Dylan Farrow's powerful and detailed letter to the New York Times this weekend describing abuse she alleges by her stepfather, film star Woody Allen, is stirring heated conversation online and elsewhere.
Not that the accusations are anything new. They first surfaced in 1992.
But Allen's 28-year-old stepdaughter, Mia Farrow's daughter, is disgusted by continued celebrity adulation awarded Allen, including the recent Golden Globe lifetime achievement award.
Allen never was prosecuted and has denied wrongdoing.
Columnist Nicholas Kristof asked her, why speak out again now?
"She said she wants to set the record straight and give courage to victims," Kristof writes.
He quotes her: "I was thinking, if I don't speak out, I'll regret it on my death bed."
What others are saying:
"In doing so," writes The Daily Beast, "Dylan speaks for Hollywood's multitude of abuse victims. ..."
The Hollywood Reporter notes that "Girls" star Lena Dunham urged her Twitter followers to read the piece, tweeting "To share in this way is courageous, powerful and generous. Please read." Actor Adam Baldwin tweeted the allegations against Allen should surprise no one, while ESPN's Jane McManus, wrote "Choose your heroes carefully and be willing to let them go."
The New York Daily News went the visual route, posting lots of photos, including one of Allen holding Farrow when she was little.
-- Katy Muldoon