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Bless her heart, the second-hand embarrassment while watching this is just painful. I just couldn't watch it-other than snippets here and through after fast-forwarding through most of it. I can't imagine how hard it must be to find oneself again after the level of fame Jennifer has achieved and I'm sure it must feel impossible for her people (friends, agents, publicists, etc) to face Jennifer and tell her something is a bad idea. But if they loved her-REALLY loved her-they would've shot this idea down quickly and tell her it's time to act humble and with grace and to find a way to plant her feet firmly back on the ground. And she may actually enjoy it-it's really great down here.

I remember when I first heard about Cosby's rapes-I felt like my most favorite uncle had just been declared a sexual predator. It hurt to believe it. Really, really hurt. But how could we not believe these woman? We had to believe them...and we still do. This documentary touched on exactly what I was feeling...asking ourselves how we possibly could love a rapist so much? I had no idea the impact he had on Black representation in entertainment and I can't imagine being Black and feeling the conflict of being in awe of this man while also knowing what a monster he was and still is. The filmmaker did a wonderful job at telling the whole story-in the beginning of this docu-series, it made us fall in love with Cosby all over again...and then it painfully reminded us how little we knew about him and what he was doing to these women the whole time we were loving him. This series also brilliantly held the mirror up to us about our culture's very subtle way of victim-blaming by asking questions like, "Why did you wait so long to tell someone?" "Why did you accept his offer to drink alcohol?" "Why did you go back to see him?" Who knows if anyone will ever read this review, but if any of the strong and courageous women who spoke out in this film read this: Thank you. Thank you for sharing your truth and teaching us all how we can be better at believing and supporting victims. You truly made a difference.