You must watch "Must Talk About Cosby"
Two weeks after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, "Must Talk About Cosby" aired on HOT 8 and yes docu.
This is a series that must be watched, and must be talked about
Avner Shavit
08/02/2022
Tuesday, 08 February 2022, 00:13 Updated: 00:23
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Trailer for the series "We Need To Talk About Cosby" (Showtime)
Two weeks ago, the Sundance Film Festival premiered the world-famous documentary series "Must Talk About Cosby."
It was immediately clear that this was going to be one of the most talked about series of the near future, and so it is happening now: the four episodes of the series aired weekly on showtimes and with us on HOT 8 and yes docu, and a consensus developed around them.
Must watch it, must talk about Cosby.
The series was directed by black comedian Wow Kamau Ball.
As its name implies, it deals with the discourse surrounding Bill Cosby, who is both one of the most important figures in the history of the American cultural world, and a convicted rapist.
As the director said before that screening at Sundance - "I'm not very happy to present this document to you. I wish I did not have to do it."
Cosby has rewritten the history of black culture at least twice - once in the "I Spy" series and once in the "Cosby Family" series.
He took care of the unprecedented advancement of blacks in front of and behind the camera and donated unprecedented sums to promote blacks in higher education.
Throughout this period, he also sexually assaulted women consistently and cruelly.
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"I am very unhappy to present this document to you. I wish I did not have to do it."
From "Must Talk About Cosby" (Photo: Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival)
Dozens of women have complained over the years that Cosby attacked them, and it is likely that the true number of women raped is several times greater.
Many of them are interviewed for the series, and it presents their testimonies in full, without manipulations and without editing.
In addition, it includes a variety of fascinating archive footage and conversations with people who worked with the comedian and agreed to be interviewed - many potential interviewees, for example the stars and stars of the "Cosby family", preferred to remain silent.
As befits a series lasting no less than four hours, this puzzle includes many pieces: this is a series about the actions of Cosby, who was released from prison only for technical reasons, and also about the people who knew and kept quiet and were able to whitewash them;
This is a series about the culture of rape, which made such acts possible in the first place;
It's also a series that dares to bring up for discussion the complex question, what to do with the comedian's legacy, whose contribution to the community and black culture is indisputable.
The angel was a devil.
Bill Cosby (Photo: AP)
Of all the points raised by the series, here is the most interesting point to me.
The star, it will be recalled, played a doctor in the Cosby family, and is usually seen as a kind of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - a sympathetic comedian, social activist and philanthropist during the day, who was a sexual predator at night. The truth is more complex and difficult: his positive actions His activities as a philanthropist gave him access to sacrifice and made it easier for him to whitewash his actions. The image he built for himself as a national mother helped him gain the trust of those who became his prey
. Cosby and the "Cosby family" - these are two points between which only one poisonous arrow passes.
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