By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 30, 2017
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I wonder if there's going to be anyone left in Hollywood in a week or two. Smells like opportunity to me, particularly on Netflix, which has no apparent appetite for association with Kevin Spacey after what we've learned in the past 48 hours:
Netflix drama “House of Cards” will end with its upcoming sixth season, Variety has learned. Production has begun on what will be the final season of the drama series, which is set to premiere in 2018.
Word of the series’ end comes in the wake of sexual-assault allegations against its star, Kevin Spacey. On Sunday in an interview with Buzzfeed, “Star Trek: Discovery” star Anthony Rapp claimed that Spacey had sexually assaulted him at a party in 1986 when he was 14. Spacey later apologized to Rapp in a statement released hours after the interview was published in which he said he was “beyond horrified” by Rapp’s story, saying he did not recall the incident. Spacey was criticized Monday by GLAAD and gay activists for including in his apology a statement saying that he was choosing “to live as a gay man” from now on — a move critics said appeared intended to deflect attention from Rapp’s accusation. Netflix and producer Media Rights Capital on Monday released a statement on Spacey, saying, “Media Rights Capital and Netflix are deeply troubled by last night’s news concerning Kevin Spacey. In response to last night’s revelations, executives from both of our companies arrived in Baltimore this afternoon to meet with our cast and crew to ensure that they continue to feel safe and supported. As previously scheduled, Kevin Spacey is not working on set at this time.”I've never seen House of Cards. It doesn't look interesting to me, and contrary to what some of you seem to think, the last thing I want when I settle in at night to watch television is more politics. I get quite enough of that during the day. But obviously House of Cards has been a huge performer for Netflix. It can't be a small matter to give that up along with everything it does to help pull in subscriptions. But if we've learned anything from the past several weeks, it's that the public is not in a forgiving mood when it comes to Hollywood types and their not-so-secret habit of sexually abusing and harrassing those around them. The fact that this is taking so much of the brand power out of Kevin Spacey is pretty astounding, though. He's been a huge star for a long time, and he's an excellent actor. But there's no excusing his actions of 1986 if they happened as Rapp alleges, and it appears Hollywood is learning there is a limit to what the public will accept from its entertainment heroes.
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