“Apparently, we don’t need any evidence if the accusation fits our preferred narrative...” [Boogieman, post 42]
A bit of historical perspective might help.
Bad behavior was going on in Hollywood before talkies came into existence. Ponder Fatty Arbuckle. Or Charlie Chaplin.
Strangely enough, such behavior was going on before the public had film stars to obsess over.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth - president Theodore’s eldest daughter - was chased by the press. Her behavior as a teen scandalized and titillated the nation; the President himself was alternately bemused and exasperated. Right after a stormy exchange between father and daughter, he remarked to White House visitor Owen Wister (author of the western novel _The Virginian_), that he could control Alice or run the country, but not both.
And it didn’t end when Alice grew up and married Congressman Nicholas Longworth (later Speaker of the House). Their affairs and assignations were the essence of Inside-the-Beltway legend and gossip (whispered, to be sure).
Edward Albert, eldest son of Queen Victoria of the UK, spent almost all his life as Prince of Wales before becoming King Edward VII of the UK. His mother kept him out of politics and governance; living at the pinnacle of society with nothin substantive to do, he personified the “leisure class.” His exploits and dalliances were talked about around the globe.
“A bit of historical perspective might help.”
I fail to see how any of those stories substantiates a rape allegation against Kirk Douglas.