Roman Roundup: Chris Rock Most Definitely Not Team Polanski

It's time once again to scan the culture for fissures, frays and other signs of wear from Roman Polanski's first official week back in the harsh light of Hollywood justice:

· If his testimony last night on The Jay Leno Show is any indication, Chris Rock will not likely be signing any petitions of support for the embattled filmmaker. "He made good movies -- 30 years ago! Even Johnnie Cochran doesn't have the nerve to go, 'Well, did you see O.J. play against New England?'" (The video is after the jump.) Tom O'Neil, however, begs to differ, arguing that if Polanski had simply capitalized on the goodwill of his 2002 Oscar for The Pianist and returned to America to have his sentence squashed, then the filmmaker, his victim, a delegitimized documentary and the rest of us might have avoided this whole sorry mess. Obviously we'll never know, but oh, how one can only wish.

· Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also weighed in against Polanski, not about to countermand the state's legal process on behalf of fuzzy Hollywood loyalty. But! As the man with the power to grant Polanski (of whom Schwarzenegger admits he's a fan) clemency, he acknowledged he'd be up for reviewing the case if/when it lands on his desk: "One should look into all of the allegations, not only his allegations but the allegations about his case. Was there something done wrong? You know, was injustice done in the case?" Yes, governor, we know.

· Over in Switzerland, the country's former justice minister said that Polanski should have been warned about the United States' request to enforce his arrest warrant upon arrival in Zurich. "You don't invite someone when you know he's going to be arrested. You simply don't do that," said Christoph Blocher, who went on to stress his independence from the filmmaker's defenders. From here, he added, Polanski's travails have a foregone conclusion: "He traveled here. He is criminally punishable in the U.S. He must be extradited."

· Finally, L.A. County District Attorney would just like to note that he's doing his job, and this is nothing personal. "I don't persecute anybody," he told a local TV station. It's a matter of court processes being concluded. [...] We know how to extradite people and we're going to process it according to the standards set by the extradition treaty between the United States of America and Switzerland." Duly noted, prosecutor.