As someone else showed, Abe did it first. Let’s hate on him for real stuff, not this. (PLEASE hate on him for real stuff)

Kind of wish it was about something he actually did wrong rather than this. As another poster showed, Abe did it first. We can rip on him for so much without making shit up

Yeah really. This non-story makes this site look like a joke. It’s not like it’s hard to find something to criticize 45 for, you don’t really need to try and invent controversy.

I REALLY am loathe to defend Trump, but video CLEARLY shows Abe doing it first. This is why alt-right idiots bleat on about fake news.

“That’s an asshole move, no matter what.”

Putting people in harmless challenging situations is great way for them to learn, and often when you get the best material out of actors, out if their comfort zone. He didn’t do it as a dick move, it was a challenge, to rise to the occasion, of a harmless kiss that added a bit if charm to the scene.. making a big deal…

No. Stop this. She is an actor who had every right to say no. Watching both the episode in question, as well as the Stranger Things aftershow explaniing the situation. It was not the Duffer brothers, it was the Millie Brown being a friend and messing with her to start. They didn’t push anything and the kids, was…

You’re basing this off a single anecdote. As a minor, she had legal guardians there. Sometimes one side think something’s a joke and the other doesn’t - that would have been the point for parents to step in, if this was truly making her uncomfortable rather than just shy.

I hate abuses of power as much as the next little guy, but this wasn’t one. If Sadie comes out and says she didn’t approve of what happened, I’ll support her — but as it is, there is no indication this was the case. It does not sound like she was under coercion to do the kiss, she could have refused at any time, and…

No, this is a reach. You’re attaching it to the wrong Hollywood power struggle battle. This has fuck-all to do with sexual abuse.

It’s less about the act and more about the fact that it wasn’t part of the script, and the ONLY reason Duffers added it in was BECAUSE it made Sink uncomfortable. That’s an asshole move, no matter what.

no abuse of power should ever be excused

There’s no indication that they forced her to do anything, though. They could also have just been joking that they put it in the script to make her uncomfortable. Just because she said she was uncomfortable doesn’t mean she was completely against it, either. For all we know she could have felt free to say no and…

“and the ONLY reason Duffers added it in was BECAUSE it made Sink uncomfortable”

Not abuse. You’re reaching.

Have you actually watched the Beyond Stranger Things episode in question? Or just read this recap that’s really reaching, to put it lightly.  

This article makes me feel truly ashamed of what AV Club has become.

It’s really weird to invoke Spacey and House of Cards about this. Spacey was an adult who was sexually assaulting minors and sexually harassing crew members on the set of his show. That’s not remotely comparable to a television showrunner deciding that a scene calls for two characters to kiss. There’s nothing…

Holy cow, are we making an issue out of this? I saw the Beyond Stranger Things episode myself and Sadie was embarrassed, but not traumatized. If you get a job in Hollywood you eventually have to pretend to kiss people you don’t love in real life. It’s how acting works. Quit grasping at straws just because you’re…

Upset at the lack of minstrels? Because it’s really weird to say you’ll never buy any future game from them without some big ideological reason.