We need to talk about Bill Cosby docu-series premieres on Showtime

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-A four-part docuseries directed by W. Kamau Bell, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY wrestles with the conversations of the #MeToo movement, focusing on Bill Cosby’s descent from “America’s Dad” to alleged sexual predator. The series explores the complex story of Cosby’s life and work, weighing his actions against his indisputable global influence

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[figgypud]

This looks really interesting. I might need to get a trial of showtime to watch it. It really is crazy to me when you look back at some of his previous interviews and things where he talked about things that people just laughed off and once all of this came out you realize he was telling us exactly what was happening. I hope his health actually is terrible and he wasn’t faking it and he suffers for the rest of his hopefully short life even though he’s not in prison

[firstknivesclub]

Get a trial on showtime to watch this and Yellowjackets!

[figgypud]

Oh I forgot that was also Showtime, I’ll definitely have to do that!

[soupdupcosmogrl]

There were SO many jokes and little remarks made over the years that were, at the time, barely looked askance at that ended up being confessions. It's wild that we all missed it.

[figgypud]

Yeah it’s so disappointing looking back at it now

[la_petite_singe]

he was telling us exactly what was happening.

Absolutely. I feel like we see this a lot with these shitty famous men -- at some point they realize that their fame/money is letting them get away with it, and will continue letting them get away with it, and they just get really smug and brazen about it. Like Woody Allen just making movie after movie about older men preying on young women/girls.

[figgypud]

100%. It’s one of those things that is so disappointing realizing we let it slide and just made it out as harmless jokes but at the same time I’m glad he said this shit as added proof. I feel so sorry for his victims who had to live through decades of that.
I pointed that out to my mom about Woody Allen and it was so eye opening to her cause she’d never actually thought of it. I can’t wait for them all to piss off

[la_petite_singe]

I know abusers can easily hide in plain sight, like the wife-beater who's beloved by his community bc he puts on a good face or whatever, but a lot of these famous guys are different. Cosby, Allen, R. Kelly, Spacey, Weinstein, CK, ALL of them had a ton of rumors and "jokes" about their actions for years, and somehow they flew just under the radar bc it was "boys will be boys" shit, I guess.