Stanza 2806

A very good and watchable series on the sexual assault and the aftermath. And a good airing of the freedom that rich and powerful people have, to do what they like, with little or no consequence.

The subject matter is sexual in nature and there is a good deal of talk about this sexual assault and the sexual habits of Strauss - Kahn and others. Not a show for children and not for someone who doesn't want to hear about this issue.

This is a look at how the 1% has their justice delivered. The power and the money of these people make the justice system favor them...up to a point. They often have a delayed kind of fall. As for the victims mostly they are not given their due. If they are fortunate they get something financial. That's pretty much what we have here. While the accused, in this case, lost all of his political aspirations and third marriage he picks up with a kind of still high-flying well funded lifestyle. Perhaps in the end it will change things over time for the victims in a more positive way. One feels, however, that change is still far from fair and will take more of these incidents, as well as some kind of more decisive jkustice. You might say, though, that is actually happening.

Well I reckon some would have liked that. And by some I obviously mean DSK and whoever roots for him. I had heard about this scandal when it happened, but I didn't pay too much attention to it to be honest. Now I get the full picture - and not just about what (allegedly) happened, but also a bit of a character description when it comes to Mr. Kahn and his accuser(s).

It may seem easy to dismiss certain things and some may also like to try to see things from different perspectives. For better or worse the docu series does give you both sides and more. It gives you reason to doubt certain things and it certainly makes you think for yourself. And while you think ill or good of DSK generally speaking, the movie gives you a different side. Not all is black or white (no pun intended) - there are grey areas too to be explored.

I personally think it is obvious what happened, but you may feel differently. It seems like someone tries to turn back the hands of time - or finally live what he missed out on when he was young. Which is all fine and dandy, as long as you don't assault or bother others

Sued into poverty. His wife thought she was so cool putting up with his shennanigans but I see her as nothing but an enabler. So much for the flirtatious loving French. They come off pretty grubby in this series. Thank you NF for refreshing my memory about him and his doings.

The documentary is certainly well made and comprehensive but it does not add much the facts already known. The case was very muddy 10 years ago and still is: the victim was a weak witness (as in most of these cases) and the powerful forces deployed by the defendant made it even muddier. So the acquittal was - and is - morally outrageous but legally inevitable. As for the possible plot behind the event there was and still there is no evidence, not even circumstantial, that anything like that had actually occurred. Which does not mean it didn't, just that one, if willing to go down that path, must embark into conspiracy theories. But there is one fact that was and still is incontrovertible: DSK was unfit for office, wether in business or in politics, and this affair helped take him down. So it was a good thing.