Hot on the heels of HBO's most egregious and one-sided "documentary" Allen v Farrow we now have to endure throwaway lines in otherwise very good shows that continue to try and throw Allen under the bus. Quote, "I have some Woody Allen records" -"You should probably get rid of those." Why exactly? Is that supposed to be funny? Insightful? It's neither.
It's just hateful and if not slanderous it does seem like HBO has a vendetta against a man who faced one solitary accusation 30 years ago, an accusation that has precisely zero corroborating evidence. Allen was thoroughly investigated twice and who was independently cleared twice. He has accused Mia of fabricating the whole thing. Mia has twice as many accusers (Moses and Soon Yi) as Allen. That's an uncontestable fact. Why did that line make the final cut? An HBO higher-up should have cut it but then I suspect the same exec who commissioned the disgraceful hit-piece let it slide.
I suspect few are as irritated by these kind of throwaway lines as I am but it takes me out of a show I was enjoying and I just don't understand the motivation.
Jean Smart was terrific in this episode as she has been throughout and I'm glad she won the Emmy.
It's just hateful and if not slanderous it does seem like HBO has a vendetta against a man who faced one solitary accusation 30 years ago, an accusation that has precisely zero corroborating evidence. Allen was thoroughly investigated twice and who was independently cleared twice. He has accused Mia of fabricating the whole thing. Mia has twice as many accusers (Moses and Soon Yi) as Allen. That's an uncontestable fact. Why did that line make the final cut? An HBO higher-up should have cut it but then I suspect the same exec who commissioned the disgraceful hit-piece let it slide.
I suspect few are as irritated by these kind of throwaway lines as I am but it takes me out of a show I was enjoying and I just don't understand the motivation.
Jean Smart was terrific in this episode as she has been throughout and I'm glad she won the Emmy.
