Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14 — Page 12

Dave28282 said: "

Take the Weinstein case for example. No doubt that he is a naughty boy. But I know very many naughty actresses too, with very special interests and flexible boundaries with different outcomes, depending if they got what they wanted or not.

It's not black or white. It's grey in 99% of the cases. And I do think that people overreact a lot. Being uncomfortable is nothing more than a learning experience.
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Naughty boy? You do know that women accused him of rape right? Not just being naughty, but forcing himself on them?

The Weinstein thing is disgusting and I hope he spends the rest of his life rotting in prison.

But the Spacey stuff is just a dirty old man hitting on younger guys. Was what he did appropriate in a lot of the situations, probably not. But he is doing what a lot of gay men do, trying to cop off with as many hobags as he possibly can.

We've all had people we aren't attracted to do the same thing. If I had a dollar for every time my arse has been pinched in a gay bar or someone enters my 'personal space' with the hope they might get lucky, I'd be a millionaire. But I don't want them to rot in jail, I just want them to **** off x

Updated On: 7/8/18 at 02:59 PM

Becky said: "Wow. A child should have been expected to respond that way, and you’re writing it off to just another “unwanted advance”? No wonder it takes people years to come forward. AND comments like this is why it’s so important for people to speak up to take away the normalization of these types of “unwanted advances” so they are seen for what they are. Abuse."

Nothing happened, he left just like an adult would've.

No one is trying to normalise anything, we are saying **** happens.

They both did something stupid.

So now anyone approaching someone they are interested in is to be considered abuse?

Good luck with keeping the world populated if that's the case. No one will dare ever show interest in anyone ever again.

Talk about hysteria.

Updated On: 7/8/18 at 04:20 PM

Tom5 said: "Spacey was literally one of the most celebrated actors in the world, Weinstein was literally one of the most powerful producers in the world. They held a gun to the heads of all their victims by virtue of their ability to destroy their careers and livelihoods if they didn't comply. And in some and probably many cases pulled the trigger on them. What do you mean "If anyone does anything to anyone"? Spacey and Weinstein weren't "anyones". ."

Once again all very true about Weinstein, we have heard no such things about Spacey.

There's a very big difference between a dirty old man and a psychopath.

smidge said: ""Once again all very true about Weinstein, we have heard no such things about Spacey"

Then you haven't been listening."

Actors are happy to get a role themselves. It's not like they have power over other actors.

Updated On: 7/8/18 at 06:05 PM

As is often the case in threads about this topic, please try to keep the conversation focused on the topic, and not on attacking others. We understand that the threads around reported incidents of sexual assault and/or harassment can easily, and naturally, become emotional, so we try to allow a little leeway (as long as it doesn't get too out of hand). However, that does not permit posters to attack others.

Thank you for understanding and keeping the discussion on topic moving forward.

The story that would not go away.....not that it should go away. If it were me I would not want to waste another second thinking about Mr.Spacey. Life is so short.

Updated On: 9/11/20 at 05:04 AM

The only thing that makes any sense is that Rapp thought Kevin’s public apology was tepid and was disappointed that other lawsuits were dropped.

Whenever I see Rapp in the audience at a play in New York I always think about Kevin Spacey and not about Rapp’s artistic contributions. I would think the fact that Spacey’s career has been ruined and his unflattering obituary has been written; it would be enough for Rapp to move on and not waste anymore time thinking about Kevin Spacey.

Worth pointing out that behindthescenes2 was posting even worse versions of that take on this thread three years ago.

And the story shouldn't go away. A lot of people knew about Spacey's behavior for a very long time and turned the other way. People on this thread who remain active members on this board were and frankly still are willing to defend him or give him a pass.