Norm Lewis Replacement?- Page 4

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:23pm

She was underage no matter what.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:26pm

Frankly, the more outraged a Phantom fans become, the smarter the decision would tend to be.

What?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:30pm

What do you mean "What?" I think the statement is pretty clear.

"Underage" and " child" are two very different things. I am not defending or condemning anyone here, but if people insist on debating this man's past, can they at least pretend to do so accurately and display SOME sense of knowledge on the subject matter? Ignorance is so unbecoming when one attempts to judge another.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:31pm

^ Exactly.

[Starship]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:31pm

I'm pretty sure that a man in his late thirties who becomes sexually involved with a minor of that age is considered a "pedophile."

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:32pm

I read your post as saying that more fan outrage = a good casting decision on Phantom's part.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:32pm

No need to "pretend" to do it accurately. It is horrendous enough.

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[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:35pm

Starship,
You would be absolutely incorrect.
A pedophile is someone attracted to a child.. The pre-pubescent body.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:37pm

It's typically children 11 and under.

Research, it's a thing!!!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:41pm

If you choose to condemn a man, please do so accurately, especially when the inflammatory word being used is absolutely inaccurate and is being used to fan the flames.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:43pm

The whole thing is creepy. And for those of you being stuck on definitions let me remind you that a crime was committed and he IS a convicted felon. It will follow him for the rest of his life as it is doing right now.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:47pm

And ode of you who are choosing to be inflammatory and attempt to convict someone of worse crimes are also a problem.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:48pm

Kad, the fact that the Phantom pages were deleting/blocking comments is unnerving because there are fans around the girl's age (as it was at the time of the incident) who are trying to express their discomfort with the casting decision. Yes, I understand that it's bad business if the show's page is littered with negativity over the new lead, but that's the point. (You can disagree with me all you want, and that's fine.)

Updated On: 1/12/15 at 05:48 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:50pm

Of note.. other felons who have worked on Broadway... Charles Dutton, Mike Tyson... I am sure there are others. In television.. Tim Allen...

[BroadwayFan12]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:52pm

Again, I ask the people who are saying "he served his time, move on," what if it had been your daughter/sister/niece, etc? I'm not easily offended/outraged, but some of the comments here are disturbing.
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[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:53pm

Wait, what did Tim Allen do?

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:56pm

Traffiking.
http://www.thundertreats.com/articles/entertainment/tim-allen-was-arrested-for-trafficking-in-1978-and-almost-spent-life-in-prison.html

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:57pm

That was drugs. This is violating a PERSON

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:57pm

"I think he says it only happened Once."

That was bad.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:58pm

@Disney. Agreed.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 5:59pm

"he IS a convicted felon."

Nope. He wasn't convicted of a FELONY making him...not a felon.

Research

!

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 6:00pm

So was the conviction for statutory rape?
I guess then it would be more accurate to refer to him as a convicted rapist instead of a pedophile.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 6:00pm

Editing. I really have no interest in getting it to it with it.

Updated On: 1/12/15 at 06:00 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 6:02pm

He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. Not rape.



Updated On: 1/12/15 at 06:02 PM

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 1/12/15 at 6:02pm

"Convicted rapist" is still a pretty bad thing to have on your record.