A Great Example
Of how misinformation actually works and how stupid people will cling to a lie if it means they get to take out the frustration they feel over their own lives on a total stranger.
shareOf how misinformation actually works and how stupid people will cling to a lie if it means they get to take out the frustration they feel over their own lives on a total stranger.
shareExactly. All the animosity toward Allen is the result of lies, media exploitation of lies, and mindless hysteria. Extensive investigations by police detectives, psychologists, and child welfare workers concluded that the girl had not been abused in any way, that she was lying, and that she had most likely been coached to lie by her mother. After such intensive brainwashing it's no wonder she still believes the tale to be true. Woody Allen is innocent, and Mia Farrow is a psychopath.
shareI recently found several albums by Dory Previn at the local Goodwill, from the early 1970s, including On My Way to Where, which includes the song "Beware of Young Girls" in detailing how she & her then-husband Andre Previn befriended Mia Farrow, only to have Previn have an affair with Farrow, get her pregnant with twins, and divorce Dory for Farrow. Dory had a nervous breakdown, was institutionalized for a few months, had electroshock therapy, and began writing her songs as a form of therapy. Of especially chilling interest is a confessional song entitled "With My Father in the Attic" about her incestuously abusive father. This led me to an article delving into this more deeply:
https://levine2001.medium.com/the-woody-allen-controversy-reader-did-dory-previns-song-lyrics-influence-mia-farrow-in-accusing-6cb1f83038fe
Of note here is the fact that Dory contacted Woody when the allegations came out & warned him that Farrow seemed to have taken all the details from that song. Farrow in her own memoir & in court testimony makes it clear that she was very familiar with Dory's songs, seeing as one was directed at her for breaking up the Previn marriage. Definitely food for thought!