Spacey Unmasked

I think the documentary so far, two episodes, is shocking to say the least. This type of behavior is probably more common than people think. The industry is tough and people do pull power plays on people to get what they want. The Documentary is based on a number of men that haven't been to court, but lives have been negatively affected by the interactions with this person. Mr. Spacey's up bringing seems to be at his core, you have to watch to see what I am referring too. I was struck by the look in the eyes of Mr. Spacey, they to me anyway look evil. Sorry, but watching this, I can't imagine that he is not more like his character in Seven than how he is portrayed on screen doing interviews or those creepy YouTube videos. I have never watched House of Cards, figured I would get around to it in time, but I won't watch anything with him in it. I felt very bad for the people trying to get into the business and being preyed upon by people like this. It's really sad and life changing for the victims. Watch the first episode, and you will feel like you need to go scrub with soap in the shower.

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!

This documentary is media court taken too far. Now that i watched Kevin Spacey on Pierce Morgan i believe the filmmakers owe it to themselves to watch it as well. Many of the subjects here said they were molested by Kevin yet Kevin Spacey showed emails and photos of a person who claimed he was molested who kept sending Kevin nudes and continued communications w him after the alleged occurrence. His brother, who talks as if he has a relationship w Kevin has been dismissed by him having claimed to not have been in contact w his brother for over 30 yrs. Brother leaving the house by age 17 and Kevin a few years later at age 19. Yet the brother speaks as if they've maintained some kind of relationship. Kevin says in his Pierce Morgan interview that he knows the Uber driver who drive him to the interview more than his brother who apparently both have been estranged from each other for over 30 years. So what are we doing here? Who are these people who claimed to have been molested yet sends nude pictures to Kevin after the occurrence. What's going on here? Did these people interviewed get paid? Kevin would like to know as well. Have more questions? So do I. The man was found not guilty in civil and criminal court. The very first thing you should have done is open the documentary w that very insignificant (being sarcastic here) piece of information? Because i myself saw this doc weeks before I saw the Pierce Morgan interview and had no idea he was cleared both in civil and criminal court. . Maybe the filmmakers should watch it as well and update their documentary for accuracy purposes as needed because after watching this doc and his interview i have some major credibility issues about this doc. No one is claiming Spaxey is a saint - neither does he, but this documentary is another step on holding this man to account when he's been cleared by the couets. Most people I'm almost certain are unaware of this making this situation an absolute travesty!

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.

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.