There’s no reaching the God-knows-how-many-millions-of-woke-kneejerk-simpletons out there who agree with @alibrooke4ever.
Woody Allen haters are beyond the realm of reason and rationality. They are cultists living in a cave.
There’s a Grand Canyon’s worth of difference, for example, between Soon–Yi Previn having been his “stepdaughter” (imagined) and “adopted daughter of girlfriend.” Not to mention the 28 years of marriage that have transpired since Woody and Soon–Yi tied the knot in ‘97.
Ali Brooke could be ordered to read and re-read Woody Allen‘s 2.7.14 op–ed response in the N.Y. Times ten or twenty or a hundred times, and she would still say “no!”
The haters could be forced to read and re-read Moses Farrow’s “A Son Speaks Out” (5.23.18) and they would say “okay, Moses was right there in the house and all, but we’re not buying it!”
All hail persons of moral integrity and backbone like Scarlett Johansson.
Incidentally: Not that it matters all that much, but Woody’s Isaac character in Manhattan is 42, not 40.
Moses Farrpw excerpt: “To those who have become convinced of my father’s guilt, I ask you to consider this: In this time of #MeToo, when so many movie heavyweights have faced dozens of accusations, my father has been accused of wrongdoing only once, by an enraged ex-partner during contentious custody negotiations. During almost 60 years in the public eye, not one other person has come forward to accuse him of even behaving badly on a date, or acting inappropriately in any professional situation, let alone molesting a child.
“As a trained professional, I know that child molestation is a compulsive sickness and deviation that demands repetition. Dylan was alone with Woody in his apartment countless times over the years without a hint of impropriety, yet some would have you believe that at the age of 56, he suddenly decided to become a child molester in a house full of hostile people ordered to watch him like a hawk.
“To the actors who have worked with my father and have voiced regret for doing so: You have rushed to join the chorus of condemnation based on a discredited accusation for fear of not being on the ‘right’ side of a major social movement. But rather than accept the hysteria of Twitter mobs, mindlessly repeating a story examined and discredited back in the ’90s, please consider what I have to say. After all, I was there — in the house, in the room — and I know both my father and mother and what each is capable of a whole lot better than you.”