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| re: A Rapp Against Kevin Spacey | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:46 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:38 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: A Rapp Against Kevin Spacey - CookieFan 12:23 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| Here's the link to the original Buzzfeed article in which Anthony Rapp recalls in vivid detail Spacey's attempt to seduce him. Adam B. Vary's story starts off by recalling the dread Rapp felt watching the last Tony Awards, because Spacey was hosting them. In the wake of all the Weinstein accusations, Rapp says he felt compelled to go on the record by specifically naming Spacey now. Rapp had told the Advocate in 2001 about this attempted seduction, but Spacey's name was redacted from the story at that time. |
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| Link | Buzzfeed.com: Anthony Rapp says Kevin Spacey made sexual advance at him when he was 14 |
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| There's a LOT of schadenfreude in my NewsFeed about this. | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 11:20 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A Rapp Against Kevin Spacey - WaymanWong 01:38 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| I think it's pretty fair to say that the gays are thoroughly pissed off about this. At least my particular cache of New York City gays. Because everyone was already pretty cranked that Kevin Spacey had essentially tried to re-closet himself in 1999, and somehow communicated over the years that it was a subject to be toyed and played with, winked and hinted at, including the custom lyrics written for him at this year's Tony Awards, when he began singing by saying... "I'm coming out..." And then joked that no, of course he wasn't actually COMING OUT. (Because why would a successful actor do such a thing?) There's an article in an Australian news site which I've linked below, which recounts some of this history: "Following a 1997 profile piece in Esquire magazine titled “Kevin Spacey has a secret” that strongly implied the actor is gay, Spacey denied the rumours in a Playboy interview. In the story, he went to great effort to paint a picture of a heterosexual bachelor lifestyle. “Women want to be the one to turn me around. I let them,” he told the magazine, referring to the rumours. In a 1999 interview with The Sunday Times, he was asked directly whether he’s gay.“The answer to that is no ... but why should it matter?” For Mr. Spacey to find that NOW of all moments is the time to come out publicly, only when you're being accused of attempted child molestation? Yeah. Not a good look. And a bunch of my friends thinks he fully deserves all the vitriol that's coming his way. Honestly, I don't have a whole lot of compassion for the guy. But serious props to Anthony Rapp. - GMB |
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| Link | The Rumours that have Surrounded Kevin Spacey for Years |
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| Yeah, I don't understand the schadenfreude | |
| Posted by: singleticket 08:32 pm EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: There's a LOT of schadenfreude in my NewsFeed about this. - GrumpyMorningBoy 11:20 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| If Spacey wasn't a closet case then would everyone be so happy? Do we somehow think that coming out of the closet magically cures gay men like Spacey of their illegal sexual predilections? | |
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| re: Yeah, I don't understand the schadenfreude | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:13 pm EDT 10/31/17 | |
| In reply to: Yeah, I don't understand the schadenfreude - singleticket 08:32 pm EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| I heard over the years through the show biz grapevine that Spacey was gay, and that there had been some unsavory stories about his behavior, especially when he was working in England. I hadn't heard that he had any history of allegedly preying on minors though. Whether the Rapp story and any others that may follow are true, it's quite confounding (and who's happy about this?) that he would pair an apology for forgetting/not remembering supposed drunken lascivious behavior tied to an attempt at an affirmative and positive coming out declaration that is truly off-base here. There's enough prejudice and misinformation about gays (and quite a bit of child sexual abuse is done by straight people) , so why tie together in one statement the part denial/part drunken forgetfulness of an attempt to sexually abuse a child to finally, after many years of being something of an open secret about his being gay in NY, LA and London, putting forth a blithe manifest that he's decided that he is gay. 'Tis a puzzlement. | |
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| re: Yeah, I don't understand the schadenfreude | |
| Posted by: keywslt 05:46 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Yeah, I don't understand the schadenfreude - PlayWiz 06:13 pm EDT 10/31/17 | |
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| It would have been one hell of an opportunity for Spacey to point out that living a closeted lifestyle and denying ones sexuality is dangerous and unhealthy to all of society. Repressed men with homosexual urges have preyed upon the young and defenseless for all of history. Especially upon sensitive young boys discovering their own homosexual urges. "That type will NEVER tell their parents." Two more men have come forward with allegations of assault by Spacey when they were underage (one at 17, one at 19. Yes, that's underage). Spacey is scum and his life as a celebrity is probably toast. That said, to date, Kevin Spacey has been accused of repeatedly laying on top of a child, and of harassing other male actors "under 30". Gross. But not rare. |
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| Link | Kevin Spacey accused of further instances of sexual misconduct |
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