The Office of the Independent Counsel ensnares Monica Lewinsky, holding her for 12 traumatizing hours in a hotel room.The Office of the Independent Counsel ensnares Monica Lewinsky, holding her for 12 traumatizing hours in a hotel room.The Office of the Independent Counsel ensnares Monica Lewinsky, holding her for 12 traumatizing hours in a hotel room.
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Sick of This, But Engrossed
The Versace season was what you'd expect from network TV. Melodramatic, padded, etc. But the Impeachment season, so far (Ep 6 just aired) is a huge improvement. Everything is better, from the direction to the casting to the writing. Except for the dark grading or poor lighting direction. And I watched in HD.
Ep 6 made me very emotional. I lived through this mess and was very informed, even read much of Ken Starr's report. And even though I was very sick to death of this whole mess, I find this season engaging. I was disgusted with Clinton, although being a fan then, at least of his epic campaign and political skills. But I was more disgusted with Ken Starr's report and his obsession to "get" Clinton. When he couldn't prosecute Whitewater, he just kept going to the lowest common denominator. Making blow jobs, etc, something the country now freely talks about, that little kids heard all over TV. That tells me that Ken Starr's office and the GOP operatives didn't give a cold damn about this country, or their so-called "family values", but only their ambitions. Just like Trump, Clinton was a known philanderer WAY before he was elected. Many women came out during the campaign, but no one cared. A scathing book by Anonymous came out, with damning accusations, but no one cared and he was elected anyway. Just like Trump. MeToo didn't phase Trump or his faction of the party, like it wouldn't have phased Clinton now. Trump is probably too smart to use someone like Monica, et al, or we would have had the same deal. And too smart for the quid pro quo.
As far as the lying part goes, that he and Monica never had "sex", well, in my personal definition, just like Clinton's, they didn't. In the early 70s, as a teen and young woman, I claimed to be a Christian virgin, as did many (and do now, I know some), but I think my fiance and I put Bill and Monica to shame as to our activities. "Anything but..." But we NEVER had sex during that time lol.
They ALL destroyed a young woman's life, at least in the shorter term. Glad that she's come out somewhat on top by now, but I'm sure she would rather have had a normal life, able to date freely, work freely, socialize freely, just BE free. They took all of that from her. Who was going to hire her, date her, marry her, befriend her? Clinton used her, as many men use women, young and naive or not, to get sexual favors. Not really news. It happened to me many times, and from slicker than Bill. It's always been the norm! I thought at the time that Linda Tripp was the lowest form of life on the planet and still do. She is portrayed so well here, just as I remember her.
IF this was a coup attempt, as the Anne Coulter character says (I never heard that then, not sure about it), then there are few depths some in the GOP won't sink to to take lawful power from the elected.
Anyway, the characters are all exactly as I remember, although some of them may be a media stereotype. But I'm trusting Monica as a producer, to approve of the characterizations. Plus I heard about many of these exchanges and characterizations, later if not sooner (everyone wrote a book or talked to Diane Sawyer!). And Paula Jones *was* a dumb redneck, another naive woman Clinton used, then was used by the other side, styled, coached, and put under the knife to be more credible/hot (why does attractive mean more credible?).
Anne Coulter really is this reprehensible (just watch the innumerable clips of her), another butt skirted, bleach blonde bimbo operative of the GOP. Like she never went under a desk in her rise to pundit and presidential advisor/excuser? And, esp at the time of this scandal, congress was still considering female staffers free game. How many of those hypocrites who voted to impeach or backed Starr, had done the same or worse, in government offices, on govvy planes, in govvy hotel rooms, on govvy confabs on exotic islands?
The Bill Clinton portrayal is not so good, but so far, he's not in it much. I don't see the wisdom in Clive Owen as Clinton. I think Monica truly was a very, very sheltered, lonely, naive young woman (perfect prey for Clinton), used and abused by everyone (bears saying again). But Clinton, bright as he was, didn't count on the power of a crush/love of such a girl and she didn't have strong female attorneys backing her up like the other high profile accusers. I have always figured that the FBI and Starr abused her worse than Clinton EVER did (after all, Monica thought they were expressing love). I would normally not say that, being someone who had too many MeToo moments (and much worse than this), but this is exactly why women (including me) don't like to report rape, sexual assault or harassment. No one believes you, it's too public, and the cost is too high. At that time, we hadn't progressed beyond that. Not so sure we have improved much now, even with MeToo.
This series, just like the real life scandal, shows some of the very worst of our country and the dark levels it has failed up to. It is not hard to see a path from this to our own times and division. Talk about division! I remember my office, when Starr's report came out, and how polarized everyone was. Most against Clinton and Monica ("stupid bimbo"), esp men. I was thoroughly disgusted by Clinton, but at the same time saw it all as one giant hypocrisy whose time had passed before the election. I sadly admit that I voted for Clinton, even in the face of everything that was known (and also his re-election), but I'm more sad that he turned out to be a damaging, deregulating, overly centrist Democrat than I am that he had a consensual happy ending in the Oval Office and was the 4 billionth man in history to string a woman/girl along for sex or abuse his position for sex. If people put as much time into actual politics and activism as they did into Monica, we'd have a much better country today. And I hope that's the lesson taken from this and the OJ story. But I doubt it, as people continue to watch the Jenner/Kardashians' latest reality show, and cling on their every insipid word in social media...
Ep 6 made me very emotional. I lived through this mess and was very informed, even read much of Ken Starr's report. And even though I was very sick to death of this whole mess, I find this season engaging. I was disgusted with Clinton, although being a fan then, at least of his epic campaign and political skills. But I was more disgusted with Ken Starr's report and his obsession to "get" Clinton. When he couldn't prosecute Whitewater, he just kept going to the lowest common denominator. Making blow jobs, etc, something the country now freely talks about, that little kids heard all over TV. That tells me that Ken Starr's office and the GOP operatives didn't give a cold damn about this country, or their so-called "family values", but only their ambitions. Just like Trump, Clinton was a known philanderer WAY before he was elected. Many women came out during the campaign, but no one cared. A scathing book by Anonymous came out, with damning accusations, but no one cared and he was elected anyway. Just like Trump. MeToo didn't phase Trump or his faction of the party, like it wouldn't have phased Clinton now. Trump is probably too smart to use someone like Monica, et al, or we would have had the same deal. And too smart for the quid pro quo.
As far as the lying part goes, that he and Monica never had "sex", well, in my personal definition, just like Clinton's, they didn't. In the early 70s, as a teen and young woman, I claimed to be a Christian virgin, as did many (and do now, I know some), but I think my fiance and I put Bill and Monica to shame as to our activities. "Anything but..." But we NEVER had sex during that time lol.
They ALL destroyed a young woman's life, at least in the shorter term. Glad that she's come out somewhat on top by now, but I'm sure she would rather have had a normal life, able to date freely, work freely, socialize freely, just BE free. They took all of that from her. Who was going to hire her, date her, marry her, befriend her? Clinton used her, as many men use women, young and naive or not, to get sexual favors. Not really news. It happened to me many times, and from slicker than Bill. It's always been the norm! I thought at the time that Linda Tripp was the lowest form of life on the planet and still do. She is portrayed so well here, just as I remember her.
IF this was a coup attempt, as the Anne Coulter character says (I never heard that then, not sure about it), then there are few depths some in the GOP won't sink to to take lawful power from the elected.
Anyway, the characters are all exactly as I remember, although some of them may be a media stereotype. But I'm trusting Monica as a producer, to approve of the characterizations. Plus I heard about many of these exchanges and characterizations, later if not sooner (everyone wrote a book or talked to Diane Sawyer!). And Paula Jones *was* a dumb redneck, another naive woman Clinton used, then was used by the other side, styled, coached, and put under the knife to be more credible/hot (why does attractive mean more credible?).
Anne Coulter really is this reprehensible (just watch the innumerable clips of her), another butt skirted, bleach blonde bimbo operative of the GOP. Like she never went under a desk in her rise to pundit and presidential advisor/excuser? And, esp at the time of this scandal, congress was still considering female staffers free game. How many of those hypocrites who voted to impeach or backed Starr, had done the same or worse, in government offices, on govvy planes, in govvy hotel rooms, on govvy confabs on exotic islands?
The Bill Clinton portrayal is not so good, but so far, he's not in it much. I don't see the wisdom in Clive Owen as Clinton. I think Monica truly was a very, very sheltered, lonely, naive young woman (perfect prey for Clinton), used and abused by everyone (bears saying again). But Clinton, bright as he was, didn't count on the power of a crush/love of such a girl and she didn't have strong female attorneys backing her up like the other high profile accusers. I have always figured that the FBI and Starr abused her worse than Clinton EVER did (after all, Monica thought they were expressing love). I would normally not say that, being someone who had too many MeToo moments (and much worse than this), but this is exactly why women (including me) don't like to report rape, sexual assault or harassment. No one believes you, it's too public, and the cost is too high. At that time, we hadn't progressed beyond that. Not so sure we have improved much now, even with MeToo.
This series, just like the real life scandal, shows some of the very worst of our country and the dark levels it has failed up to. It is not hard to see a path from this to our own times and division. Talk about division! I remember my office, when Starr's report came out, and how polarized everyone was. Most against Clinton and Monica ("stupid bimbo"), esp men. I was thoroughly disgusted by Clinton, but at the same time saw it all as one giant hypocrisy whose time had passed before the election. I sadly admit that I voted for Clinton, even in the face of everything that was known (and also his re-election), but I'm more sad that he turned out to be a damaging, deregulating, overly centrist Democrat than I am that he had a consensual happy ending in the Oval Office and was the 4 billionth man in history to string a woman/girl along for sex or abuse his position for sex. If people put as much time into actual politics and activism as they did into Monica, we'd have a much better country today. And I hope that's the lesson taken from this and the OJ story. But I doubt it, as people continue to watch the Jenner/Kardashians' latest reality show, and cling on their every insipid word in social media...
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