone who appeared in a Woody Allen film now had to apologize for that transgression. And I'm sure it became much harder for Allen to hire the usual A-list celebrities he had become used to recruiting for his quirky films.

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