'We Need to Talk About Cosby' on Showtime is a thoughtful and often overwhelming deep dive — but a 4-part series almost has to be overwhelming if it intends to be serious-minded, and this project from wkamaubell absolutely is. Column from Nina_Metz.
It’s an exuberant moment, created to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Dr. Huxtable’s parents, and it is full of love and style and joy.In his new four-part docuseries “We Need to Talk About Cosby” , director W. Kamau Bell shows this clip to a number of people he interviews, including Danielle Morgan, who is an assistant professor at Santa Clara University. Like so many others who appear in the docuseries, a range of emotions wash over her face as she watches.
Among those who declined to appear on camera are any members of “The Cosby Show’s” principal cast, although there are a handful of actors who had small roles and crew members who describe what they saw and experienced on set. Bell, who is a comedian and host of CNN’s “United Shades of America,” also interviews other comedians as well as academics.
The series offers a good deal of what I found to be useful analysis of the early portions of Cosby’s career.
Cosby’s career as an actor first took off when he starred in “I Spy” and it was during this period that Cosby successfully pushed back against the practice of using of white stunt performers for Black characters on the show, namelyThat he used his burgeoning clout to open the door for Black stunt performers is meaningful. Full stop.
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