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Marc Bolan…can’t separate the art from the artist

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PointyFinger03 · 12/10/2022 16:29

I have a thread in chat but didn’t name the ‘artist’ but thought people should be aware.

I’ve loved TRex for decades and had crush on Marc Bolan and thought he was so sexy. Watching 1971 on Apple TV and tried so hard to think it was of the times but no, he was a young adolescent predator.

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Blossomtoes · 13/10/2022 16:42

Westfacing · 12/10/2022 18:07

I was 16 in 1970, a big Bolan fan and went to many of his concerts. If I'd somehow managed to get down and dirty with him I don't think it would have been an exploitative situation. Although the power balance would be in his favour, the small age gap makes a difference.

If he was 25 and exploiting 12 year-olds that would be different - OP how old were the girls in the programme you saw?

Same. I was 16 when I saw him live and I’d have thought all my dreams had come true. Different times, different standards.

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