An Open Letter to Terry Gilliam

Hey man,

I've been influenced by the work that you do for all my life. When I was a child, I grew up watching Monty Python's flying circus, learning to speak english, not taking things too seriously, learning to see the strange humour that is all around us. Later on I found films like Brazil, that seemed to me to have a deeper meaning in them that influenced me in whole new ways. I've always loved your films, which is why I'm so sorry to say I'll probably never buy another one again.

I was hurt to see that you were among the hordes of film industry people that said "Hey, you know what, it's OK to drug, rape and sodomize a child if you make movies that are good enough." I don't care if you're friends with the guy, I don't really even care if you like him. You do the crime, you do the time. No matter who you are. Roman Polanski has not done the time. In fact he's fled from doing the time to luxury houses all over Europe. He was arrested going to receive a lifetime achievement award for a body of work that was mostly created while he was fleeing the law for raping a child. If this were just anyone, this wouldn't have happened. He would have done his time and everyone could've moved on.

By signing the petition you are openly saying that if you are rich, powerful and famous enough, it's ok for you to rape a child. And dude, for that, you suck.