It’s a prerequisite of writing about Allen to mention the tawdry details of his personal life. There was the scandal when, while he was in a relationship with Mia Farrow, he began a relationship with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. (By the way, Allen and Previn will mark their 20th wedding anniversary this month.) Or there’s the disturbing accusation by another of Farrow’s adopted daughters, Dylan, that he sexually abused her when she was 7 — an accusation Allen has consistently denied amid suggestions that Farrow coached her.
With his latest movie, the irritating melodrama “Wonder Wheel,” it’s time to call out Allen for his onscreen treatment of women — creating pathetic female characters in the thrall of callow male characters, particularly men who happen to be writers.