Kevin Spacey: al descubierto

If the accounts are correct and to be believed it would apear that Spacey may well have sexually harassed individuals . However the problem with this documenttary isn't that it hasn't been well researched nor is it lacking apparently credible victims and witnesses , its more the fact that its the same old same old . By that I mean it doesn't provide anything new , I feel heartily sorry for the alleged victims but it's the same "news" repeated over and over. Cathartic for them.

But for the viewer it plods along and doesn't do much more than support theories and ideas about Spacey we've heard before and and accepted .

To be fair the insight of his childhood was interesting as was the interview with his brother although that was a little inconclusive.

Power, sociopathy, and Hollywood. What's new? Inseparable. I notice Kevin's team are clearly online here trying to vote down all of the positive reviews. Fanboyism and hero worship is such a classless American trait.

The anecdotes of people who Kevin manipulated into attempting sexual encounters with is just a common theme in Hollywood. What did I take away from this documentary? That Kevin clearly had a dysfunctional view of life, sex, boundaries, and interpersonal relationships. Perhaps if he had sought quality help for himself at a much younger age, he'd still be around today, acting, and not trying to initiate abusive relationships. Unfortunately for victims of severely dysfunctional parenting, like Kevin, it becomes a sad existence.

Sexual harassment and sexual assault isn't a joke and neither is Kevin Spacey's predatory lifestyle preying upon hopeful young men looking thanks break in to acting. How many people did Spacey have to pay settlements too? How many signed NDAs in exchange for a settlement?

Spacey reminds me of Darrien in Baby Reindeer. Maybe Kevin Spacey is Darrien?

When I look at Spacey I see a psychopath.

No one should make excuses for Spacey's behavior or criticize the reactions or motives of the men he assaulted. He has been in positions of great power and has misused it horrendously.

Kevin has a predilection for preying upon young men - many - if not most - are heterosexuals.

It is right, of course, that courts demand high standards of proof. Actor Kevin Spacey has, to date, been acquitted of all charges brought against him; but this programme, featuring a series of interviews with men claiming to be the victims of sexual abuse commited by him, tells a sadly convincing story. Spacey's actions were mostly low-level, but clearly deeply upsetting to those they were directed against, and what we see is a portrait of a systematic predator. Most interesting (and tragic) is his brother's story of their abusive father, who may have established a broken model of how to behave in his younger son's mind. There is of course a second story, about how this behaviour was known and tolerated. You can't say this is a fun programme, but it's a necessary watch.

It frightens me that we live in a world, where "journalism" of this kind, is becoming the norm. Zero accountability. Zero balance. Zero duty of care. The producers were no doubt banking on Spacey being convicted when they first pitched the idea to the execs. We now know that Spacey was cleared of any criminal activity, and a show that was probably intended to be an exposè, showing that his "offences" went far deeper than we could ever imagine, is nothing more than exploitation of a group of men, who each have their own truths regarding their encounters with Spacey, but we will never know which one of their stories were true recollections or like those in the criminal cases (misrecollecrions at best, lies at worst), and we certainly will never get a counterpoint from Spacey or indeed anyone else to corroborate or contest the accounts in the show. I don't even blame the producers, it's the fault of the Channel 4 commissioning editors, chasing exploitative stories that get clicks and eyeballs online. Whether you find the men's stories credible, is not the question that needs answered, it's whether you can trust a production that manipulates the audience so blatantly, cutting the interviews to create tension and drama, and not giving an innocent man a right to reply (according to Spacey himself, he was only sent an abbreviated transcript, with no names, pictures and little or no context). And why wouldn't the police investigate the men's claims, in the UK they certainly have the power to investigate concerns Channel 4 execs may have had that crimes had been committed, yet no investigations were made, suggesting Channel 4 didn't truly belive the men, showing total disregard for their mental health in pursuit of ratings. I gave it 3, not 1 out of 10 because the interview sets were well dressed and lit... but everything else was an exploitative mess, the Channel 4 I used to know and love is a wreck that should be broken up and sold for parts!